208 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
The details of experiments Nos. 1-9 will be found in the 
Annual Report for 1894; Nos. 10-27 in the Report for 1895, 
and Nos. 28-44 in the Report for 1896. The detailed account 
of experiments 45-55 follows. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 45. 
Sweet corn fodder (fed green).—'The description of this experi- 
ment was given on page 255, and the results summarized in table 72, 
page 251 of the Réport of 1896. The details are given on page 210 of this 
report. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 46, 
Oat and pea fodder (fed green).— The experiment began July 15, 
1897, and continued 14 days. The feces were collected for the five days 
from. July 24, at 6 p.m. to July 29, at 6 p.m. T’'wo samples were taken, 
one July 17, the other July 24. In the first sample the oat seed was 
formed but was quite soft; peas nearly out of bloom. Many pods and 
seeds were well formed. The bottom leaves of the peas were slightly 
moldy or dead. In the second sample the oat seeds were somewhat firm 
and the husks were turning white, while the leaves were more or less 
rusty. The peas were past bloom and many of the pods were hard. 
The fodder was badly lodged from a recent storm which prevented 
taking another sample July 22 as was planned. The first three days 
each animal, sheep A, B, C, and D, was fed daily 3,000 grams of the 
fodder, in two feeds of 1,500 grams each ; and the remaining eleven days 
of the experiment, 2,800 grams of the fodder were fed to each animal — 
daily, in two equal portions. Some refuse was left by each animal. 
Sheep A left very little (none at all after July 24); B and C left so much 
that they were discarded from the experiment. The refuse left by sheep 
D was saved from July 17 to the end of the experiment. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 47. 
Soy bean fodder (fed green). The experiment began Aug. 24, 1897, 
and continued twelve days. The feces were collected for the five days 
from Aug. 30 at 6 P.M. to Sept. 4 at6p.m. The first sample was taken 
Aug. 28, when the beans were past bloom, with pods well formed and 
seeds beginning to develop; the stalks were 2% ft. to 3 ft. high, and the 
fodder was in excellent condition for feeding. At the time of taking the 
second sample most of the pods and some seeds were formed. A very 
few leaves were a trifle rusty or dry, but otherwise the fodder was in 
good condition for feeding. Each animal, sheep A, B, C, and D, was 
fed 3,000 grams of the fodder daily, in two equal feeds. The sheep left 
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