
DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 113 
‘DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 4. 
Wheat bran, corn meal and hay. 
This experiment is a duplicate of No. 1 with the same animals 
and feed. ‘The experiment began March 3 and ended March 15, 
1894. Feces collected for five days from March to at g A. 
M. to March 15 at 9 a. mM. The experiment was apparently 
_ normal with both animals. 
Tables 29 and 30, which follow, give the details of the experi- 
ment. 
TABLE 20. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 




















Kanp oF MATERIAL. a Water. eee Fat. ae Fiber. | Ash. iL So 
Feeding Stuffs. % fo % % fo % % 
Corn meal, - - |. 1305 | 12.4 L0,0-4.4:3)% 70.3 Ta 1.2 | 86.4 
Wheat bran, - - | 1306 S37 16.8 | 5.2 | 54.1 9.4 5.8 | 85.5 
ig) Peehee - - | 1328 7.9 LISS See aT. bese 5.4 | 86.8 
feces. 
Sheep B, - 2 IeTSrs Souk 17,05) 4.0. 39107 2355 Q.2 S257 
Sheep D, - ee Disc R ied 8.4 D7,2)) 9.9 po3 yo ee anO Score B2e0 
TABLE 30. 
Weights of Food Eaten, and of Feces for Five Days, and Weights 
and Percentages of Nutrients Digested. 
























Weight. scerns, Pate lee aaah Hibernate 
Eaten in 5 Days. Grams 4) Grams. Grams. | Grams. | Grams, | Grams. nam 
Corn meal, - - - | 1700 170 82 | 1195 22 20 | 1469 
Wheat bran, - - - 568 95 30 807 53 33 485 
Tay. <- < - - | 2268 254 79 939 696 122 | 1968 
Total, ee - - | 4536 519 Igl | 2441 | hy? 175 3022 
Feces for 5 Days. | } 
Sheep B, - - - | 1292 220 59 486 303 I1Ig | 1068 
Sheep D, Pat i 440) 248 el BRL eae 8 940 127 LES 
Amounts Digested. | 
Sheep B, - - ait O24 A 299 132 | 1955 468 56 | 2854 
Bree ee - | 3095 |. 27% 136. | 1897 | 425 48 | 2729 
Per Cent. Digested. % % % % % % 
Sheep B, - - -|; — 57.6 Goce GOs 16-00, 97 | 32.0.0, 77208 
Sheep D, 2 - - — 52.2 TiO ha eye ti Sasa) 27-4 t OG6 
Brecon = = = | — | 549° 1070.2 : 78.9 | 58.0.) 29.7 | 71.2 

* One pound contains 454 grams. 
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