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N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
1. DIGESTION OF PULLED FODDER (Cured Corn Leaves) 
By One Sheep and One Goat. 
Date of Experiment, October, 1891. 
Preliminary Period. —The horned sheep and black goat were fed 
this ration 19 and 20 days respectively before collections were begun. 
They gained some weight, which appeared to be due, in part at least, 
to more water drank during the later feeding than at first, and 
drinking at night instead of morning after weights were taken. 
The sheep ate 789.3 grams of fodder, drank 1546.8 grams of water 
per day, and averaged 63 pounds in weight during the first 10 days 
and 67 pounds during the second 10 days. 
The black goat ate 843.7 grams of fodder, drank 807.4 grams of 
water daily during this period, and weighed during the first 10 days 
102.5 pounds, second 10 days 104.6 pounds. 
During the Collection Period of six days the sheep ate 807.4 grams 
of fodder, drank 1378.9 grams of water daily, and weighed an 
average of 66.7 pounds. The goat ate 907.2 grams of fodder, drank 
1111.3 grams of water daily, and weighed 108 pounds. 
The fodder fed was all cut at onoe, well mixed, and kept in large 
bags. The sample for analysis was taken from the mixture. 
. Analytical and Other Data for Obtaining the Coefficients of Digesti¬ 
bility. These data are more conveniently seen and studied by refer¬ 
ence to Tables I and II. 
