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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The purslane contained 0.23 per cent albuminoid nitrogen and 0.06 

 per cent amid nitrogen, and the Idaho coffee pea 2.32 per cent and 0.14 

 per cent of these constituents. 



"The purslane compares favorably with average samples of corn fodder so far as 

 the protein and ether extract are concerned. Nitrogen-free extract is rather lower 

 than in most green fodder, but the amount of water is considerably higher. The ash is 

 higher than any ash that I have seen reported in green feeding stuffs. Owing to the 

 relatively low amounts of fiber and nitrogen-free extract, the nutritive ratio is high, 

 being about 5.5. The material has been used to some extent in this State for many 

 years as a food for pigs, and in many localities is highly esteemed. Analysis shows 

 that it is well worth consideration as a feeding material for such animals as will eat 

 it readily. 



" The material has also a relatively high fertilizing value." 



Brief statements concerning other analytical work are also made. 



Investigation of California cattle foods, M. E. Jaffa ( California 

 Sta. Rpt, 1895-1897, pp. 112-116). — Analyses are reported of mixed 

 feed, shorts, middlings, wheat bran, rice bran, liuseed-oil cake, cocoanut- 

 oil cake, bur clover, clover ( Trifolium wormsJcioldii), malt sprouts, sugar- 

 beet pulp, Egyptian corn, silage from sugar beet pulp, barley, clover, 

 corn, and sugar beets. In every case the digestible matter in 100 lbs. 

 was calculated. 



The composition of a number of these feeding stuffs is shown in the 

 following table : 



Composition of California cattle foods. 



Cocoanut-oil cake 



Do 



Bur clover 



Clover (T)ifolium wormtkioldii) . 



Sugar-beet pulp 



Sugar-beet pulp silage 



Barley silage 



Do 



Sugar-beet silage 



Egyptian coru a 



Water. 



Per ct. 

 12.87 

 14.68 

 8.95 

 10. 00 

 90.00 

 90.00 

 80. 00 

 70.00 

 70.00 

 12. 63 



Protein 



Per ct. 



20. 06 



19 16 



i.;. 65 



13.86 



1.25 



1.46 



2.07 



3.10 



4.38 



9.96 



Fat. 



Nitro- 

 gen-free 

 extract 



Per ct. 



10.13 



10.53 



3.60 



3.84 



.14 



.39 



.79 



1.19 



1.17 



3.86 



Per ct. 



40.90 



42.81 



38. 22 



37.67 



6.14 



4.70 



7.53 



11.29 



14.10 



69.70 



Crude 

 liber. 



Per ct. 



11.50 

 8.55 



30.58 



27.27 

 2.05 

 3.14 

 7.50 



11.25 

 9.42 

 1.93 



Per ct. 

 4.54 

 4.27 



5.00 



7.33 



.42 



.31 



2.11 



3.17 



.93 



1.92 



Fuel 

 value. 



Nutri- 

 tive 

 ratio. 



Calories. 

 1,308 

 1,290 

 965 

 938 

 164 

 165 

 234 

 351 

 495 



Per ct. 

 1:5.5 

 1:3.3 

 1:5.3 

 1:5.1 

 1.6.7 

 1:5.7 

 1:7.7 

 1:7.7 

 1:5.7 



a Average of Common White, Bed, and Jerusalem. 



Analyses of feeds, A. L. Winton, A. W. Ogden, and W. L. Mitch- 

 ell {Connecticut State Sta. Rpt. 1897, pp. 319-321). — Analyses are 

 reported of chaff, oat feed, " Catena," corn and oats, corn meal, corn- 

 meal germ, gluten feed, mixed feed, and hay of the fiat pea ( Lathyrus 

 sylrestris). The percentage composition of the "Oatena" was as fol- 

 lows: Water, 7.12; protein, 8.75; fat, 4.03; nitrogen free extract, 59.10; 

 fiber, 16.19, and ash, 4.75. The composition of Lathyrus sylvestris hay 

 was as follows: Water, 10.25; protein, 26.84; fat, 3.81; nitrogen-free 

 extract, 28.27; fiber, 26.51, and asb, 4.32. 



The method of establishing a meadow of flat peas by seeding and 

 transplanting is described. This season about oue-fourth of an acre, 



