126 REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 
digestible matter contained in the food of each lot of animals as 
follows: 
Digestible matter consumed for the entire period. 




Lot I. Lot II. 
PAE PUTA OMABY ios spice Biases Baar totes eee ee ania 392.6 282.0 
SWOT Soop Narn tein eee tees eee hood ek 337.8 
Nitrogen-free extract. .................. 1719.0 1928.3 
INT) gh OE naa ORR CUO ae ip AA he ct 127.8 115.5 

Using the average digestion coefficients for the feeds consumed ; 
we find that Lot I received 110 pounds digestible albuminoids © 
more than Lot II, but 209 pounds more of digestible nitrogen-free 
extract was fed to Lot IT than to Lot I. 
In order to test the digestibility of the rations at this point, it 
was necessary to modify somewhat the feeding, and from February 
twenty-eighth to March tenth Broad and Whitey received the 
regular rations minus roots. Star was fed hay and roots only, 
and Spot hay alone. During this period they all continued to 
make a fair gain, but jin the ten -days following they showed the 
effect of the previous feeding, and both Star and Spot lost weight. 
It is worthy of note that the real influence of the food did not 
manifest itself until the following period. 
The feeding trialj continued until April twenty-third, or for 
fifty-four days longer. Dividing this into five periods, the first 
three of ten and the last two of twelve days each, and we have 
the following.summary per day for each period : 













Lor I. ; Lot II. 
Broad. Star. Whitey. Spot. 
FEBRUARY 93-MARCHTIO. elec! nouns. Pou ee 
TAL OLE I Gheccidn cnc mice as eso etea ee into aare 98 ‘ 
Water eaten AiR Te Seta See Sa oy Te 3 an eA ie 55.9 30.4 39.0 40.3 
FIAV OBLOR S. orcit oss ws - cae agen SNe es cape ess 8.8 13.6 8.7 16.3 
Fae 1a hae oe A eee STI OTIC RA NEE Mek rR OTE Pf Er miter cn 
CSOT IN Cleats ce oe otic ne ered wie Aoitscarsia aelacl eres 7G ll RRA 10,504) 3.7. 4 ree 
VTLS PET bos ic cn as eae ee papas os tsice ene HED ishatidioracecee 220° 158 dae cee 
COLIN -BOOG- IM CAls prsccc ca ndecuae so wicedaen s S.0:| cow's ccusse | avnee eek Genta 
mance ee 1010 877 965 937 
SLAMS Ni tons cuit ccc eaiiaarge sede nse ealenree 
Water ny Pen Nl sel ais PUG MAMI og bell, 4h a 50.8 37.8 38.9 37.4 
TARY DELON. see kvak «se. Senses os deseabeetespanva 10.2 9.1 10.2 8.9 
Ensilage ,. UE a = Gaal pared oR ECS ee Creu CHIC iE ois 11.2 11.6 10.8 14.8 
Corn meal. a i en ea A eat ee et le Gt 2.0 2.0 6.0 6.0 
Wheat bran......... Chrceace Race eck oc ateee inte 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 
CIGEOT BGG TIGR cs os ng mie ca We ee hee en eate 3.0 CF a Pees: Seca 
