
DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT No. 41. 
Composition of feeding stuffs and feces. 




Lab. 
No. 
feeding Stuff. 
Barnyard millet; 
1677 Sample 1, 
1701 Sample 2, 
Average, 
1791| Uneaten residue, 
Feces, 
Toou, mpoeep C, - 
I691| Sheep D,_ - 
P in. ite | i 
| Water Nek) Fat. rh Fiber.| Ash. Roe Weise 
MA he es a ke eer pe, 
66.5) 20 al tA ih Ep oo) tOeT Po aces tamer OG 
= is Cs e7.N 15.28? Qe 2 One 2On Guia reaas 
}68.8} 1.7 |1.0) 16.8) 9.6/2.1) 29.1 | 2.865 
| 4.8|.2.2 9 St22 133, Spots tees ope 
| Gigi kz. aed dae s0.0 8.5 | 84. 4.242 
| OAD Va ea ee As ee at ee 8.385 On qaeag 
269 







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


4 
Eaten in Five Days. 
Sheep C and D, - 
Uneaten residue, C, 
Actually eaten: 
Sheep C, 
Sheep D, 
feces for Five Days. 
Sueen, C, 
Sheep D, 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep C, 
Sheep D, 
Percentage Digested. 
Sheep C, 
sheep. D; 
Average, 
Total 
Weight. 

Grams. 
| 11700 
a7 
+ 11643 
TF 7004) 
1380 

1370 | 
10263 | 
10330 | 










wiceit: | was, | gies, | Fiber.| Ash. |Qeeai 
Grams, | Grams. Grams. | Grams. | Grams. | Grams. 
199 _| 117 | 1965 | 1123 | 246 | 3404 
I I 29 19 4 50 
198 1161). 1930" err04 2A2 ee sane 
199 ELT Uf PTQOS Saari 23 246 | 3404 
109 33 611 414 LD], fe 1107 
IOI 33 622 416 LIA Geli 
89 83 | 1325 690 IQS 42to7 
98 84 | 1343 707 | 132 | 2232 
% % fo fo fo ho 
45.0 1, GS. ety OSes Stay Meonmne 
AQ. 3% We 7 ad) 60853 MOS 20153 raOea 
47.2 | 71.7 | 68.4 | 62.8 | 52.7 | 65.4 
Fuel value of food for 5 days as determined by the bomb calorimeter. 








| Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. | Fuel Val. 
of Food | of of Food of 
Eaten. Feces. | Digested. | Urea, Etc. 
Calories. | Calories. | Calories. | Calories. 
Sheep C, me a aw S028. PelSa54 9774 77 
Sheep D, EME stb os4e POSEY) 40037 85 
Average, - - — = ces — 
Fuel Val, 

Total 
Available 
Calories. 
9697 
9952 

Percent. 
Available 
Fuel Val. 
ho 
62.0 
62.8 
62.4 

