gg BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Percentage of Albuminoids, Carhhydrates and Fat in 



Alb. Garb. Fats. 



Wheat straw 3.1 37.5 1.2 



Barley " 3.4 34.7 1.4 



Oat " 4.0 35.6 2.0 



Ha}', mixed grass 7.3 44.9 1.8 



" Clover 11.0 41.4 1.8 



Cotton seed meal 43.7 21.5 14.0 



Corn meal 8.3 69.7 3.5 



Oat meal 14.7 67.5 7.0 



Barley meal 11.8 70.9 1.7 



Wheat bran 14.2 55.6 3.7 



Wheat middlings 12.2 65.6 3.0 



Rutabaga turnips 1.3 9.5 0.1 



Mangolds 1.8 4.4 0.4 



Alb. Garb. Fat. 



Standard ration for a cow- 

 in milk 2.5 lbs . . . .12.5 lbs 0.4 



Mixed hay, 25 lbs. furnish 1.8 " 11.2 '• 



Oat straw is a little better than barlej' straw, as you see. These 

 facts are well known to farmers who have fed these materials ; the fig- 

 ures correspond with their experience in. the matter, and j'ou will 

 find it so all through the list of our fodder crops. Hay from mixed 

 grass is our standard fodder as we call it. We do not, though, call 

 it a perfect fodder, because it can be improved upon to secure the 

 best possible result. But still that is a fodder which we are all 

 familiar with and know that it is the best of an}- one single forage 

 plant that we have been accustomed to feed to our animals. It 

 contains 7.3 per cent, of albuminoids, 44.9 per cent, of carhhy- 

 drates and 1.8 per cent, of fat. We spoke of clover hay to-day, 

 now let us see how it compares. It has 11 per cent, of albuminoids. 

 You see it is exceeding rich in albuminoids. It has 41.4 per cent, 

 of carhhydrates and 1.8 per cent, of fat. Cotton seed meal 

 has 43.7 percent, of albuminoids, 21.5 per cent, of carhhydrates and 

 14 per cent, of fat. You see it is extiemely rich in albuminoids 

 and in fat. 



Now, from this chart you see that the clover and the mixed 

 grasses do not agree, and the oat straw is below each. We know 

 from practice that oat straw is not worth so much to feed as ha}- 



