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DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 14. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 
No. waver Prete: Fat. tite | Fiber.| Ash. |‘Metter,| Value-+ 
feeding Stuffs. | q % % q % %, +, q, Cals 
Oat & pea fodder*— 
1468) Sample 1, - - | 84.5 3, a te LO Gor SOE OWL so Wal O 
1469} Sample 2, - - | 83.3 Cea Gans 6.555) * Ai Ieee leeks Omer 70s 
Average, 000 hud.o | 1.0), -6.3)) -8,9:) 1.6 : 139 
Feces, | | 
1477| Sheep A, - -| 7.0| I0@ | 4.3| 36.4 | 25.6 |16.6| 76.4 | 4.0907 
taz7eroheep Bb, -- - | 6.2 9-7 | 4.2] 32.5 | 28.3 |19.1| 74.7 | 3.982 





* Wed green. 
+ Per gram as determined in calorimeter. 
ents of Foods Eaten, and of Feces for Five Days, and Weights 
and Percentages of Nutrients eae 

Eaten in Five Days. 
Sheep A, - 
Sheep B, - 
feces for Five Days. 
Sheep A, - 
Sheep B, - 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep A, -- 
Sheep B, - 
Percentage Digested, 
SHeepiny = 
Sheep B, - 
Average, 

- Total 
Weight. 

Grams. 
13,605 
13,605 
807 
869 


Protein. 
N.X6.25.| 

Grams. 
449. 
449 
82 

84 
367 
365 
% 
81.7 
Sie 
81.5 







Wate foe, | Vibes 
Grams. | Grams. | Grams. 
136 857 531 
136 | 857 531 
35 | 294 206 
37 282 246 
IOI 563 325 
99 575 285 
% % % 
TAe oul 0827 612 
R24 O75 53.7 
73.6 | 66.4 SW ete 


Ash. 

Grams. | 
218 
218 
134 | 
166 | 
84 
hes 
% 
38.5 
23.9 
31.2 

‘Organic 
| Matter, 

Grams. 
1,973 
1,973 
617 
649 
1,356 
1,324 
% 
68.7 
OFat 
67.9 

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,  - ~-/ 10,054 | 3,306 | 6,748 319 6,429 63.9 
Sheep B, - - | 10,054 | 3,460 6,594 317 6,277 62.4 
Avérage, - 9 - — — a a — 63.2 




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