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Dry 
matter. 
Grams. 
Organic 
matter. 
Grams. 
Crude 
protein. 
Grams. 
Fat. 
Grams. 
Fibre. 
Grams. 
Nitro- 
genfree 
extract. 
Grams. 
Consumed: Hay. 
624 26 
567.14 
76.41 
19.35 
207.25 
264.13 
,, Soybeans 
220.30 
210.80 
86.63 
42.65 
11.91 
69.61 
,, Total. 
844.56 
777.94 
163.04 
62.00 
219.16 
333.74 
Sheep No. I. 
Excreted. 
296.29 
253.58 
40.70 
12.20 
62.69 
137.99 
Digested. 
548.27 
524.36 
122.34 
49.80 
156.47 
195.75 
,, from the hay 
362.32 
342.76 
46.11 
9.25 
135.44 
151.95 
Digested from the 
beans. 
185.95 
181.60 
76.23 
40.55 
21.03 
43.80 
Digested in percent... 
84.41 
86.15 
87.79 
95.08 
176.58 
62.92 
Sheep No. II. 
Excreted. 
301.41 
258.26 
41.70 
12.88 
64.67 
139.02 
Digested. 
543.15 
519.68 
121.34 
49.12 
154.49 
194.72 
„ from the hay 
362.32 
342.76 
46.11 
9.25 
135.44 
151.95 
Digested from the 
beans. 
180.83 
176.93 
75.23 
39.87 
19.05 
12.77 
Digested in percent... 
82.08 
83.93 
86.64 
93.48 
160.00 
61.44 
'■ verage Digestion co- 
efficients. 
83.25 
85.04 
87.22 
94.28 
168.29 
02. 1 - 
The digestibility expressed by these results coincides 
in general with that observed in experiments on similiar 
leguminous seeds. As already found with lupines by 
Stohmann 1 ) and myself 2 ) and also with fish meal by myself/) 
certain concentrated feeding stuffs rich in protein seem to 
favour the dissolution resp. fermentation of the crude fibre 
of the coarse fodder in the digestive canal and, according to 
the above digestion coefficients (170.6 resp. 160.0) obtained 
for the crude fibre the soy beans seem to have the same 
effect. After all, this appears not to be a very rare property 
of concentrated, nitrogenous fodders, since the tables com¬ 
piled by E. von Wolff showing the results of digestion 
!) Transactions of the agricultural institution of the university at 
Leipzig, 1875, p. 86. 
a ) Landw. Jahrbücher, 1880, p. 990. 
3 ) Landw. Yersuchsstat. Vol. 20, 1877, p. 423. 
