214 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 27. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and feces. 



















No. | Water eh | Fat, [git] Fiber.| Ash.| Merter| Value 
Feeding Stuffs. | % | b Mebd ee ® 1% % he Cal. 
Canada pea fodder*! | | | | 
1535| J Sample.t,;= )\ "Begg 3.30 | 01 :4.T) | 2.8 puree eno 585 
1536| Sample 2, - --| 85.9) ° 4.00 | «7 | +5.4'| 3-1) "1.47 2eaggee 
Average, ~ - | 86.5 | 8.7 | .6| 48) 3.0) 1.4/ 12a .627 
Feces. | | | | | | 
1607|SheepC, - -| 7.7| 14.7 6.3 | 29.2 | 23.7 |18.4| 73-9 | 4.167 
1608| Sheep D,_ - - | 6.9 14.0 6.1 31.3, 25.1 |16.6) 76.5 | 4.290 
* 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, - - - | 14,000} 518 84 672. |- 420 196 | 1,694 
Sheep D, - - - | 14,000} 518 84 672 420 196 | 1,694 
Feces for Five Days. | 
Sheep C, - - - | 665 98. 42 193 158 122 491 
Sheep D, - - - | 628 88 38 196 158 104 480 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep GC, = = - — 420 42 479 262 74 | 1,203 
Sheep D, - - - — 430 46 476 262 g2 | 1,214 
Percentage Digested. | G % % % Gu % 
Sheep C, - - -_ = SIir “| 5010 vivagaes 62.4- || (37:05 aero 
Sheep D, - E ae eee 83.0 54.8 | 70.8 62:4 +\ 4GiOmpar ee? 
Average, =. = |< 82.0 | 62.4 |. 71,0.) 62.4) S200 steerees 

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. 




| 
Sleep, C, - mi] By 7S esr © | 30,002 Sages 5,642 64.3 
mneepD <4 m0) 8] 8,978 9) 992,004) 5 6,004 alana gt 5,710 65.0 
Average, - aA United ch GEA GaN Ay eal hae. ——— — 64.6 
