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DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 24. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 
Lab. | Protein. | Nit.- : Oreaniel Fuel 
No. Water. N.x6.25,, Fat. | free Ext| Fiber.| Ash.| Matter.| Value.t 
Feeding Stuffs. % dh | % % % | % % Cal. 
Sweet corn fodder*— 
1496} Samplet, - =H 82,059 3.8 Poy LTO 367 10 1.0 My hyn] a1. 00 
1532| Sample 2, - SOs ee LSS Onl T 21h GOL Ts 2be hers Ienenos 
Average, <2) Slrli\s 71.8 Gi Leet sO: Yabedelditedeo aeoa G 
Feces. | | . 
1526| Sheep C, = - -| 5.3| 12.4 | 2.7| 45.0 | 22.6 |12.0|] 82.7 | 4.288 
pao) sneep De: = a entero | 2.3 | 45.0}. 25.4 1° Oak 85.8 | 4.405 

* 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 
_| Weight. 

Eaten in Five Days. 
Sheep C, - 
Sheep D, - 
Feces for Five Days. 
Sheep Gar 
Sheep D, - 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep C, - 
Sheep D, - 
Percentage Digested. 
Sheep C, - 
Sheep LD, - 
Average, 
| 
Grams. 
14,000 
_ I4,000 
| 
| 
638 
860 
| 

Protein. 
N.X6.25. 
Grams. 
252 
252 
79 
106 
173 
146 
% 
68.7 
57-9 
63.3 












Fat. | ze Fiber. Ash. Grease 
Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. 
84 1,638 518 | 154 | 2,492 
84 | 1,638 518 | 154 | 2,492 
17 288 144 75 528 
20 3904 218 78 738 
67 | 1,350 374 79 | 1,964 
64 | 1,244 300 OT ETS 4 
% % % % % 
|. 79.8 82.4 49,29) 5163.12 70.0 
| 76.2 75-9 57-9 | 49-4 | 79.4 
| 78.0 | 79.2) 65.0] 60.4 | 74.6 


Fuel Value of Food for Five Days as Determined by the Bomb 
Calorimeter. 




Sheep C, 
Sheep D, 
me uNwerace. «- 
| 

Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
of Food 
Eaten. 
Calories. 
11,578 
he el 



of | _of Food | 
Feces. | Digested. | 
Calories. | Calories. 
2,736 8,842 
3,788 | 7,790 





Total 
fe) Available 
Urea, Etc.| Fuel Val. | 
Calories. | Calories. | 
151 8,691 
127 7,663 



| Per cent. 
| Available 
Fuel Val. 


% 

