704 



COMPOSITION OF AMERICAN 



In fresh or air-dry material. 



Water. 



Ash. 



Protein. 

 (K.X6.25). 



SILAGE — continued 



Brewers' grain silago . 

 Red clover silage 



HAY AND DET COARSE FODDER. 



Corn (maize) fodder, field-cured.. 

 Cotu (maize) leaves, field cured.. 

 Corn (maize) husks, field-cured... 

 Corn (maize) stalks, field-cured . . 

 Corn (maize) stover, field-cured.. 

 Hay from gras.ses named: 



Couch grass* (Agropyrum 



repens) 



Redtop (Agrostis vulgaris) .. 

 Redtop cut in blooui {Agros- 

 tis vulgaris) 



Orchard grass {Dactylis glome- 



rata) 



Timothy {Pklewm pratense) — 



All analyses 



Cut in full bloom 



Cut soon after bloom 



Cut when nearly ripe 



Hungarian grass {Setaria ital- 



ica) 



Creek sedge (Spartina stricta, 



var. glabra) 



Hay from legumes nnmed: 



Red clover {Tri/olium pra- 

 tense) 



Red clover {Trifolium pra- 

 tense), in bloom 



Red clover {Tri/olium pra- 

 tense, yat. medium) 



Red clover (Irifclium pra- 



tcnse,va,T. medium) , inbloom 



Alsike clover (Trifolium hy- 



bridum) 



White clover (Trifolium re- 

 pens) 



Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) 



Cow-pea 



Black grass (Juncus gerardi) . 



Wheat straw .' 



Rye straw 



0:1 1 straw 



Buckwheat straw 



TUBERS, ROOTS, BUr.BS, AND OTHER 

 VEGETABLES. 



Potatoes 



Sweet-potatoes .. 



Red beets 



Sugar-beets 



Mangel-wnrzels . 



Turnips 



Rutabagas 



Carrots 



Onions 



Cucumhers 



Cabbages 



Asparagus . 



Strawberries 



LemoDs 



P. ct. 

 60.8 

 72.0 



42.2 



30.' 

 50.9 

 68.4 

 40.5 



14.8 



8.9 



9.9 



13.2 

 15.0 

 14.2 

 14.1 



7.7 



8.3 



15.3 



20.8 



21.2 



20.9 



9.7 



9,7 



8.4 

 10.7 

 9.5 

 9.(> 

 7.1 

 9.2 

 9.9 



78.9 

 71.1 



8S.5 

 86.5 

 90.9 

 90.5 

 88.(5 

 88.0 

 87.0 

 96.0 

 90.5 

 94.0 

 90.8 

 89.3 



P. ct. 

 1.2 

 2.6 



2.7 

 6.5 

 1.8 

 1.2 

 3.4 



6.0 

 5.2 



4.9 



6.0 



4.4 

 4.5 

 4.4 

 3.9 



6.0 



10,7 



6.2 

 6.6 

 6.1 

 6,6 



8.3 

 7.4 

 7.5 

 7.0 

 4.2 

 3.2 

 5.1 

 6.5 



1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 0.9 

 1.1 

 0.8 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.8 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 0.5 



' Quack grass, quick or quitch grass, twitch or dog's grass, t Including the 21 analyses following. 



