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DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. I5. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 
Keb waver 20 | pg. NES | ren | aa. (Qbsani| Fae 
feeding Stuffs. heh Bee % | & % % % Car 
Oat fodder*— | | 
1470 Sample 1, - Pee Doe ot Bs) | 226 Ie} 7.81 4.7 1°1.0 | S000 ieee 
1471} Sample 2, - ay ON ghueeO 9 | 9.6 | 0.11297. 10 2eneeoam 
Average, -/|80.8/ 2.7 |1.0) 8.7) 5.4) 1.9) 17.8) :908 
Feces. | | 
1479| Sheep C,_ - ZOO le BA 4.1 | 40.8 | 26.0 |13.7| 79.3 | 4.197 
1480| Sheep FE, - 216.41; 8.4 1.3.6) 40.4 | 28.4|12.8)- 80.,Smeareme 
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* Fed green. 
+ Per gram as determined in calorimeter. 
Weights of foods Eaten, and of feces for Five Days, and Weights 
and Percentages of Nutrients Digested. 







































Want, Nees Fat. freee Fiber. | Ash. Mere 
Eaten in Five Days. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. Grams. | Grams. | Grams, | Grams, 
Sheep C, - s - | 13,605 | 367 136 + Peas ese 258 | 2,422 
Sheep E, - - Pets OOS ty 307' ov 130 1 Pea 735 |. -258 aoe 
feces for Five Days. | | 
Sheep: Gyre. yrds: ORS eG 43. | 432-]' 295 7) Oa 4neieem 
Sheep E, - - 2/155 1,093 | * 92 39 442 310 140 883 
Amounts Digested. | 
SHEEDUG ee re - — | 278 93 | 752 460 113.) 1,583 
PHeEpre ty) - ee Aes 275 97 742 | 425 118 | 1,539 
Percentage Digested. : 
se ita es Sean Bt % g Z| & 
Sheep C, - - Slt Certs ane, Say 68.4 | 63.5 62.6 43.8 | 65.4 
Sheep E, - - - er? 4.0) TLS aL Oze 57.8 45.7%) O3N6 
Avetage, =) ye) Fay 975.0 || 69.8) 63.1)" 60.2") (4a Cee 
fuel Value of food for Five Days as Determined by the Bomb 
Calorimeter. 
| Fuel Val. | Fuel Val.| Fuel Val. | Fuel Vale] ‘Total © Peneem 
| of Food of of Food of Available | Available 
Eaten. Feces. | Digested. | Urea, Etc.| Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
| Calories. | Calories. Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | % 
| 
Sheep C, - - | 12,285 | 4,440 | 7,845 242 7,603 61.9 
Sheep E, + =| 12,285 1 45637 | 7,648 239 7,409 60.3 
Average, - -| — — — — — 61.1 
