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IRM UR ca ae an LCS gig Pain bap cle nile Oe Mabey o 8 9.87. ~ 42.40 “45.71 98.46 3.56 
PM A ie doen ss toca eles oe Coumes s vwdiec bed ots 8.17 | 11.15 | 37.46] 39.63 | 3.59 
oR So Se Nola cs bos vip cng bus pm islacniedegs ob es 10.06 | 11.44 | 36.33 | 88.43 | 3.74 
cn gp shes oss ooh Sin on np veo seco 11.07 | 15.19 | 30.57] 38.28] 4.89 
RTM MONG ors Sts vacve ses was sbivwonsccsccsewavencortecsess 8.28 | 15.81 | 30.72 | 40.45 | 4.74 
ED el wr sci Coe E as kee ie woe as cae.e es avehsis sees 8.46 | 12.68 | 34.42 | 41.12 | 3.31 



The per cent of sugars and starch found in the dry matter of 
the dungs was as given below: 

Glucose. | Sucrose. Starch. 


tee Nn ee Ne es 0 0 13.80 
DS EI a ee ee Eee 0 0 15.08. 
en SSI ea ea age a 0 1.20 14.82 
Ne ee SE a aie ecb Bo 0 0 15.52 
ENS th ae rr Ba Se ray asec aoe ot 0 0 16.00 
a SEE at mete rane ay 0 0 17.48 



The total nitrogen, also per cent of albuminoid and amide nitro- 
gen, as found in the dung, were as follows: 


Total Albuminoid Amide 
nitrogen. nitrogen. nitrogen. 
ng 8 Oe SS cou a anne 1.98 1.54 44 
Oe etter oe. eos av hie ks s sates eves 1.59 SiS 
PR ar ae ee Eee) a: 1.83 1.59 24 
MER reef ceo ee Soe tes a es 2.43 te Rate .05 
EME BA  Telvin vir deme va vais ee 2.53 2.13 .40 
Re ge es ho kee ck bs 2.03 1.83 .20 



From data already presented we calculate the digestibility of 
the rations for each experiment. 
EXPERIMENT I. 
This experiment was carried out by myself and colleague, Mr. 
Emery. The outdoor work was personally attended to by 
Mr. Emery, and together the results were written up as a part of 
- Bulletin No. 16—New Series. It seems necessary in the discus- 
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