26 
Bulletin 98 . 
Feces. 
Air dried feces weighed 1220.2 grams. 
Analysis of Feces. 
Moisture. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6.76 
14.17 
1.29 
7.90 
26.56 
43-32 
Fodder 
Constituents Voided. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
1137.72 
172.94 
15-74 
95-73 
324.01 
528.51 
Fodder Constituents Digested. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Consumed . 
313-46 
50.28 
158.87 
864.57 
I 439 - 3 I 
Voided . 
172.94 
15-74 
95-73 
324.01 
528.51 
Digested . 
140-52 
34-54 
63.14 
540.56 
910.80 
Co-efficients or percentages 
digested. 
_ 59.77 
44.83 
68.69 
33.45 
62.52 
63.28 
Weight of sheep 
at 
beginning of 
experiment 
48.5 pounds 
Weight of sheep 
at 
end of experiment 49.0 
pounds. 
Average Digestion Co-efficients of Corn Fodder. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Sheep No. i. 
. 53.58 
41.39 
60.43 
37 . 1 S 
51.76 
57.16 
Sheep No. 2. 
. 56.63 
44.7 0 
69.11 
37.49 
55.85 
61.35 
Sheep No. 3. 
. 59.77 
44.83 
68.69 
33.45 
62.52 
63.28 
Average . 
. 56.66 
43.61 
66 .0S 
36.04 
56.71 
60.60 
The fodder used in the preceding experiments was obtained 
from the Farm Department. It was cut August 20, stood in shock 
until November 22, when it was hauled in and stacked, where it 
remained till March 10. The fodder was bright, prime fodder. 
The corn was a variety of dent, and was mature enough to have a 
few ears so far developed that the corn hardened up while in 
shock. All of the ears and nubbins were husked out. The corn 
had been seeded thinly in drills. The ratio of the leaves to the 
stems was 2-1. The fodder was cut fine, from one-fourth to one- 
half inch long. The orts consisted wholly of stalks, as the sheep 
ate all the leaves. We did not succeed in inducing the sheep to 
eat all the stems, even when they had been ground in a drug mill 
and moistened. 
Jordan and Hall give as maximum, minimum and average di¬ 
gestion coefficients for dent and flint corn fodder (mature): 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Maximum . 
. 72.7 
52-9 
82.0 
67.6 
79.8 
81.2 
Minimum 
. 59-8 
6.6 
64.7 
37-9 
42.8 
63-4 
Average 
. 68.2 
30.6 
73-9 
56.1 
55-8 
72.2 
The 
same authors give 
the maximum, 
minimum and 
average 
coefficients for dent and flint cornfodder, immature, 
as: 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Maximum . 
. 69.8 
57-4 
79-5 
70.5 
74-6 
74.0 
Minimum 
. 52.3 
17.7 
57-3 
24.1 
46.1 
59-2 
Average . . . 
. 63.9 
37-2 
72.2 
51-7 
66.0 
66.2 
The coefficients obtained for our three individual sheep agree 
very well indeed, but our averages are quite different from those 
given in the compilation cited. Neglecting the ash and consider¬ 
ing the other results, we have the following exhibit of facts rela¬ 
tive to the digestibility of corn fodder, with which many experi- 
