36 
HAGX 
AS A FORAGE CROP. 
Fæces. 
Urine. 
Date. Sheep No. I. 
Sheep No. 1 
F. Sheep No. I. Sheep No. II. 
November. 
grms. 
grms. 
grms. grms. 
i ith 
00 
O 
I0 99 
482 552 
12 „ 
972 
1092 
4 10 5 8 3 
13 ,, 
962 
1156 
422 579 
H » 
934 
1010 
404 532 
15 » 
899 
1152 
423 463 
16 ,, 
I0 43 
1277 
490 510 
17 ». 
”39 
”53 
460 473 
Daily average 
974.1 
1134.1 
44 i -6 527-9 
The residues of hay left by the anjmals consisted for the 
most part of the 
lower coarse stems of the plants ; the whole 
quantity was dried and 
powdered for the analyses. Of the 
faeces, after well 
mixing 
them, every day one tenth of the 
whole amount was weighed out for 
the analyses and treated 
as usual. 5 
The composition of the food, residues, and fæcês is shown by 
the following figures : 
Residues. Fæces. 
Sheep 
Sheep Sheep Sheep 
Hay 
No. I. 
No. II. No. I. No. II. 
Water . 
16.76 % 
22.20 % 
19.26% 63.68% 64.67% 
In the dry matter 
• 
Crude protein. 
19.89 % 
9.62% 
13 - 77 % 18.05% I 5 - 3 °% 
,, fat 
■ 3-°9 ,» 
' i -43 »» 
1 -97 »! 3- 2 5)! 2.66,, 
,, fibre 
• 39-78 „ 
57 - 12 „ 
48.91 ,, 38.91 ,, 37.96 ,, 
Nitrogen-free 
extract . 
• 3 2 -32 ,, 
27.78 ,, 
30.70,, 32.89,, 38.53,, 
Ash . 
. 4.92 ,, 
4-05 »» 
4.65,, 6.90,, 5.55,, 
From all these data the daily consumption, excretion, and 
digestion of each single component of the food is calculated in 
the following table : 
5 Further particulars about the methods applied in digestion experiments 
and the mode of calculating the results see in Bulletin No. 2, p. 3—6. 
