








264 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 36. 
Composition of feeding stuffs and feces. 
ne Water Nx é-25,| Fat: |free Ext] Fiber.| Ash.| Qieqee] yipel 
feeding Stuff. % % % % % | % % Cal, 
1672 Oat & pea fodder,* 71.4] 4.7 |1.3| 10.6 | 10.0|2,0] 26,6 4naeag 
1790) Uneaten residue, B,|} 6.4) I9.9 2.0} 38.3 | 27.4 | 6.0) 87.6 | 4.190 
Feces. | | | 
1680) Sheep A, - -| 8.0] 8.6 |3.5] 37.4 |34.7|7.8| 84.2 | 4.361 
1681; Sheep B,_ - - | 7-6) 9.1 |3.8) 38.5 |33-417.6) Bienes 






* Fed green. 
+ Per gram as determined in the calorimeter. 
Weights of food eaten, and of feces for five days, and weights and 
percentages of nutrients digested. 



| Total 
| Weight. 
Eaten in Five Diys, | Grams. 
Sheep A, - - - | 11700 
Sheep B, - - - | II700 
Uneaten residue, B, - | 135 
Actually eaten, A, - | I1700 
Actually eaten, B, > | 11565 
Feces for Five Days. | 
Sheep A, - - - | I102 
Sheep B, - - - | 1351 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep A, - - -| — 
Sheep B, - - - — 
Percentage Digested. | 
Sheep A, - - - — 
eheep By. = = = — 
Average, - - — 










P in. Niti- eee 
Narcan Fat. fecaicel Fiber. 
Grams. | Grams.| Grams. Grams. 
550 152 | 1240 | 4170 
550 152 |“ 1240 | I170 
ad 3 B24 ae OT 
550 I52 | 1240.) 11496 
523 149 | 1188 | 1133 
95 39 | 412 | 382 
125 52 520 451 
455 113 828 788 
Zien 97 | 668 | 682 
fo % % % 
82 70/7403 4.06.8 6744 
7028 005-756. 2 60a 
79.6 | 69.7 | 61.5 | 63.8 



Ash. |Sigamie 
Grams. | Grams. 
234-4 34I2 
234°) 3T712 
8 II9 
234 | 3112 
226 | 2993 
86 | 928 
103 | 1146 
148 | 2184 
123 | 1847 
ho % 
63.3-| 70.2 
54.4) Olay 
58 9 66 0 

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



Sheep A, 
Sheep B, 
Average, 


Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
of Food of 
Eaten. Feces. 
Calories. | Calories. 
15350 4806 
14784 | 5961 
Fuel Val. 
of Food 
Digested. 
Calories. 
10544 
8823 
aoe Val. 
Total | Percent. 
Available Available 
Ures, Etc.| Fuel Val. | Fuel Val, 
Calories. | Calories, | % 
396 10148 66.1 
348 8475 57.3 
— — Clk 

