36 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 
TABLE 7. 
Average of Total and Digestible Nutrients Eaten Daily by Each 
Animal in Sheep Feeding Experiment of 1593. Lstimated 
per 100 Pounds Live Weight. Summary. 


















TOTAL NUTRIENTS EATEN. DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS. 
o | Ge g om Ke) S 
co oid bid = es 
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NUMBER.. i 2 5 8 E =5| ‘o = at o | "a |; 
Om | Be eee) Cad ee 
oa 6 Sack ed 5 e op 
Z f° 5 |Z [aR 
Wide Ration. \\V.bs.| Lbs.'| Lbs. | Lbs. Cal. | Lbs.) Lbs.aebs: pons eee 
NO; 63; - | .279 | .123 | 1.704 |,.560'| — |:.225 1.002) °1. 5630); ames | 
No. 4, - | .299 | .126 | 1.770] .§89 | — | .232 | .093 | 1.671 | —s)0=— 
No. 5, - | .262] .117 | 1.623} .525 | — | .214| .087| 1.526 | — | — 
No. 56, - .273 | .120 | 1.665 | .552| — | .220] .089 | 1.568 | — | — 
Nox .7, - .290 | .126 | 1.768 | .577 | — | .233 | .0g2 | 1.680 | — | — 
Narrow Rat'n. 
Wo..8) - | .512]|.104 | 1.419} .530]} —.|.379 | .063 |] 1.415 | — |) == 
No. 9g, - .526 | .106 | 1.452] .548 | — | .388] .064/ 1.450} — | — 
No. 10, - | .543 | .108 | 1.488 .568 | — | .399 | .065 | 1.43877) aye 
NOL. - | .520] .105 | 1.437 | .539| — | .385 | .064] 1.435 | — | — 
No. 12, - |.543].108 | 1.486 | .566| — | .398 | .065 | 1.484); — | — 
Average, 8-12, | 68 |.11 | 1.46 | .55 |5190).89 | .06 | 1.45 | 4.1) 8680 



Stand’rd R’ins 




per 100 lbs. 
Live Weight. 
German, - —|— — — |}— |.30 | .05 "| 1.52 | 5.5} 3620 
American, - — — — — — |.27 |.00.) 1.44 34 Octeiee soo 
* Carbohydrates include both fiber and nitrogen-free extract. 
RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS, 
At the end of the experiment March 2oth, the animals were 
all sheared and the weight of the wool was taken. On March 
30th the animals were all butchered, weighed and the meat was 
sent to the laboratory at Middletown for analysis. 
The statistics at the time of butchering are given in table 
8, on the opposite page, together with the weights at the 
beginning of the experiment. Animals 1 and 2 had been 
butchered January 5th. From the weights of the animals 
at the beginning and at. the end of the experiment it will be 
seen that there was an increase in live weight, exclusive of the 
increase in weight due to growth of wool, varying from 14 to 
314%4 pounds per animal, that the average of the wide ration 

