88 THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTUEAL 



Water-free. 



C. CVIII. CXTIII. CVII. CXIX. 



Ash, 4.45 6.83 5.00 6.25 4.87 



Protein, 8.«2 11.82 7.93 7.48 5.84 



Fiber 33.83 29.31 32.15 35.07 35.11 



N. fri Ext, 50.24 49.64 53.17 49.08 52.69 



Fat and Wax, 2.66 2.40 1.75 2.12 1.49 



100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 lOO.OO 



Mr. Gold's Timothy hay, like the sample from his farm, ana- 

 lyzed in 1879, is rather low in content of protein (albuminoids), 

 and ranks as "inferior" compared with Wolff's standard. Dr. 

 Armsby leaves us to infer that it was completely eaten, while of 

 the low-meadow hay of Mr. Norton, which " analyzes better," 

 some 12 per cent, was left uneaten in feeding. Of the still 

 poorer hay fed by Mr, Starr (but not raised by him), about 7 per 

 cent, was uneaten. The parts rejected by the cows, CVII and 

 CXIX, are seen by the analyses to be much inferior in composi- 

 tion to the entire hay. The uneaten portions, as every farmer 

 knows, consist chiefly of the coarse woody stems of grasses and of 

 weeds. The analyses show that these contain more water by 5 

 to 8 per cent, than the entire hay, doubtless derived from the 

 saliva and warm breath of the cows. Comparison of the analyses 

 reckoned on dry matter shows a less content of protein by 2 to 4 

 per cent., and a correspondingly larger proportion of fiber in the 

 uneaten hay. 



For the composition of the eaten parts of these samples see 

 pages 95 and 100. 



Maize Foddek and Stover. 



ex. Corn fodder, farm of E. Norton, Farmington. 



CIX. Uneaten part of CX. April 1. 



CXI. Stover (Corn stalks), farm of J. J. Webb, Hamden. 



CXVI. Uneaten part of CXI. April 5. 



The above were sampled at the dates given by Dr. Armsby. 



Water-free. 



CX. CIX. C.XI. CXVI. CX. CIX. CXI. CXVI. 



Water, 14.84 18.29 23.13 39.74 



Ahm, 4.47 4.14 4.34 4.24 5.26 5.06 5.65 7.04 



Protein, 5.76 4.72 7.19 3.72 6.77 5.78 9.36 6.J8 



Fiber, 25.93 28.70 27.24 22.20 30.46 35.13 35.44 36.83 



X. fr. Ext., 47.55 42.77 36.45 29.28 55.77 52.35 47.41 48.5f> 



Vat, 1.45 L.-^S 1.65 .82 1.74 1.68 2.14 1.36 



100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 loo.oa 



