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Table 1. — Average composition of a number of feeding staffs — Continued. 



Kind of food 

 material. 



Percentage composition. 



Digestible materials in 

 100 pounds. 



Water. 



HAY AND DBY COARSE 

 FODDER. 



Com fodder, field 



cured 



Corn leaves, field cured 

 Corn husks, field cured 

 Cornstalks, field cured 

 Cornstover,fieldcured 

 Kafir-corn stover, field 



cured 



Barley hay 



Oat hay 



Wheat hay 



Redtopcut at different 



stagesa 



Red top cut in blooma. 



Orchard grassa 



Timothy 



Kentucky blue grassa. 



Hungarian grassa 



Meadow fescuea 



Italian rye grassa 



Mixed grassesa 



Rowen (mixed)a 



Mixed grasses and 



cloversa 



Swamp hay a 



Salt-marsh hay 



Red clover 



Red clover in bloomft. 



Alsike clover & 



White clover b 



Crimson clover b 



Alfalfa 



Cowpea 



Soy bean 



Flat pea 



Soy-bean straw 



Wheat straw 



Rye straw c 



Oat straw c 



Buckwheat straw 



ROOTS AND TUBERS. 



Potatoes . 

 Carrots . . 



GRAINS AND OTHER 

 SEEDS. 



Corn, dent 



Corn, flint 



Corn, all varieties 



Kafir com 



Chicken corn 



Barlev , 



Oats 



Rye 



Wheat, all varieties . 

 Cotton seed, whole, 



with hulls 



Cowpea 



MILL PRODUCTS. 



Com meal 



Oats, ground 



Corn and cob meal . . . 

 Barley meal 



Per ct. 



42.2 

 30.0 

 50.9 

 68.4 

 40.5 



19.2 

 10.6 

 16.0 



8.8 



8.9 



8.7 



9.9 



13.2 



21.2 



7.7 



20.0 



8.6 



15.3 



16.6 



12.9 



11.6 



10.4 



15.3 



20.8 



9.7 



9.7 



9.6 



8.4 



10.7 



11.3 



8.4 



10.1 



9.6 



7.1 



9.2 



9.9 



78.9 



88.6 



10.6 

 11.3 

 10.9 

 12.5 

 14.8 

 10.9 

 11.0 

 11.6 

 10.5 



9.1 

 11.9 



15.0 

 11.7 

 15.1 

 11.9 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Fat. 



Per ct. 



4.6 

 6.0 

 2.5 

 1.9 



3.8 



4.8 

 9.3 

 7.4 

 6.0 



7.9 

 8.0 

 8.1 

 5.9 

 7.8 

 7.5 

 7.0 

 7.5 

 7.4 

 11.6 



10.1 



7.2 



5.6 



12.3 



12.4 



12.8 



15.7 



15.2 



14.3 



16.6 



15.4 



22.9 



4.6 



3.4 



3.0 



4.0 



5.2 



2.1 

 1.1 



10.3 

 10.5 

 10.5 

 10.9 

 10.6 

 12.4 

 11.8 

 10.6 

 11.9 



19.6 

 23.5 



9.2 

 11.0 



8.5 

 10.5 



Per ct. 



1.6 



1.4 



.7 



.5 



1.1 



1.6 

 2.5 

 2.7 

 1.8 



1.9 

 2.1 

 2.6 

 2.5 

 3.9 

 2.1 

 2.7 

 1.7 

 2.5 

 3.1 



2.6 

 2.0 

 2.4 

 3.3 

 4.5 



Nitro- 

 gen- 

 free 

 ex- 

 tract. 



2.9 

 2.9 

 2.8 

 2.2 

 2.9 

 5.2 

 3.2 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 2.3 

 1.3 



5.0 

 5.0 

 5.4 

 2.9 

 2.6 

 1.8 

 5.0 

 1.7 

 2.1 



20.1 

 1.7 



3.8 

 3.9 

 3.5 

 2.2 



Per ct. 



34.7 

 35.7 

 28.3 

 17.0 

 31.5 



39.6 

 48.7 

 40.6 

 55.3 



47.5 

 46.4 

 41.0 

 45.0 

 37.8 

 49.0 

 38.4 

 44.9 

 42.1 

 39.4 



41.3 

 45.9 

 44.0 

 38.1 

 33.8 

 40.7 

 39.3 

 36.6 

 42.7 

 42.2 

 38.6 

 31.4 

 37.4 

 43.4 

 46.6 

 42.4 

 35.1 



17.3 

 7.6 



70.4 

 70.1 

 69.6 

 70.6 

 58.8 

 69.8 

 59.7 

 72.6 

 71.9 



28.3 

 55.7 



68.9 

 52.3 

 64.8 

 66.3 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Perct. 



14.3 

 21.4 

 15.8 

 11.0 

 19.7 



26.8 

 23.6 

 27.2 

 22.5 



28.6 

 29.9 

 32.4 

 29.0 

 23.0 

 27.7 

 25.0 

 30.5 

 27.2 

 22.5 



27.6 

 26.6 

 30.0 

 24.8 

 21.9 

 25.6 

 24.1 

 27.2 

 25.0 

 20.1 

 22.3 

 26.2 

 40.4 

 38.1 

 38.9 

 37.0 

 43.0 



.6 

 1.3 



Ash. 



Per ct. 



2.7 

 5.5 

 1.8 

 1.2 

 3.4 



'8.0 

 6.3 

 6.1 

 5.6 



6.2 

 4.9 

 6.0 

 4.4 

 6.3 

 6.0 

 6.9 

 6.9 

 5.5 

 6.8 



6.6 

 6.7 

 7.7 

 6.2 

 6.6 

 8.3 

 8.3 

 8.6 

 7.4 

 7.5 

 7.2 

 7.9 

 5.8 

 4.2 

 3.2 

 5.1 

 5.5 



1.0 

 1.0 



2.2 

 1.7 

 2.1 

 1.9 

 8.7 

 2.7 

 9.5 

 1.7 

 1.8 



18.9 

 3.8 



1.9 



18.0 



6.6 



6.6 



1.5 

 1.4 

 1.6 

 1.3 

 4.6 

 2.4 

 3.0 

 1.9 

 1.8 



4.0 

 3.4 



1.4 

 3.1 

 1.5 

 2.6 



Pro- 

 tein. 



n>s. 



4.61 

 4.57 

 4.62 

 1.25 

 4.45 

 4.28 

 4.00 

 4.28 

 4.23 

 6.62 



5.77 

 4.11 



6.85 

 6.91 

 7.13 

 8.74 

 8.47 

 10.67 



.94 



.83 



1.11 



1.85 

 1.09 



5.95 

 6.07 

 6.07 



9.39 

 8.51 



6.99 

 9.06 



Fat. 



Lbs. 



0.39 

 .43 

 .54 



1.18 

 .81 

 .43 

 .56 

 .35 

 .62 

 .64 



.54 

 .41 



Nitro- 

 gen- 

 free 

 ex- 

 tract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



En- 

 ergy 

 in 100 

 lbs. di- 

 gesti- 

 ble 

 nutri- 

 ents. 



Calo 

 ries. 



.95 

 1.29 

 .83 

 .83 

 .80 

 .42 



.85 



.79 



1.51 



2.39 

 2.39 



2.58 



26.93 

 26.31 

 23.25 

 21. 29 

 21.43 

 27.78 

 21.77 

 25.61 

 23.87 

 22.34 



23. 42 

 26. 02 



11. &5 

 11.87 

 12.86 

 12.35 



9.13 

 11.00 

 10.28 

 12.11 

 10.80 



8.93 



10.96 

 10.56 



24.19 

 21.46 

 25. 84 

 24.96 

 23.24 

 29.98 



9.27 

 8.19 

 9.67 

 9.01 

 10.17 

 9.75 



12.20 

 13.10 

 11.91 



3.60 

 .72 



17.20 

 7.13 



62.09 

 61.83 

 61.39 



81,234 

 81,330 

 78,036 

 69, 873 

 68, 536 

 81,906 

 69,415 

 79, 410 

 74,554 

 73,175 



76, 957 

 77,413 



78,984 

 73, 450 

 82, 630 

 82,942 

 81,272 

 96,520 



6.74 

 6.89 

 6.55 



40,644 

 42,020 

 42, 770 



.05 



45. 25 

 63.29 



35, 525 

 16,290 



136, 636 

 136, 376 

 136, 363 



2.82 122,062 

 1.70 139,747 



2.65 

 3.12 



64.70 

 45. 03 



.38 



144, 454 



.59 118,727 



aDigestibilitv calculated from values obtained with meadow hay. 

 b Digestibility calculated from values obtained with red clover hay. 

 c Digestibility calculated from values obtained with wheat straw. 



