TABLE II 



The Amounts of Basic and Acidic Constituents in Alfalfa and Timothy 

 Expressed both as Percentages and Milliequivalents per ioo Grams of 



Oven-dry Tissue 



190.90 



carbonate and bicarbonate. 

 Timothy f 



Total 78.85 Total 180.32 



^— = 0.563; therefore, 56.3% of acidic constituents may be 



0, 3 2 absorbed as free acid and none of basic constitu- 



ents need to be absorbed as carbonates and 

 bicarbonates. 



*Data for alfalfa are based on analyses by O. C. Magistad of five Wisconsin samples cut at 

 hay stage. 



fThe figure for nitrogen content of timothy was taken from Henry and Morrison, "Feeds 

 and Feeding." All other data for timothy are based on analyses of three field samples cut in 

 bloom stage and reported in U.S.D.A. Bur. Soils Bui. 600 (1917) p. 11. 



