No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTITRE. 



Average Coniposiiion of Feeding Stuffs. 



981 



E 



3 



Percentage Composition. 



d 

 fe 



Per Cent, of Digestible 

 Matter. 



o 



Corn — dent, out be- 

 fore glasing, 



Cow pea 



Crimsun clover (just 

 heading).* 



Crimson clover (full 

 bloom),* 



Oats 



Orchard grass in 

 bloom,* 



Pasture grass,* — 



Red clover, 



Rye 



Soja bean, 



Silage. 



Corn silage — kernels 

 glazing or more 

 mature, 



Red clover, 



Hay, Straw, Etc. 



Alfalfa hay 



Corn fodder— field 



cured, 



Corn stover* — field 



cured 



Clover hay — red, ... 

 Hungarian grass, 



hay,* 



Mixed m3adow 



grass hay,* 



Mixed hay, 



Oat straw 



Orr-hard grass hay, 



Redtop hay, 



Kye straw 



Timothy hay, 



Wheat straw 



Roots and Tubers. 



Carrots 



Mangel wurzels. 



Potatoes 



Rutabagas 



Sugar beets, 



Turnips, 



Grain. 



Barley 



Buckwheat 



Corn — dent 



Corn — flint 



Corn — sweet, 



Oats 



Peas 



Rye 



Sorghum seed 



Wheat — spring, 



Wheat — winter 



Wheat — winter 

 raised in Pennsyl- 

 vania 



Mill Products. 



Barley meal 



Corn meal 



Corn-and-cob meal. 



Pea meal, 



Rye bran 



Wheat bran 



Wheat middlings. 

 Wheat shorts 



54 

 10 



4 



17 



43 



6 



6 



14 

 5 



21 



68 

 7 



8 



9 

 12 



4 

 19 



3 



10 

 8 



86 

 68 

 26 

 30 



79.7 

 83.6 



89. 2 



81.5 

 62.2 



73.0 

 70.3 

 70.8 

 i.2.0 

 74.8 



72.1 

 72.0 



S.4 



35 42.2 



6 



10 



13 



262 



41 



3 



77 



7 



2 



7 



88 



32 



12 



7.1 



13.2 



9.6 



88.6 

 90.9 

 78.9 

 88.6 

 86.5 

 90.5 



10.3 

 12.6 

 10.6 

 11.3 

 8.8 

 11.0 

 14.4 

 11.6 

 12.7 

 10.4 

 10.5 



10.7 



11.9 

 15.0 

 15.1 

 10.5 

 11.6 

 11.9 

 12.1 

 11.8 



1.2 



1.7 



1.2 



1.5 

 2.5 



2.0 

 2.8 

 2.1 

 l.G 

 2.4 



1.4 

 2.6 



7.4 



2.7 



3.4 

 6.2 



6.0 



4.6 

 5.3 

 5.1 

 6.0 

 5.2 

 3.2 

 4.4 

 4.2 



1.0 



1.1 



1.7 

 2.4 



2.5 



3.2 



3.4 



2.6 

 4.7 

 4.4 

 2.4 

 3.0 



2.1 

 4.2 



14.3 



3.8 

 12.3 



6.4 

 9.1 

 4.0 

 8.1 

 7.9 

 3.0 

 5.9 

 3.4 



1.1 

 1.4 



5.4 



4.8 



1.8 



5.1 

 U.2 



8.2 

 6.5 

 8.1 

 4.8 

 7.3 



6.7 



8.4 



25.0 



14.3 



19.7 

 24.8 



29.9 

 26.9 

 37.0 

 32.4 

 28.6 

 38.9 

 29.0 

 38.1 



1.3 

 0.9 

 0.6 

 1.3 

 0.9 

 1.2 



2.7 

 8.7 

 2.2 

 1.7 

 2.8 

 9.5 

 5.4 

 1.7 

 2.6 

 1.8 

 1.8 



1.7 



6.5 

 1.9 

 6.6 

 14.4 

 3.5 

 9.0 

 4.6 

 7.4 



4.5 

 7.1 



4.9 



8.1 

 19.3 



13.3 

 14.5 

 13.5 

 8.5 

 11.5 



16.4 

 11. C 



42.7 



34.7 



31.9 

 38.1 



7.5 27.7 40.0 



41.0 

 41.5 

 42.4 

 41.0 

 47.5 

 46.6 

 45.0 

 43.4 



7.6 

 5.5 

 17.3 

 7.5 

 9.8 

 6.2 



69.8 

 64.5 



70.4 

 70.1 

 66.8 

 59.7 

 53.0 

 72.5 

 70.0 

 71.2 

 72.0 



72.2 



66.3 

 68.7 

 64. S 

 51.1 

 63.8 

 53.9 

 60.4 

 56.8 



0.5 

 0.4 



0.4 



0.6 

 1.4 



1.3 



1.2 



2.2 



1.6 



1.1 

 3.3 



2.1 



2.1 

 2.9 

 2.3 

 2.6 

 1.9 

 1.2 

 2.5 

 1.3 



0.4 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 0.2 



1.8 

 2.2 

 5.0 

 5.0 

 8.1 

 5.0 

 1.9 

 1.7 

 3.6 

 2.2 

 2.1 



2.0 



2.2 

 3.8 

 3.5 

 1.2 

 2.8 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 4.5 



