204 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 17. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces, | 






















| | el | | : | 
ite water rosin | nue | it | iber| ash, | QFeam| <A 
_ Feeding Stuffs. Go} % % | % % NG % | Cal. 
| Soy bean fodder*— | | | / | 
1474| Sample 1, - - | 80.9 3.5 7 | 7-65) 5.2) 2.0) TOs) ge . 
1475, Sample 2, - - | 76.9 AsHo| 1.0 | (9.3 [715.8 | 210) 2632 ieee | 
| Average, - | 78.9) 3.8 9} 8.4) 6.5} 2.5) 18.6] .929 
| Feces. | | | 4 
1843\Sheep C, = > = 93191. 7.9. +] 4.0| 26.0 132.3 126.1 | c7O,c uae — 
1484 Sheep i - Soh 3: Ore 10,3, 9).5.3 BONG. 28.57 125.3 70.9 4 3.775 
* 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. Nit.- : Organic. 
Weight. |N.X 6.25. Fat. | free Ext.| Fiber. Ash. | Matter. 






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








Sheep C, - - | 18,005-) 517 122 | 1,144 | 748 | 340 | 2,531 
Sheep E, - - ~ al se O0s 517 122 |“. ,14¢4 748 340 | 2,531 
Feces for Five Days. 
Sheep iGtens ig — eu yeeia, TOT 51 333d" 414 334 899 
Sheep E, - - =e ebOO Wa LEO 61 309 333 293 822 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep C,. = - - — 416 71 SII 334 6 | 1,632 
Sheep E, - - -| — 398 61 835 415 47 .\:1,76Gr 
Percentage Digested. of d q d d y 
Sheep C, - - - — 80.5 58.2 70.9 44.7 1.3 64.5. 
Sheep-Ej = -- 0 - |) = 77-0 |°50,0°} 973.0 %} 55.54 ls 1378 Ons 
Average, bes’ = aa 78.8 54.1 72.0 50.1 7.8 66.0 
Fuel Value of Food for Five Days as Determined by the Bomb 4 
Calorimeter. 



Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. Fuel Val.| Fuel Val. Total Per cent. 











of Food of of Food oO Available | Available 
| Eaten. | Feces. | Digested. | Urea, Etc.| Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
Calories. | Calories. | Calories. ‘Calories. Calories. % 
Sheep C, s - | 12,911 -|' 4,647 8,264 362 7,902 61.2 





Sheep E, - #4 (E2, OLE oeAes 70 8,532 346 8,186 63.4 - 
Average, ° = - —- | nese — ee a 62.3 


