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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. ils 
Composition of feeding Stuffs and Feces. 


Lab 



No. Water 
feeding Stuff. ho 
1432| Scarlet clover hay,*| 19.6 
Feces. . 
1429} Sheep A, - - | 6.5 
1430) Sheep B, . - | 6.3 
1431) oheep Gia = =) 6.6 



Protein. 
INN G25: 
% 
15-5 

13:2 
13.5 
Ti Gee 



Fat. |v tiet| Fiber. 
fo to he 
1.04--20-7 *| 25.9 
Spiel) Sipe sae en 
8417230, 8%) 2550 
B20 e2Gs ie aon 






O ic| Fuel 
Ash. | Matter.| Value-t 
% G Cal. 
7.3| 73.0 | 3.526 
10.3 | 2-83.20) tage 
10.4] 83.3 | 4.345 
10.0} 83.4 | 4.305 



* Barn cured. 
Weights of Foods Eaten, and of Feces for Five Days, and Weights 


+ Per gram as determined in calorimeter. 
and Percentages of Nutrients Digested. 


Total 
Weight. 

Laten in Five Days. 
Sheep A, - - - 
Sheep B, - - - 
Sheep C, - $ - 
feces for Five Days. 
Sheep A,.- - : 
Sheep B, - - - 
Sheep C, - - - 
Amounts Digested, 
Sheep A, - - - 
Sheep B, - = : 
Sheep C, - - - 
Percentage Digested. 
Sheep A, - - - 
Sheep B,* - - : 
Sheep C, - - - 
Average, - - 

Grams. 
3,400 
3,400 
3,400 
T,309 
1,265 
1,256 










N.x6-25 Fat. | free But,| Fiber. | Ash. |SeSroe 
eee Grams. (eae Perri | Grams. | Grams. 
527 61 1,016 881 248 | 2,485 
527 61 1,016 881 248 | 2,485 
527 61 1,016 881 248 | 2,485 
173 41 408 | 467 135 | 1,089 
171 43 390 450 T3I | 1,054 
14] 37 365 | 504 125 | 1,047 
354 20 608 414 113 | 1,396 
356 18 626 431 It7 4 tage 
386 24 651 37a 123 | 1,438 
g A 4 aan See 
G72 32:5 59.8 47.0 45.6 56.2 
67.6 29.5 61.6 48.9 47.2 57.6 
73:2 | 42.3 |, 63.9 “| 42.8 | 40.75) epee 
69.8 | 84.9| 61.8 | 46.2 | 47.5 | 57.9 


fuel Value 



of food for Five Days as Determined by the Bomb 
















' Calorimeter. 
Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. Total Per cent. 
of Food of of Food of Available | Available 
Eaten. Feces. | Digested. | Urea, Etc.| Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | Calories. % 
Sheep A, Ties, TT I4O88. 4aae 084. “Melb aoa 308 5,996 50.0 
Sheep B, F - | 11,988 | 5,496 | 6,492 308 6,184 51.6 
Sheep ©, - - 4 11,988 | 5,409 | 6,579 336 | 6,243 0) eaeeme 
AVELASe. «an - aes Ant, — —_ — 5123 







