



262 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 34. 
Composition of feeding stuffs and feces. 
cd Water yy oteit: | at, |p Nite iber.| Ash] Qieaes] vote 
feeding Stuff. % % % % G | % % Cal. 
| Oat fodder:* 
1669] Samplez, - |67.1/ 3.5 |1.5| 15.7] 9.7/2.5] 30.4 | 1.493 
1670) Sample 2, - | 07.0) 3.0 /1-5/| 16.3 | 0.9) 273403077 iemeaes 
Average, -|67.0! 3.8 |1.5] 16.0 | 9.8/2.4] 30.6 | 1.484 
| Feces. | 
1678| Sheep A, - -]| 6.3| 6.9 |3.2| 40.2 |35.5/7.9| 85.8 | 4.4ee 
Uneaten Residue. | 
1789] Sheep A, - et Ob eON wescO -9| 30.0 | 46.61 7.01 :8755") eee 
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+ Per gram as determined in calorimeter. 
Weights of food eaten, and of feces for five days, and weights and 
percentages of nutrients digested. 


Total | 





Protein. | Nit.- 
Weight. |N.x 6.25.| Fat. | free Ext. 
Eaten in Five Days. Grams, | Grams. Grams. Grams. 
peep. Ai sled, a ay ea T2700 | 452 | 206 2192 
Uneaten residue, A, - 45 | eal tess 16 
Actually eaten, A, - | 13655 450 | 206 | 2176 
feces for Five Days. | 
pHeEp A. = )2"- = eetOqa wal 4S 67 846 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep A, - - -| — 305 130 4191330 
Percentage Digested. % % % 
Seep tA We gay fatness 67.8 | 67.5 | 61.1 






Fiber. | Ash, | Qr&anic 
Grams. | Grams. | Grams. 
1343 329 | 4193 
21 3 39 
1322 320 | 4154. 
747 166 | 1805 
575 160 | 2349 
% % % 
43.5 | 49.1 | 56.5 

fuel value of food for 5 days as determined by the bomb calorimeter. 


Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 


of Food of 
Eaten. Feces. 
Calories. | Calories. 
Sheep A, - +, ) 20147 9163 


| Fuel Val. 
Fuel Val. ‘Total 


of Food fo) 
Digested. | Urea, Etc.| Fuel Val. 
Calories. | Calories. | Calories. 
10984 265 10719 


Percent. 
Available | Available 
Fuel Val. 
% 
53.2 
