AGRICULTURE AND DENDROLOGY. 
37 
January. 
Faeces. Water. 
Grams. Grams. 
Live-weight. 
Kilograms. 
1884. 
Sheep 
No. I. 
Sheep Sheep 
No. II. No. I. 
Sheep 
No. 11. 
Sheep Sheep 
No. I. No. II. 
21. 
1265.7 
1020.0 — 
2450 
38.4 38.4 
22. 
1115.2 
742.0 2600 
1550 
38.0 38.0 
23. 
1358.7 
926.0 2580 
1740 
37.5 38.2 
24. 
1186.7 
1077.2 3150 
1350 
37.7 38.2 
25. 
1103.4 
983.2 2720 
1330 
37.7 28.2 
26. 
1300.8 
1020.0 2530 
1340 
37.3 37.5 
27. 
1217.8 
939.0 3150 
1670 
37.2 37.2 
28. 
1141.8 
893.0 3650 
1880 
37.0 37.5 
Daily average. 1211.26 
950.05 2910 
1910 
37.6 37.9 
The analysis of the bran and 
the fæces gave the fol 
lowing results, percent :— 
Rice 
Fæces. 
bran. Sh 
>ep Xo. 
T. Sheep Xo. II. 
Water 
75.40 
69.29 
In the dry 
matter : 
Crude protein ... 
. 16.82 
13.13 
13.08 
Fat ... 
4.83 
5.37 
Fibre 
27.00 
26.28 
Xitrogenfree extract ... 43.43 
38.09 
37.94 
Ash... 
. 10.31 
19.95 
16.83 
Total nitrogen ... 
. 2.692 
— 
— 
Albuminoid nitrogen ... 2.254 
— 
— 
With the help of the data just given and the numbers 
formerly obtained for the composition and digestibility of 
the hay, the digestibility of the rice bran is calculated as 
hereafter :• — 
!) Free from ash only; the nitrogen could not be determined owing 
to the small amount of raw fibre obtained in the analysis. 
