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DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 16. 
Flungarian Grass, fed green. 
Two sheep, A and B, of the preceding experiments. The 
experiment began July 27, 1895, and continued fourteen days. 
The feces were collected for the five days from August 5, 6:30 
Pp. M., to August Io, 6:30 Pp. M. Each sheep was fed daily six 
pounds of the fodder. Sheep A left some uneaten residue. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 17. 
Soy Bean Fodder, fed green. 
Two sheep, C and E, of the preceding experiments. The 
experiment began July 27, 1895, and continued fourteen days. 
The feces were collected for the five days from August 5, 6:30 
Pp. M., to August 10, 6:30 Pp. M. Each sheep was fed daily six 
pounds of the fodder. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. I8. 
Clover Rowen, fed green. 
Two sine of the preceding experiments and F, a 
grade Shropshire dropped in spring of 1893. ‘The experiment 
began August ro, 1895, and continued fourteen days. ‘The 
feces were collected for the five days from August 10, 6:30 
A. M., to August 24, 6:30 A.M. Each animal was fed daily 
for the first three days seven pounds, and afterwards six 
pounds, ten ounces, daily. 
Two samples of clover rowen were cut, the first August 15. 
The clover averaged a little past full bloom. About one-tenth 
of the rowen was composed of grasses, mostly timothy. The 
second sample was cut August 19, when the clover was about 
half in bloom, and half in the early seed stage with heads 
drying, the average being past full bloom. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. Io. 
flungarian Grass, fed green. 
This is a duplicate of No. 16, using different animals—two 
sheep, C and D, of the preceding experiments. ‘The experi- 
ment began August 10, 1895, and continued fourteen days. 
The feces were collected for the five days, from August 109, 
6:30 A. M., to August 24, 6:30 A.M. From August 10 to 
August 12 each animal was fed seven pounds daily; August 
13 and 14, six pounds, ten ounces daily, and the remainder of 
the period six pounds, three ounces daily. 
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