
New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 119 
With the exception of the beets every food was carefully analyzed 
and digestion experiments made, so we have the necessary data 
for a complete record of the feed consumed and growth of the 
animals. 
COMPOSITION OF Foon. 


Albumi-| Qrude | Nitro- 






| Water. | Ash. noids | fiber, |gen-free| Fat. 
Nx 6.25, extract. 
Bay fies SS Ree OAS 6 eae oes 14,29 4.19 7.88 28.91 41.93 2.80 
REIS IAS Oy INO, Less. basse. 0000 veces 81.08 .95 1.13 4.90 10.86 1.08 
Up ARS EE gs (ei a rr 78.34 1.06 1.68 : 6.32 11.38 $7532 
EURO ea re «Sona coh Sx vs kcy ces as: 91.26 .66 .99 1.16 5.60 .33 
PPMPITIOE NOs 195. ow snacks pee 13.60 1,23 9.50 1.79 69.54 4,34 
Corn meal, No. 2..............0-- 20.04 1.45 | 10.39 1.41 | 62.92 3.79 
EO RIL DEBI 65 oc whence gehen es 13.71 5.49 15.13 8.27 54.35 3.05 
STEM DEMAMNOR gc bgt. beaks beac 9.58 .68 30.12 2.73 50.26 6.53 
Linseed meal.................08. .| 12.10 5.17 | 30.48 7.69 35.51 9.05 


The feeding trial proper continued for 163 days, or from 
November eleven to April twenty-third, but the period from 
February nineteen to March nine was somewhat modified, in order 
to enable us to determine the digestibility of the foods used. 
On account of the digestion experiment we shall divide the trial 
into two general periods, the first extending to February twenty- 
eighth, when the digestion experiment proper began, the second 
from the close of the digestion experiment to the end of the feed- 
ing. These general periods are also divided, for convenience, into 
“periods of like feeding, and periods of ten days. 
Before entering into these subdivisions we may give the total 
amounts of food consumed by each animal, and the gain made 
upon that food irrespective of the nature of the products entering 
into each ration. The total food consumed by each animal is 
shown in the following table : 
ee ee ee eee 


Tora Foop ConsumED From Novemeer 11 To Aprin 23, 1888-89. 

Se SES 



<a ; . ; a . 3S 
® = q ; a 5) ad a 
aL Ee oe oS = i ms a d om 
? on q ° = 3 
x = Bal BAI o8S BA ope Se ne 
eI 4 5 eS = Ag 2 oo x ‘3 
se es oe oO = 4 ) ons e a 
Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. | Lbs. 
Broad......} 1,756 | 1,068 434 564 708 102 120 184 | 7,730 1.79 
Bier 2.23 1,664 807 563 496 490 102 120 138 | 5,559 1.55 
Whitey..... 1,628 715 461 | 1,299 BON ear eee es ae oie OPT 1i3 
“WOO 
BDGt. s.s'. - 1,624 | 1,442 424 | 1,226 GG PS ere keane bvete es 6,029 1.69 







