APPENDIX. 385 
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TABLE IIL 
PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTS AND PRODUCTS, 
giving the average quantities of Water, Organic Matter, Ash, Album- 
inoids, Carbohydrates, etc., Crude Fiber, Fat, etc., by Professors 
Wourr and Knop.* 
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Substance. § |s8] . |§siSsigt 
S |S5| 'S |SSISE ts S 
= ISS| 3 ISSiSSISSI S 
HAY. 
Meadow hay, medium quality,..... oSerowcewoona 14.3)79.5| 6.2) 8.2/41.3'30.0! 2.0 
NE REE ahas -ncsecisinesitves sess sc a eeee {14 3/79.2) 6.5, 9.5:45.7 24.0) 2.4 
Ruediclover, fnil blossom... ..........0-s00020 16.7/77.1) 6.2 13.4/29.9 35.8] 3.2 
: or MGs asl cays <asie 6 sicesicwis seein 16.7)/77.7| 5.6; 9.4:20.3.48.0] 2.0 
White clover, full blossom... ...............05 16.7/74.8) 8.5.14.9'34.3 25.6) 3.5 
Swedish or Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)|16.7|75.0) 8.3 15.3/29.2 30.5) 3.3 
is clover, ripe........ Pilea arn reise ier isons 16.7/78.3) 5.0 10.2'23.1'45.0| 2.2 
LSE i. OD a 16.7/74.6| 8.7)19.7/32.9 22.0) 3.3 
IERIIOSSOD 3c ..01 cise cesaccececcecect coe 16.7/76.9| 6.4.14.4/22.5.40.0) 2.5 
Sand lucern, early blossom (Medicago intermedéa)'16.7\77.2| 6.115.2'26.9'35.1) 3.0 
BiGaMsegie i DIOSSOM, <n osccec 2 a ccevcevaces 116.7/77.1] 6.2/13.3/36.7,27.1) 2.5 
Incarnate clover, do = ( Tr éfoliwm incarnatum)..|16.7\%6.1| 7.2)12.2/30.1,33.8, 3.0 
Yellow * do (Medicago lupulina)..... (16.7/77.3) 6.0.14.6)/36.5,26.2) 3.3 
MOTCHERU IT DIGEEOM. 0... 0. cecciecescsccccec cess 116.7/%5.0| 8.3'14.2135.3/25.5] 2.5 
as, oF RMR a rer ster a Bs /2ot-'a,519-n50 sis ise also /16.7\76.3) 7.0 14.3)36.8 25.2) 2.6 
Field spurry, in blossom (Sperguwla arvensis)... .|16.'7|/73.8| 9.5)12.0/39.8 22.0) 3.2 
iy Peer DIOQSEONE.. so 5 csc cee hs ct ews 16.7/'75.5] 7.8) 7.8/41.7,26.0 2.5 
Serradella, ee fs (Ornithopus sativus). .|16.7'77.7) 5.6.14.6 29.233.9) 1.5 
be Tee Cs caataatie-s Segacoos sac 16.7/75.8) 7.5;:15.3)387.2,26.1) 1.9 
Italian Rye grass (Loléwm italicum) ......... | [14.3/77.9) 7.8) 8.7/51.4/16.9] 2.8 
Timothy (Phleum pratensé)....... ce .eeccees 14.3/81.2) 4.5) 9.7/48.8)/22.7/ 3.0 
Early meadow grass (Pod annud)........ Meas 14.3/83.3) 2.4/10.1/47.2 25.9) 2.9 
Crested dog’s tail (Cynosurus cristatus)...... 14.3/80.2) 5.5) 9.5)48.0)22.6) 2.8 
Soft brome grass (Bromus mollés)............ 14.3/80.7) 5.014.8/35.0'31.0) 1.8 
Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata).......... 14.3'81.1} 4.6 11.6/40.7/28.9) 2.7 
Barley grass (Hordeum pratensé).......0...+ g |14.3 80.4) 5.3) 9.6/42.0/27.2) 2.0 
Meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)....... 14.3)79.0) 6.7)10.6)39.5/29.0, 2.6 
Oat grass, French rye grass (Arrhenatherum | a | 
SEL OL: Ti) SESS ho ee S /14.3)75.8} 9.9)11.1/85.3/29.4) 2.7 
English rye grass (Lolium perenne)........+. /14.3)79.2) 6.5'10.2:38.9/30.2! 2.7 
Harter Schwingel (Festuca ?)............ 42. 8 /14.3/81.0] 4.7:10.4/37.5/33.2) 2.9 
Sweet-scented vernal grass (Anthoranthum | = 
RM EPEINTRMIAN soi- ais a = ten aeiniels/ais)aie nis ccis eee © |14.3'80.3) 5.4! §.9'40.2'31.2) 2.9 
Velvet grass (Holeus lanatus)... 2.2. 1. cee 14.3)80.2) 5.5) 9.9'36.'7/33.6! 3.1 
Spear grass, Kentucky Blue grass (Poa | | 
WMIEBS )aniciviee s+ 0 ~s/0.c10 Ape eee eee 14.3,80.6) 5.1) 8.9 39.1/382.6) 2.3 
Rough meadow grass (Poa trivialés)........ 14.3)78.6| 7.1! 8.4 37.6/32.6) 3.2 
Yellow oat grass (Avena flavescens).......... 14.3)79.8) 5.9) 6.4,42.6/30.8) 2.2 
Quaking grass (Briza Medid).....2.. cece eeee J |14.3,°78.3) 7.4) 5.2:42.8 30.3] 2.6 
Average of all the grassesS...........ceesccesces 14.3'79.9' 5.8! 9.541.728.) 2.6 
* Landwirthschaftlicher Kalender, 1867, through Knop’s Agricultur- Chemie, 
1868, pp. 715-720. This Table is, as regards water and ash, a repetition of Table 
1, but includes the newer analyses of 1865-7. Therefore the averages of water 
and ash do not in all cases agree with those of the former Tables. It gives be- 
sides, the proportions of nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous compounds, i. e., Al- 
buminoids and Carbohydrates, etc. It also states the averages of Crude fiber and 
of Fat, etc. The discussion of the data of this Table belongs to the subjects of 
Food and Cattle-Feeding. They are, however, inserted here. as it is believed 
they are not to be found elsewhere in the English language.— +t Organic matter 
here signifies the combustible part of the plant.—| Carbohydrates, ete., includes 
fat, starch, sugar, pectin, etc., all in fact of Org. matter, except Albuminoids and 
Crude fiber.—t Crude fiber is impure cellulose obtained by the processes describ- 
ed on pages 60 and 61.—4 Fat, efc., is the ether-extract p. $f, and contains be- 
eides fat, wax, chlorophyll, and in some cases resins. ; 
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