Colorado Hays and Fodders. 
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I have stated in connection with the first series of experi¬ 
ments that I know of no data really applicable to this, which we 
designate as native hay. 
The coefficients found for these two hays with which I have 
experimented agree fairly well, with the exception of those found 
for the ether extract, which are very far apart. The hays were 
composed of different grasses and were grown in localities twenty- 
two miles apart. The average coefficients found in the first series 
of experiments were as follows: 
Dry Matter. Ash. Fat. Protein. Fibre. Extract. 
59-78 43-32 47-09 60.90 61.36 62.01 
This hay seems to have been a decidedly more diges¬ 
tible one than that used in the second series. The grass constitut¬ 
ing the greater part of that used in the second experiment was 
Colorado blue stem, Agi'opyron tenerum. 
SORGHUM FODDER. 
Fodder Fed Sheep No. 1. 
Weight of fodder received in five days, 4441.0 grams. 
Analysis of Fodder. 
Moisture. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
5-75 8.17 
i -55 
5.80 
23.26 
55-47 
Fodder Constituents 
Fed, in 
Grams. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
4185.68 371-21 
68.83 
258.51 
1055-45 
2019.45 
Orts, air dried, weighed 482.3 grams. 
Analysis of 
Orts. 
Moisture. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6.37 10.19 
1.29 
4-97 
28.43 
48.75 
Fodder Constituents Contained in the 
Orts, in Grams. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
457-95 38.95 
4-93 
19.00 
108.61 
186.31 
Fodder Constituents Consumed, 
in Grams. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Fed . 
.4185.68 371-21 
68.83 
258.51 
1055.4S 
2019-45 
Less orts . 
. 457-95 38.95 
4-93 
19.00 
108.61 
186.31 
Consumed 
.3727-73 332.26 
63.70 
239-51 
946.84 
1833.14 
Feces. 
Air dried feces weighed 1698.8 grams. 
Analysis of 
Feces. 
Moisture. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6.80 11.46 
1.28 
8.48 
28.16 
43-82 
Fodder Constituents Voided. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
1583.24 194.61 
21.74 
144.02 
478.34 
744-47 
Fodder Constituents Digested. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Consumed 
63.70 
239-51 
946.84 
1833.14 
Voided 
21.74 
144.02 
478.34 
744-47 
Digested . . 
41.96 
95-49 
468.50 
1088.67 
Co-efficients 
or percentages 
digested 
. 57.53 41.43 
65.87 
39.87 
49.38 
59.39 
Weight of the sheep at the beginning of the experiment 53.5 pounds. 
Weight of the sheep at the end of the experiment 50.5 pounds. 
Daily consumption of dry mattr equalled 3.1 per cent of the animals weight. 
