
FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH SHEEP. 31 
PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION OF FEEDING STUFFS USED. 
Samples of the grain and hay fed in the experiment were taken 
from time to time, and from these samples smaller sub-samples 
were obtained at the end of the experiment for the purpose of 
analysis. The uneaten residues of food of each animal were 
carefully collected each day and weighed. The uneaten residues 
of each group were kept by themselves, and at the end of the 
experiment samples of each were taken for analysis. ‘The per- 
centage composition of the feeding stuffs and of the uneaten 
residues are shown in table 4, which follows. 
TABLE 4. 
Percentage Composition of Feeding Stuffs Used and of Uneaten 
Residues tn Sheep Feeding Experiment of 1893." 













Lab Pro- Nit.- : 
N ‘| KIND OF FEEDING STUFF. |Water. : Fat. | free | Fiber.; Ash. 
Oo. tein. Ext. 
fo % ho ho fh. ho 
1182} Linseed meal, - - - | 9.90 | 34.69 | 5.80 | 39.73] 4.08] 5.80 
1179| Pea meal, - ~ - a | E121) 26,00 laine O, 953.93 | 13228-3558 
1180| Wheat bran, - - = | QrOG a TOs TOnn ts Onl 52/00: |. TL. 70 ok: 24 
1181} Corn meal, - - - =) TA. OO) oS 7o0cie 4.02.1 67.941! -2)48- 1 vr 26 
1177| Hay, - - - - =| D2; TOMer a rtas Gute 442,32) 28.28) Sak 
1178! Rowen hay, - - = NL 3y'75 keg 4.3.06) | 39.09) 25:24 10. 5.07 
Turnips,+ - : - We OO. LOnmnd. TOnn SO. iT. 30ubr Ti 20.) 2100) 
Uneaten Residues. 
1217| From wide ration, - = bP 5QiS9 ped eOOde Ingle 19.1 3.).12; 2047 2.92 
1216| From narrow ration, - =. FOL. 20 7.00 fol, OSi 17,4400" 0. 27 ea ee 




* For composition calculated on water-free basis, see pages 25-27, this Report. 
+ Not analyzed. Averages of four analyses of New England grown ruta-bagas. 
The amount of digestible nutrients was calculated by using 
the following factors (digestion co-efficients) : 







CARBOHYDRATES, 
Protein. Fat. Nitrogen- iS 
Hree Extract, 5 
% ho fo fo 
Linseed meal, - - e : got o4t g6t 93t 
Pea meal, - : - “ . 83* ag 94* 26* 
WihestBran, i oats 78* 73° 66% 33+ 
Corn meal, = b . 76* got ay” 58+ 
Hay (good quality), - : - 54” 54* 63* 55" 
Rowen hay, “ 3 = 62+ 46+ 67+ 64t 
Turnips,  - - oe - - 84* dhe 95* 80* 


* From American digestion experiments. 
+ From German digestion experiments. 
