196 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
days. ‘Ihe feces were collected for the five days from October 
5, 6:30 A. M., to October 10, 6:30 A. M. Each animal was fed 
daily six pounds, three ounces, till October 1, after which they 
were fed five and one-fourth pounds daily. 
Two samples of the rowen were taken. ‘The first. sample 
was cut October 1, and consisted mostly of timothy, about 
two-thirds grown, with a little clover and some fine grasses. 
Rowen as a whole not very succulent. The second sample was 
cut October 5, and was similar to the first sample. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 26. 
Barley Fodder (from barley and peas), fed green. 
Sheep B and F, of the preceding experiments. ‘The experi- 
ment began October 12, 1895, and continued twelve days. 
The feces were collected for the five days from October Ig, 
6:30 A. M., to October 24, 6:30 A. M. 
Each sheep was fed daily six pounds, three ounces of the fod- 
der. Both sheep ate all their food and went through the experi- 
ment nicely. The first sample was cut October 15 from field of 
barley and peas. ‘The barley was green and succulent, heads 
about three-fourths grown. ‘The barley was separated from 
the peas, and the latter were used for digestion experiment No. 
27. ‘The barley was about 47 per cent. of the whole. ‘The 
second sample was cut October 19, heads nearly full grown, 
stems quite succulent, no bloom. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 27. 
Canada Pea Fodder (from barley and peas), fed green. 
Sheep C and D, of the preceding experiments. The exper- 
iment began October 12, 1895, and continued twelve days. 
The feces were collected for the five days from October 19, 
6:30 A. M., to October 24, 6:30 A. M. . 
Each animal was fed daily six pounds, three ounces of fodder. 
The first sample was cut October 15 from same field of barley 
and peas as experiment No. 26. ‘The peas were separated from 
the barley, forming about 57 per cent. of the whole. Peas 
quite large, but no blossoms; about three-fourths grown. The 
second sample was cut October 19th. Peas tender and succu- 
lent, quite large, but no blossoms. The experiment was nor- 
mal throughout, with the exception that sheep D was by mis- 
take fed one ration of barley fodder on the 21st. 
