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These ground saiiiplos were subjected to analysis according to the 

 method of the A. A. o. A. C. for feed stuffs. In order to compare with 

 other similar feeds, d.ita frdiii the Analyses of Wolfe' are added at the 

 bottom of each table. The Hjiurcs in all cases represent per cent, those 

 in Table I being calculated to ,sun-diy sample, while those in Table II 

 are calculated to green weiulit as collected. 



From these tables it will be seen tliat these shoots compart' very favor- 

 aldy with the other green feeds usually fi'd. and especially numbers 4. .l. <!. 

 7, 1<! and 22 sIkiw a favorable iiroteln content. By the aid of such data. i( 

 should not he (lillicult to cxiilain why animals can live almost indefinitely 

 on su<li food, while in the dry condition they Ciuniiare favorably witli 

 most of the ((unnion concentrates fed to stock. The leguminous species 

 No. G and No. 7. as well as others, are of esjiecial interest in this con- 

 nection. 



Wolfe uses a digestion coefficient which varies from appio.xiinately 

 r»5% to 70% for the various valuable constituents. Doubtless these, too, 

 w(;uld show a high degree of digestibility. 



No determinations of the amids have bi'on made as yet, nor have the 

 shoots of later dates in the season been used. These two points, along 

 with an investigation of the nitrogen-free extract now in progress may be 

 cuibodied in a later rejxirr. 



' Loc. cit. 

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