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TABLE 6. 
Lstimated Total and Digestible Nutrients tn Food Eaten by Each 
Animal in Sheep Peeding Experiment of 180}. 

STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



WIDE RATION. 
Sheep No. 3. 
Furnished in grain and hay, 
Uneaten residue of grain 
and hay (32.3 lbs.), - 
Faten:— 
In grain and hay, - - 
In turnips (67.6 lbs.), —- 
Total eaten in 84 days, - 
Average per day, pi 
eo Sheep No. 4. 
Furnished in grain and hay, 
Uneaten, residue of grain 
and hay (7.3 lbs.), - 
Eaten:— 
In grain and hay, - - 
In turnips (78.7 lbs.),_—- 
Total eaten in 84 days, : 
Average per day, - - 
Sheep No. 5. 
Furnished in grain and hay, 
Uneaten residue of grain 
and hay (51.1 Ibs.), = 
Eaten:— 
In grain and hay, - - 
In turnips (23 lbs.), - 
Total eaten in 84 days, : 
Average per day, - - 
Sheep No. 6. 
Furnished in grain and hay, 
Uneaten residue of grain 
and hay (32.5 lbs.), - 
Faten:— 
In grain and hay, - - 
In turnips (23.1 lbs.), —- 
Total eaten in 84 days, - 
Average per day, - - 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS. 

Pro- 
tein. 

Lbs. 
24.2 
1-5 





21,0 

22.0 
| 262 
24.2 
1.5 

22.7 
.2 

22.9 
1278 

Fat; 

Lbs. 







10.5 

LORL 

LOat 
. 120 

INite= 
free 
Ext; 
Lbs. 

144.4 
6.2 

P3002 
4.9 

143.1 
1.704 
144.4 
I.4 

143.0 
5.7 

148.7 
eas (89, 
144.4 
9.8 

134.6 
I.7 

136.3 
1.623 

i38°2 
1 
139.9 
1.665 




Fiber. 

Lbs. 
50.2 





44.1 
625 
50.2 
4.0 

46.2 
2 



46.4 
652 
DIGESTIBLE NU- 
Pros 
tein. 
Lbs. 


18.3 
2 

















TRIENTS. 
* 
Carbo- 
Fat. hy- 
drates. 
Lbs. Eps 
77.) Tatas 
Hee 6.1 
13 1 2So 
2 t2 
Te] iT Siss 
.092 | 1.563 
y Bg babe ee deh o 
oo 1.4 
7.60) 134.8 
“2 5.6 
730 ae Tacs 
093 | 1.671 
TT eee 
4 9.6 
7.3 - ri zor 
— 1.6 
7-3 Bae 
.087 | 1,526 
7-7} 430-2 
oa 6.1 
73.50 sh eee 
— z.G 

18.5), 7.5) alek 3 bee 
.220) .089 | 1.568 
* The carbohydrates include both the digestible fiber and nitrogen-free extract. 

