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DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 209 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 22. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and feces. 




















Ne: Water |e roreit: | Fat. |pde xt Fiber. | Ash. | Mtter.| Valle.t 
Feeding Stuffs. he te % GOB OBEN ies Cal. 
Sweet corn fodder*— | | | | 
I497| Sample 1, - Soh 7OcO 2.0 he AO 130k 424.1 1e2 | 20een O52 
1498} Sample 2, - =", 78.0 EO) je 9ul. F400) 93.6.7 1,0 tee t0; e070 
[veraceipeme accra) 2 69.0) lis) Loscal -4.0)| Leki) uq0-Oyligeo0n 
Feces. | | 
1523) oneep bb;  -- at PAbS a TOER™ 1° 255 | 49.0 | 25.3 | 8.1 | 87.1 | 4.455 
7522) Sheep F, . - =~} 4:0 | EI.2 }2.5 | 47.5 | 25.3 9-5 | 86.5 | 4.484 
* Fed green. + Per gfam 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. Bb; > - - | 14,000 | 280 TISEe O92 560 154 | 2,884 
Sheep F, - - = | 14,000 | 280 PU Wel. O32 560 154 | 2,884 
Feces for Five Days. 
Sheep B, -— - - 889 93 20 436 | 225 72 774 
pueep i. = - =) “850 95 ar 404 215 8I 735 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep, b,c - - — 187 92 | 1,496 335 82:| 2,110 
Sheep F, - - : — Ios. ee O14. 1,526 345 ig | oe TZ) 
Percentage Digested. G % G % % % 
Sheep B, - - - — 66.8 S2s1 aA BORG 53.2 3,2 
Sheep F, - - - — 66.1 81.3 ehepnee lone !s, ATACV ATA. 
Average, = -2.° +.) 66.5 | 81.7 78.3 | 60.7 | 50.8] 73.9 


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. % 
SheeppBe ge \- | 13,454 | 3,961.) 9,493 |. 163 | 9,330 | 69.3 
Gihecp hh eu) 4) .95;454 fe 91811) | 9,643 -). 161 9,482 70.5 
Average, - 2 en oa a es mas 69.9 





