DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 203 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 16. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 






















No: Water W625,| Fats free fext| Fiber.| Ash.| (Same) varie 4 
Feeding Stuffs. % | % q, Be ba q % Cal. 
Hungarian grass*¥— | 
1472 Sample 1, - eho ee 2.0.) 2.1 9.Te fp 287 (e2-O we fOr 5 (1.025 
$473; Sample, - eo) ikeray 2.6 8 Q-5b 0.17! 2-210 1o,0n «940 
Average, - | 78.6) 2.6 |15) 9.8 5.9] 2.1) 19.8 | .989 
Feces. ' | 
i481|SheepA, - -/| 5.5] 12.8 | 3.4] 42.5 | 22.8 |r3.0| 81.5 | 4.269 
1482) Sheep B, - -| 4.4| 12.0 | 4.5| 43.2 |'23.1 |12.8| 82.8 | 4.381 
Uneaten Residue. | | | | 
I511| Sheep A, - -| 4.8 COM Wiad 40. 721 20.9 (L7en a7 fe Soaie gO 
* 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. 


Total | Protein. WeeNitcy | fees ‘Organic 
Weight. N.X6.25.| Fat. | free Ext, Fiber. Ash. | Matter. 






Eaten in Five Days. | Grams. | Grams. |Grams.| Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. 











Sheep A, fed, - ol 13,005 1454 204.| 1,265 | 803 286 | 2,626 
Uneaten residue, A, - 202 aes 2 | 82 60 30) Ieerso 
Actually eaten, A,- | 13,403 | 342 202 | 1,183 | 743 | 250 | 2,470 
Sheep B, - Sr TS OOFP Ie 9354 204 \/-1,265, 1 © 803 286 | 2,626 
feces for Five Days. | | 
Sheep A, - - - 891 | I14 30 3797) 26203 LIOmibey 20 
Sheep B, - - =| 2836 |= 100 a7 355 sey ig2 106 687 
Amounts Digested. | | | 
Sheep A, - - -_ oe 228 172 804 | 540 £34131, 744 
Sheep B, - - - — 254 167 907 | O11 | 180 | 1,939 
Percentage Digested. q q 4, | d, 4 d, 
Sheep A, - z -| — 66.78 fh 85.4 6854 Hasso we 5 Oml ba 70.0 
Sheep B, - - Se ney 2 ex) 81.9 peg tel sari eee G250 410 7Ge0 
Average, -°. - Si i Oi 1eG0.0 | + £0,0 | 124 | 08.8 | 72.2 
ee 
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 Aywaee! 8-9) 12) 741} 3,804. | 8,937 198 | 8,739 | 68.6 
Breen ae twen oy =) 23,455,\) 9 3,030%.|».9,819 22I 9,598 71.3 
Average, - - — ae yon ot he eee ed OO 




