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N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
hulls after each feed, and at the end of each day in the case of solid ex¬ 
crement. It was only by this means that the correct amount of dry 
matter could be obtained, since the quantity of hulls and excrement to¬ 
gether with the per cent, of water each contained, varied considerably 
with each feed and day. 
TABLE II. 
SHOWING WASTE HULLS AND SOLID EXCREMENT, WITH PER 
CENTAGES OF WATER AND DI?Y MATTER. 
1890. 
Total 
Ounces. 
Water. 
Per Cent. 
Dry 
Matter. 
Per Cent. 
Dec. 8 
Waste hulls, noon feed. 
64 
15.62 
84.38 
8 
Waste hulls, p. m. feed.. 
78 
15.34 
84.66 
9 
Waste hulls, a. m. feed. 
29 
15.05 
84.95 
9 
Waste hulls, noon feed. . 
48 . 
14.68 
85.32 
9 
Waste hulls, p. in. feed. 
89 
14.39 
85.61 
10 
Waste hulls, a. m. feed. 
20 
14.22 
85.78 
10 
Waste hulls, noon feed. 
50 
13.70 
86.30 
10 
Waste hulls, p. m. feed... 
28 
14.13 
85.87 
11 
Waste hulls, a. m. feed.. 
58 
15.55 
84 45 
11 
Waste hulls, noon feed. 
71.5 
13.33 
86.67 
11 
Waste hulls, p. m. feed. 
37 
13.38 
86.42 
12 
Waste hulls, a. m. feed. 
6 
13.80 
86.20 
9 
Solid excrement. 
371 ' 
66.97 
33.03 
10 
Solid excrement. 
350 
67.99 
32.01 
11 
Solid excrement. .. 
448 
69.59 
30.41 
12 
Solid excrement. 
326.5 
68.57 
31.43 
1891. 
Jan. 6 
Solid excrement. 
594.5 
70 13 
29.87 
7 
Solid excrement.... 
680.5 
69.99 
30.01 
8 
Solid excrement. 
592 
71.21 
28.79 
9 
Solid excrement... .. 
631 
67.93 
32.07 
In Table IV is given the amount of solid excrement for each day and 
for the whole period, with the amounts in ounces of its constituent nu¬ 
trients. This table also shows the total amount of hulls consumed and 
digested, with the digestibility of the hulls as a whole and of the con¬ 
stituents. 
