Anthyllis Vulneraria as a Fodder Plant. 583 



The following figures express the 



'Detailed Composition of Hay, made of the Anthyllis Vulneraria (^Kidney 



Vetch), 



Calculated 

 quite Dry. 



Moisture 10-4G ., .> 



Oil and wax 1-18 .... 1-32 



*SoiubIe albuminous compounds 2"87 .... 3-20 



f Insoluble albuminous compounds .. ., 4'52 .... 5*04 

 Gum, su2;ar, and carbon-hydrates, readily) >o qi An ni 



convertible into su-ar ^ 4.3-JX .... ^J-U4 



Indigestible woody fibre (cellulose) ,. .. 31'98 .... 35'72 

 Mineral matters, soluble in water ,, ,. 4'50 .... 5'03 

 Mineral matter, insoluble iu water .. ,, "58 .... "05 



10000 100-00 



*ContainiDg nitrogen "47 .... "52 



tContaiuing nitrogen •72 .... "80 



The sample of hay analysed by me was not nearly so nutritious 

 as clover, sainfoin, or common meadow-hay of good average 

 quality. 



A comparison of the relative proportions of fatty matters, of 

 sugar and analogous carbon-hydrates readily soluble in water, of 

 albuminous compounds and of indigestible woody fibre in 

 different kinds of hay, enables us to form a good proximate 

 estimate of their nutritive qualities. The comparison should 

 always be made in the perfectly dry materials, for the proportion 

 of water in hay is subject to great variations. 



The inferiority of the Anthyllis hay appears in a marked 

 degree in the following tabular statement : — • 



Composition of Clover-hay, Meadow-hay, and of AnthyUis-hay , dried at 



212° Fahr. 



Clover-hay. Meadow-hay. Anthyllis-hay. 



Fatty matters 3-81 2*99 1-32 



*Albuminous compounds (flesh - formino;) ion/> n oo o or 



matters) - J 18-9(> 9-88 8-25 



Sugar, gum, and carbon-hydrates, readily] 



convertible into sugar (respiratory sub-> 41*27 48*09 49 '03 



stances) ) 



Indigestible woody fibre (cellulose) .. .. 26-95 31-80 35-72 



Mineral matter (ash) .. 9-01 7-24 5-68 



100-00 100-00 100-00 

 ♦Containing nitrogen 3-03 1'58 1-32 



A glance at the preceding table shows — 



1. That the Kidney-Vetch-hay examined by me contained only 

 one-third the amount of ready-made fat which occurs in good 

 clover-hay, and scarcely half the amount found in ordinary 

 meadow-hay. 



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