120 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 








TABLE 309. 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 
KIND OF MATERIAL. ee Water. Ate Fat. ates Fiber. Ash. Mohr 
feeding Stuff. % % % |: & % q % 
Rowen hay,* mostly 
timothy, - SE L309 | 10.6 13:27) 453°) 32r5 wired 6.6 | 94.8 
Feces. j 
mheep A, - - | 1401 8.0 13.8 |6.5 |> 35.1 1.26.67) 1Q:0 "io eee 
Sheep B, - - | 1402 7.0 £2.58 430: 91-30. 4a ceo 5.2 [° 89.8 
Sheep C, - - | 1403 7.8 12.9.| 6.8.17 36:5 45 2625 9:5 >|. B27 
Sheep D, - - | 1404 8.0 I4:I |:7.3.). 37.2 1-27.04 ass ees 
Uneaten Residue. : 
Sueep_D, - - | I41I0 6.4 10.4 | 2.6} 48.0°|. 25.07) 7 OR aeons 





* For analysis calculated on water-free substance, see pp. 23-25 of this Report. 
TABLE 4O, 
Weights of Food Eaten, and of Feces for Five Days, and Weights 
and Percentages of Nutrients Digested. 

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Weight. | Rilo x Fat. | Neo Fiber. | Ash. Crees 
Pay teas in 5 ee. Grams * Cherie Grams. | Grains. Game ‘sae CS, 
Sheep A, - - | 4535 | 598 | 195 | 1474 | 1125 | 299 | 3392 
Sheep B, - 7 + | 4535} 598) 195 | 1474 | 1125 | 296 3302 
Sheep C, = oe 1 45354. 508 1 18 1474.) Tren) sieges 
Sheep D, fed, - Sb 42165) SOS WIS 7s or Sort ose 275 (aes 
Uneaten Residue, | 
Sheep D, - - 153194 33 8 | 153 80 24) 29a 
feces for 5 ae. | 
Sheep A, - - | 1473 203 96 517 392 147 | 1208 
Sheep B, - - - | 1467 183 IOI 577 427 76 | 1288 
Sheep C - - - | 1474 190 100 538 391 140 | 1219 
Sheep D, - - ESTO Pare 93 472 278 146 | 1022 
Amounts Digested. 
BHCED A Sg 2. 4 Pepa ay OOS 395 | 99] 957 | 733 | 152 | 2184 
sheep B, - - - | 3068 415 04 897 698 223 | 2104 
sueep C2 =i. i= a4! B061 408 95 | 936] 734 | 159 | 2173 
Sheep D, - - - | 2946 386 | 94 849 767 129 | 2096 
Per Cent, Digested. % % % % % % 
sheep A; - - - a 66.1 | 50.8 | 64.9 | 65.2 | 50.8 | 64.4 
Sheep B, =- - -| — 69.4°| 48.2.) 60.9 |-62.0 |) 74.65 Gare 
muecep.C, - : -| — 68.2.) 48.7: |-63.5. | 6552.4) 53 20h oaer 
Sheep D, - : 3 — 68.3. 7-50.30) 0433 3.4 1 46:0 GeO ya 
7 
68.0 49.5 | 68.4) 66.5 | 56.4 64.4 
Average, 

* One pound contains 454 grams. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. Io. 
Scarlet clover hay, field cured. 
The animals were the same as in experiments 5 to 9. The 
experiment began December 26, 1894, and ended January 7, 1895. 

