Colorado Hays and Fodders. £5 
Feces. 
Air dried feces weighed 1648.4 grams. 
Analysis of Feces. 
Moisture. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6.66 
”•57 
1.44 
8.69 
28 .17 
41.or 
Fodder 
Constituents Voided 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
1550.61 
169.81 
21.14 
127.61 
422.42 
608.93 
Fodder < 
Constituents 
Digested. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Consumed ... 
33163 
64.06 
240.86 
962.46 
1834.23 
Voided ...... 
.............*550.61 
169.8t 
•21.14 
127 . 6 1 
422.42 
608.93 
Digested . .. . < 
161.82 
42.92 
” 3-25 
540.04 
1225.30 
Co-efficients or 
percentages 
digested .. 
... so.oa 
48.8 :> 
67.60 
47.02 
56.11 
06.80 
Weight of 
the Sheep at the beginning of the experiment 
56.0 pounds. 
Weight of the sheep at the end of the experinint 
53.0 pounds. 
Daily consumption of dry mattr equalled 3.0 per 
cent of the animal’s 
weight. 
Average Co-efficients for Sorghum 
Fodder. 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Sheep No. i .. . 
^. 57 #0^ 
41.44 
65.87 
30.87 
49.38 
59.39 
Sheep No. 2.. 
. .. 5S.22 
43.6 > 
61.73 
42.28 
42.21 
56.99 
Sheep No. 3.. 
... 50.63 
48.81> 
67.00 
47.02 
56.11 
66.80 
Average . 
. . •«t o8>46 
44.61 
64.87 
43.06 
49.23 
61.06 
There are but few recorded experiments upon the digesti¬ 
bility of sorghum fodder. The following is quoted by Jordan 
and Hall from the publications of the North Carolina Station—two 
experiments with sorghum fodder (pulled from Black African and 
Collier canes): 
Dry Matter. Ash. Fat. Protein. Fibre. Extract. 
First, with goat............. 59.89 17.64 47.14 -59-46 64.88 63.5* 
Second, with cow.......66.29 41.31 46.25 62.20 75-8S 66.5.5 
There is a record of two experiments by the Texas Station, 
but the fodder was cut in dough state and fed green. This fact 
would make but little difference, provided the fodder was cut at 
the same period of development and the fodder retained its feeding 
qualities unmodified by keeping, especially when exposed to al¬ 
ternations of freezing and warm weather. These experiments were 
made with cows and gave the following results: 
Dry Matter. 
Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
73-3 
43-8 
81.6 
56.7 
75 -o 
78.2 
73 -* 
39-5 
§i -3 
5 *.i 
74.0 
78.7 
Average ....... 
41.6 
81.4 
53-4 
74-5 
.78.3 
The coefficients are very varying, but represent different 
fodders. I used one cut in the latter part of September and kept, 
as the most of our fodders are kept, in shock until used. The time 
of my experiment also corresponded to that at which this fodder 
would be used, so the results represent as nearly as possible the value 
of this fodder to the stockmen of the eastern part of the state. 
Considering that the North Carolina experiments were made with 
pulled fodder, blades and tops, while mine were made with the 
whole plant, it seems that the results obtained in my experiments 
