FORAGE PLANTS FOR SOUTHERN STATES. 



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ComposUion of for aye 2)}ants — Coutiuned. 



LEGDMiNODS PLANTS— continued 



Creefting clover {T. proeumbens) 



Bntta lo clover (T. reflexum) 



White clover (T. repetis) 



Nort licrn grown 



Louisiana vetch ( Vicia ludoviciana) . . 

 Vetcli ( V. mtiva) 



Xortliern grown 



Hairy vetch ( V. villosa) 



Northern grown 



Chinese ve'ch (Viyna sp.) 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Mexican clover (Richardsonia seahra) 



Giant sjiurry (Spergula -maxima) 



Northern grown 



Corn silage 



Chicken corn silage 



Sorghum silage 



Teosinto silage 



Num- j 



^°»" °'^ Water, 

 analy- i 



ses. 



79.07 

 78.20 

 74.45 

 81.79 



86.77 

 75.62 

 67.19 

 83.31 

 75.02 

 83.81 

 66.77 



In dry matter. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Per 

 36. 

 27. 

 21. 

 21. 

 12. 

 28. 

 15. 

 28. 

 27. 

 31. 



25.97 

 24.21 

 18.20 

 27.98 

 35.07 

 33. 97 

 37.12 



Crude 

 protein, 



Ether 



extract, 



) 



I'cr et. I Per ct. 

 10.16 

 14.34 

 21.28 

 20.30 

 38.70 

 21.95 

 30.70 

 23. 90 

 16.80 

 19.56 



10. .36 

 4.56 

 9.60 

 7.13 

 9.81 

 6.42 

 7.64 



2.07 

 1.53 

 5.17 

 6.50 

 4.38 

 3.29 

 4.20 

 4.12 

 2.60 

 3.14 



4.43 

 3.95 

 4.30 

 2.82 

 2.69 

 1.73 

 2.38 



Nitro- 



fen- 

 ree 

 extract. 



Per ct. 

 35. 73 

 49.32 

 40.77 

 43.40 

 33.76 

 34.98 

 37.00 

 34.28 

 42.80 

 35.05 



41.81 

 52.65 

 53.60 

 54. 22 

 44.85 

 49.20 

 40.92 



Ash. 



Per ct. 



8.52 



7.44 

 11.69 



8.20 

 10. 39 

 11.55 

 12.30 



9.31 

 10.10 

 10.62 



17.43 

 14.63 

 14. 30 



7.85 

 7.58 

 8.59 

 11.94 



