DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. IOI 
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENTS. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 10%. 
Scarlet Clover Hay, field cured. . 
Four sheep, A, B, C and D, wethers, dropped in the spring 
of 1883. A, C and D were grade Shropshires, and B was 
grade Merino. ‘The experiment began December 26, 1894, and 
‘continued twelve days ‘The feces were collected for the five 
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‘days from January 2,5 P. M.; to January 7, 5 Pp. M. Each 
sheep was fed daily one and one-half pounds of the hay. "The 
scarlet clover hay was cut June 4, 1894, and dried in cocks. 
At the time of cutting it was a little past full bloom, many of 
the heads beginning to seed at the base. ‘The experiment was 
apparently normal with all four animals. ‘They all ate their 
feed completely, and seemed to be hungry. 
DIGESTION EXPHRIMENT NO. II. 
. “Scarlet Clover Flay, barn cured. 
Three sheep, A, B and C, of the preceding experiment. 
The experiment began January 19, 1895, and continued twelve 
days. ‘The feces were collected for the five days from January 
26, 4:30 P. M., to January 31, 4:30 P.M. A and B gnawed the 
platform slightly, A also ate some wool. Each sheep was fed 
daily one and one-half pounds of the hay. 
The scarlet clover hay was cut May 28, 1894, and dried and 
cured in the barn. At the time of cutting it was in full bloom. 
The feces of C were collected for only four days but the results 
have been recalculated for five days to compare with A and B. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. I2. 
Sov Bean Meal, with timothy rowen. 
Three sheep, A, B, C, of preceding expetiments, and E, a 
new sheep in placeof D. KE wasa grade Shropshire dropped in 
the spring of 1893. “The experiment began February 2, 1895, 
and continued twelve days. ‘The feces were collected for the 
five days from February 9, 5 Pp. M., to February 14, 5 P. M. 
The experiment was commenced with sheep D, but after one 
- day, sheep E was substituted. All of the sheep ate their 
rations greedily, and seemed to be hungry. At the end of the 
experiment it was observed that sheep A had pulled some wool 
* Reprinted from 1894 Report on account of error in weight of food eaten. 
