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DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 189 
TABLE 66. 
Summary of Results of Digestion Experiments with Sheep. LPer- 
centages of Total Nutrients and Fuel Value of the Dif- 
es feeding ee A erated HEN 












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FEEDING STUFFS. ss | o | cy a | aoe 3 | c gS es 
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Milling Products (with Hay). Gti eet AG % % % % 
Bran, corn meal and hay,* -| 1} B 48.0 | 60.6 71.5 | 45.6) 5.9 | 62.7 |57.6 
Bran, corn meal and hay, = \eetiel |, 62,1: | 72:9'| 76.1 | §9.6 | 26:6) 70:8)1 66.4 
Bran, corn meal and hay, : Ate: } 57:6 169.1 | 80: 1:60.70) 32-08-72. on OO 
Bran, corn meal and hay, - AW oes 22.) 75,2: | 79.9» 55.2 we7ad | OG.OsrO5a2 
Average, - —j|— 55.0) 68.5 | 76.4 | 55.3 | 28.0 | 69.0 |64.3 
Bran, corn meal, linseed est : Zit 73-5 |, 0457) 73:8 1 5G.0 26.8 70; 0803.6 
oat and pea meal and hay,+ 2PM 7T-2 171.2) 74.9 200.8 -28.2 70.9 :16478 
Bran, corn meal, linseed meal, ) | § 3} B_| 77.1 | 72.8 77.0 | 69.2 | 40.9 | 75.0 | 70.3 
oat and pea meal and hay, Wet she 7.0) 732471 73.0 | OL.14)20.9 1.70.3 10504 
Average, —|— 78.4/| 70.5 74.8 | 62.5 | 29.2 71.6 |66.0 
Soy bean meal and mothy ey P27 5.0 | 71.1 | 66:7) \.0162.1.42,0) 08.551 62.6 
Soy bean meal and timothy hay, ; 12| B | 77.0 | 76.7 | 69.0 | 61.2 | 51.6 | 70.5 |65.9 
Soy bean meal and timothy hay, | 12} C 80.0 77.4 68.4 63.1 | 48.9 | 71.5 |67.0 
Soy bean meal and timothy hay, | 12} E | 76.0 | 71.4 | 60.9 56.7 | 51.1 | 65.4 |61.3 
Average, -  - -|—|— | 77,2 | 74.2 | 66.3 | 60.6 | 48.4 | 69.0 |64.3 
Soy bean meal and Tas hay, | 13| A |-77.0 | 74.1 | 62.2 | 59.7 | 52.0 | 67.0 |62.8 
Soy bean meal and timothy hay, | 13| B= 77.4 F43)2 1.66.5 63.1) 36.8 | 69.5 |64.0 
Soy bean meal and timothy hay, | 13) C | 78.5 | 72.0 | 63.5 55.8.1 45.3.1 66.9 | 62.7 
Soy bean meal and timothy hay, | 13} E 80.0 | 73.1 71.8.) 6975 1148.6) 7527 08.7 
Wverage, - - : - | —|—| 78.2 | 78.1 | 66.0 62.0 | 45.7 | 69.3 | 64.6 
Experiment 12, calculated for 

digestibility of soy bean -|—|— 85.1 | 86.6 73,6 | — | 26.3 | 77.5 |72.2 
meal above average, - | 

Experiment 13, calculated for | 
digestibility of soy bean +|—|—| 86.6 | 83.2 | 73.1] — | 16.2 yhote: Siar lay 
meal above average, - f | 
Avg. of experiments 12 and 
13, 8 tests, calculated or 
soy bean meal alone, - 
—|— 85.8 84.9/ 73.4} — | 21.3) 78.0 | 72.5 
Cured Fodders and Flays. 









Rowen hay, mixed Abe (8) A | 70.1 | 50.5 | 67.7 | 66.2 | 54.8 | 66.7 |60.9 
chiefly Kentucky blue grass 18) B | 67.6 | 44.0 | 62.9 | 65.4 | 49.4 | 63.5 |57.1 
Rowen hay, mixed grasses, } | {8 C | 70.2 | 45.6 6264560. 126-65.511 O4 Te S8cr 
chiefly Kentucky blue aa 18] D | 68.4 | 44.6 | 67.0 | |68.2}-52..4 |°66.3'/ 50,5 
Average,” - — | — 69,1 | 46.2| 65.1 66.5 | 58.0 65.2 (58.9 
Rowen hay, mostly timothy, - 9) A | 66.1 | 50.8 | 64.9 | 65.2 | 50.8 | 64.4 |59.3 
Rowen hay, mostly timothy, - | 9 B | 69.4 | 48.2 | 60.9 62.0 74.6 | 62.0 |58.6 
Rowen hay, mostly timothy, -| 9 C | 68.2 | 48.7 | 63.5 (6542). 53.2 |.64.1 oa 
Rowen hay, mostly timothy, - 9| D | 68.3 | 50.3 | 64.3 | 73-4 | 46.9 | 67.2 [60.9 
Average, - -  - — |—| 68.0 | 49.5 | 68.4 | 66.5 | 56.4 | 64.4 |59.3 
Scarlet clover hay, field Dene 10| A | 67.8 | 49.2 | 59.4 | 39.8 | 48.4 | 52.9 |48.3 
Scarlet clover hay, field cured, | 10| B | 67.8 | 49.2 | 62.7. 41.4 | 41.5 | 54.9 49.6 
Scarlet clover hay, field cured, | 10| C 68.9 | 45.9 | 57-3 | 46.4 | 46.8 | 54.8 |50.3 
Scarlet clover hay, field cured, | 10 D | 68.5 | 52.4 | 60.7 | 47.3 | 51.2 | 56.0 |51.9 
— | 68.3 | 49.2 | 60.0 43.8 | 47.0 | 54.8 |50.0 
Average, - - - | eer 

* The wide ration of sheep feeding experiments, pp. 92-106, Report of 1894. 
+ The narrow ration of sheep feeding experiments, pp. 92-106, Report of 1894. 
