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have really lost nothing of their general value, from the fact that 
the experiments were made with regard to special conditions. 
I am inclined to doubt, the claim which is sometimes urged, 
against this fodder, that it changes rapidly, losing its feeding 
qualities. One must admit, however, that the coefficients given; 
by the Texas Station experiments show a much higher degree of 
digestibility than either those of the North Carolina Station or 
my owm My experiments show that a large amount of dry 
matter was eaten per thousand of live weight, i. e., 30 to 31 
pounds. The animals ate it freely enough, but each of the ani¬ 
mals lost weight while feeding upon it. The aggregate loss was* 
7.5 pounds in five days; so that neither the coefficients found nor 
the weights of the animals at the end of the experiments indicate 
any great value for such sorghum fodder. 
The animals fed upon it well, as the amount left as orts as 
well as the large amount of dry matter consumed indicate, and,, 
so far as we could observe, they suffered no inconvenience from 
their being kept upon it as an exclusive diet for 12 days. 
The variety of sorgfmm was Minnesota Early Amber, grown 
on sandy loam; sown May 10, cut September 15, stood in shock 
tmtil following March. Weight of crop not given. 
SALT BUSH. Atriplex Argentea, 
Fodder Fed Sheep No. 4. 
Weight of fodder' received in' five days, 6422.0 grams. 
Analysis of Fodder, 
Moisture. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
5,32 19.28 
1.46 
9-73 
27-33 
36.38 
Fodder Constituents 
Fed, in 
Grams. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract, 
6080.38 1238.6 2 
93-76 
624.82 
1755-75 
2368.23 
Orts, air dried, weighed 1547.0 grams. 
Analysis of 
Orts. 
* 
Moisture. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6.24 15.61 
1.07 
7-23 
39-57 
30.28 
Fodder Constituents Contained in the 
Orts, in Grams. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract 
1450.47 241.41 
16.ss 
111.82 
612.12 
468.43 
Fodder Constituents Consumed, 
in Grams. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
Fed .. 6080.38 1238.62 
93-76 
624.82 
1755-75 
2368.23 
Less orts ...1450.47 241.41 
16.55 
111.82 
612.12 
468.43 
Consumed ..4629.91 997-21 
77.21 
513-00 
1143.67 
1899.80 
Feces. 
4 -.ir dried feces weighed 2655.1 grams. 
Analysis of 
Feces. 
Moisture. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
6-53 10.53 
1.32 
6.27 
40.44 
34-91 
Fodder Constituents Voided. 
Dry Matter. Ash. 
Fat. 
Protein. 
Fibre. 
Extract. 
2481.78 279.51 
35-04 
166.41 
1073.14 
926.81 
