DiriSION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



According to Henry, cured hay from different sources contains the following 

 quantities of digestible nutrients per 100 pounds : — 



Feed. 



Timothy 



Red clover 



Mixed grasses a^id clover 



Oat 



Oat and Pea 



Oat and Vetches 



- Fat. 



1-3 



1-8 

 1-3 

 1-7 

 1-5 

 1-3 



With these figures we come to the following conclusions for 1915, as to the num- 

 ber of pounds of digestible nutrients produced per acre, from hay of different 

 kinds : — 



Hay. 



Yiald of hay 

 per acre. 



Total dry 

 matter. 



Digestible nutrients per acre. 



Crude protein. 



Carbohydrates. 



Fat. 



Banner oats and vetches 



Oats, Gold Rain 



" Victory _. 



Banner oats and Golden Viae peas.. . 



All hay from oats 



Clover 



Oats, Banner 



" Ligowo 



Timothy 



Lb. 



6060 

 7200 

 6120 

 3360 

 5415 

 3085 

 4440 

 3900 

 2923 



Lb. 



6151 



61920 



5263 



3007-2 



4656-9 



2612-59 



3818-4 



3354 



2537-16 



Lb. 



502-98 

 338-40 

 287-64 

 255-00 

 2.54-505 

 219-035 

 207-68 

 183-30 

 81-84 



Lb. 



Lb. 



The most interesting results of this experiment are that hay can easily be grown 

 in a single season from oats, or from oats mixed with a leguminous plant such as 

 field peas and vetches, also that the hay thus grown contains a great many more pounds 

 of digestible nutrients per acre, especially the valuable protein, than do clover or 

 timothy. To offset this great advantage, there is the extra cost ©f growing the oats or 

 the mixtures, also the fact that these must be considered catch crops, as they are gen- 

 erally seeeled too heavily to permit a fair growth of clover or timothy with them. A 

 few years' trials will no doubt throw more light on all these points. 



Cap Rouge. 



