206 
Lab. | 
No. | 

STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. Ig. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and feces. 


Feeding Stuffs. 
- Hungarian grass*— 
1514; Sample 1, - 
1515, Sample 2, - 
| Average, 
| Feces. 
1505 Sheep C, . 
r506|:Sheep:D, = 
| Water 

- | 71.3 
-_| 76.3 
- 73.8 

| Protein. 

% 
po 
mH NI 
10.6 
TO.L 

IN. X 6.25. 



| Fats | pres tice! Fiber. 
% ho fo 
HO A328 Vi 856 
(On 11.3 72, 
(Oil ae. Owe Ore 
S.A he SvOIns 7 
B a5 | 46.5 | 24.6 











Organic| Fuel 
Ash.| Matter.| Value. + 
% G Gal. 
2.4\7 26.9) 1 eae 
2.2) OT Roepe 
2.3; 28.9 | 1.181 
10.5| 85.0 | 4.374 
10.6| 84.7 | 4.365 


* Fed green. 
+ Per gram as determined by calorimeter. 
Weights of Foods Eaten, and of Feces for Five Days, and Weights 
and Percentages of Nutrients Digested. 


Laten in Five Days. 
SheepiGh r= 
Sheep D, - 
Feces for Five Days. | 
sheep C; 
phéeep Da 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep C, - 
Sheep D, - 
_ Percentage Digested. 
Sheep C, - 
mneep D,, = 
Average, 




Protein. 

Total 
Weight. |N.X 6.25. 
coe Giins 
14,000 | 336 
| 14,000 | 336 
TY240}\ 131 
1,280 129 
-- 205 
= 207 
% 
— | 61.0 
a 61.6 
ye 61.3 










Fat. | me Fiber. Ash. Se Sec 
Grams. Cahn Grams. | Grams | Grams. 
112 | 1,764°) 1,134 |" 322 a5aaG 
112 | 1,764 | 1,134 | 322 | 3,346 
42 544 337 130 | 1,054 
45 595 315 | 136 | 1,084 
70 Wo; 220 797 192 122202 
674) 1,109 819 186 | 2,262 
fo to fo to % 
| 62.5 69.2 70.3 59.6 | 68.5 ; 
59.8 | 66.3 72.2 57.8 67.6 & 
| 61.3.) 67.8 | 71.0") -CSefeice-e . 
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 ofr of Food of Available | Available 
Eaten. Feces. | Digested. | Urea, Etc.) Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
| Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | Calories. % 
Sheep C, 15,834 | 5,424 | 10,410 178 10,232 | 64.6 4 
Sheep D, | 1e.834.|. 5,587 | to,249 180 | 10,067 | 63.6 
Average, ee — — — — 64.1 






