


DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 



















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TABLE 35. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 
Kinp oF MATERIAL. ree Water. pieeea Fat. Ae | Fiber. | Ash. Organic 
Feeding Stuffs. ho he he ho fo ho | fo 
Barley & Pea Fodder ,* / 
fed Green. | 
Sample 1, - — t= 1369 } 81.8 | * 3.8 8 Pe 4.7 1:6) 4. 10-6 
Sample 2, - SWB as 2 oe Remi geste obs Bese Oy i Ae i eo ToS ered 
Sample 3, - 2oP 2373 .°70.6 4.2 | 1.0} 8.6] 4.9 9 dd Oo ay 
Sample 4, 1375 | 79-9 3.9 carlos Gael 562 1.6 | 18.5 
Average of 1371 and | | 
1 9S Fe Me 2 Te aps | 4.0 9 | 8.3 5.0 137 | 18.2 
Feces. | | 
Sheep C, - SePUE SOS tte Oc th tO. Tay | Aree a0 a Wass 9.4 | 84.5 
Sheep D, - - | 1386 6.5 | 1.6" AS 37.1. Pi 2O ore oeod 
Uneaten Residue. | | | | 
Sheep D, - - | 1417 G55) 19-9, 7,202 1230.4 eee ie 6820-) 64,0 
| | 



* For analysis calculated on water-free substance, see pp. 23-25 of this Report. 
ABLE SO? 
Weghts of Food Laten, and of Feces for Five Days, and Weights 
and Percentages of Nutrients Digested. 


Weight. aes | Fat. 
Eaten in 5 Ee Grams * ‘ Coast Grams. 
Sheep C, - - | 13610 544 122 
Sheep D, fed, - - | 13136 488 112 
Uneaten Residue. 
Sheep D, - - - 474 56 10 
Feces for 5 es: 
Sheep C, - - | 1022 103 43 
Sheep D, - - - | 1130 131 51 
Amounts Digested. | | 
Sheep C, - - - | 12588 441-4) Pee 
Sheep D, - - - | 12006 357 | O61 
Per Cent. Digested. SE eee 
Sheep C, = - - — 81.1 | 64.8 
Sheep D, - - = NP cee 73.2 | 54.5 
Average, - - -| — 17.2 | 99.7 







* One pound contains 454 grams. 
Two animals, B and C, of digestion experiment No. 5.° 

Nit.= 
free Ext! 

Grams. | 
1130 
948 
182 
373 
419 


Fiber. 

Grams. 
681 | 
529 | 
152. | 
345 
ae 
336 
199 
fo 
49.3 
37.0 
43, 5 : 




een nvr: 
Grams. | Grams, 
230 | 2477 
189 | 2077 
42 400 
96 864 
125 931 
135 | 1613 
64 | 1146 
pe & 
58.4 | 65.1 
33-9 | 55.2 
46.2 60.2 
Ex- 
periment began October 6, 1894, and ended October 18, 1894. 
Feces collected for five days from October 13, noon, to October 
18, noon. 
fodder. 
Each sheep was fed daily six pounds of the green 
The fodder was cut at four different times, October 8, 
