32 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
Table 5 gives the rations fed and the total and digestible 
nutrients in the food. In the case of the wide ration the turnips 
are not included in this table. The sheep differed very much in 
the way in which they ate turnips. Only one or two of..the ani- 
mals ate them very well, the others eating only a small part of 
the quantity fed. Each day the turnips uneaten were weighed 
so that at the end it was possible to tell exactly what weight of 
turnips was eaten by each animal. ‘These weights will be found 
in table 6 with the other details of the experiment. 
TABLE 5. 
Rations Fed. Total Nutrients and Digestible Nutrients tn Rations 
Used in Sheep Feeding Experiment of 1803. 



















- TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN | DIGESTIBLE Nu- 
00 Foon. , TRIENTS, 
Ais fl * 
KIND OF Foop. = ae ¢ aes . 6 o 
SP PE Sol Oe ao oa 
oe} oO = 
ES Ee eee 
Sheep 3-7.— Wide Ration. | Lbs. ‘Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. |Lbs.| Lbs. 
Cornmeal, - - ~ | 108.0 |.-9.5 4.5.3: 73994 92-7 | LP. Bc ee 
Hay, - - - - 108.0 | 14.7 | 5.2). 7E.2 47:5 | “7.0.2.0 | agen 
Turnips,t = - - - — — | — a —}—}-}] as 
Total in corn meal and | 
hay for 84 days, - ~ 1,296.0} 24,2 | 10}5-] 344.4 1.50.25) 19: boy 7. gen gee 
Sheep 8-12.—Narrow . 
Ration. 
Linseed meal, - - 16:50 S891 2E.0 6.5 ay eat | 9 6.9 
Pea meal, - - - AG St 3.2 7S 9659 1 T6711 ore eee 
Wheat bran, - - - 21.0) 43.4 } also) 10. Goa 8 aie eee 8.0 
Corn meal, ~- - ~ 21g Yc Ool ante ane alae BY Fag 0G eee 
Rowen hay, - - - 168:0:) 2720-1 3.5.24) 6750) 424199323) Donte oe 
Total fed, - - = 1296.0 745.9 Ql 1285. Saas 1039 ee ea eee ee 


* The carbohydrates include the digestible fiber and nitrogen-free extract. 
+ See under each animal in table 6, which follows. 
Table 6 shows the total and digestible nutrients actually eaten 
by each animal through the whole period, and also the averages 
for each day. The total nutrients and the digestible nutrients 
furnished in grain and hay are taken from table 5. ‘The total 
and digestible nutrients in the uneaten residue of grain and hay 
are subtracted from these weights in the case of each animal. 
The remainders show the total and digestible nutrients furnished 
by grain and hay which were actually eaten. In the case of the 
wide ration group, Nos. 3-7, varying quantities of turnips were 

