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DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 37. 
Composition of feeding stuffs and feces. 
Tab s : | : 
Ne Water | Ncb.25. Pat freee Fiber. Ash. Qi) vais 
| feeding Stuff. % % % % % % % Cal. 
| Oat fodder:* 
1673, Sample z, Sl f4aO |) 2.0." WITT L eeu oO leo OMe 2o0e were Lie 
1674. Sample 2, 4730.1, 2.8 WT 2 T2575 bo, 2a ook ot Om meee rel 
Average, -| 73.5.) 2.7 |1.2| 18.2) 8,3) 2.1) 94.4 | 1.185 
| Feces. 
1682] SheepC,- - -| 65] 6.8 | 3.4] 43.7 | 33.0 6.6 | 86.9 | 4.459 
1683 SHeep LD, = Seay sd TiS. Sie SoeOs ayer | 6,6} 86534 e4ae 








* 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. 








Welsht. Nc625,| Fate |frevtixe,| Fiber. | ash. |78tze 
Eaten in Five Days. Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. 
muecp CG. - - =m ITt OO 1) 316 I4t | 1427 g7I 246 | 2855 
Sheep D, - - - | 11700 | 316 141 | 1427 O71 | 246 | '2ass 
Feces for Five Days. | 
oieen C,. = - - L307, S89 45 571 431 86 1136 
Sheep D, - - - 1216 | 86 39 473 451 80 1049 
Amounts Digested. | 
Sheep C, - 5 ; — 227 96 856 £40. | 160s L7IG 
Sheep D, - - = — 230 102 954 520 166 1806 
Percentages Digested, % % % % % % 
Sheep C, - - - — TITS lOSel We OOO see S500 O50 60.2 
eieepige-) = | 72.8 172.3) 1.000.0. 1753.01.07. 07s 02am 
Average, - -|; — 72.8 7070.2) Co-6" O40) CC. 4 amoung 




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







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ened ae es ereees beets AvaiLblO ANEIHIE 
Eaten. Feces. | Digested. | Urea, Etc.| Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | Calories. % 
Sheep C, - - | 13910 5828 8082 TO Fis 7885 50.7 
Sheep D, x - | 13910 5412 8498 200 82098 ye 
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