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EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Digestion experiments with Texas liays and fodders, G, S. Fraps (Texas 

 8ta. Bui. 147, PP- 5-28). — The average composition of feeding stuffs used in the 

 digestion experiments reported in this bulletin was as follows : 



Composition of Texas hays and fodders. 



Kind of feeding stuff. 



Ash. 



Alfalfa hay 



Bermuda hay 



Bur clover 



Buffalo grass 



Corn shucks 



Cowpea hay ' — 



Guam grass 



Johnson grass hay 



Do 



Kafir fodder - 



Millet.. 



Oat hay 



Peanut hay 



Para grass^ 



Eice straw (Japan) 



Bice straw (Honduras) 



Sorghum hay 



Vetch hay 



Per ct. 



8.14 

 7.88 



12.10 



11.55 

 3.47 

 9.05 

 6.79 



12.36 

 8.13 



11.25 

 8.97 

 9.02 

 7.44 

 7.10 



17.10 



16.16 

 6.91 



11.87 



The bur clover was cut when in bloom with most of the seed corn and dried 

 in a large air-drying apparatus in the laboratory before chopping. It was free 

 from dirt and was readily and completely eaten. Samples of bur clover were 

 also collected at various stages of growth and gave the following analytical 

 results : 



Composition of hio- clnx-cr at different stages of growth. 



