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cows. Therefore, if not needed for supplementing 

 pastures, it serves an excellent purpose as hay for 

 winter feediug. 



Composition of Oat Forage and Oat Hay 



GREEN FORAGE Otip ton -^" average 



une ton acre-yield 



coutams burnishes 



Per cent Lbs. Lbs. 



Water 75.00 ... ... 



Dry matter 25.00 500.0 3500.0 



Ether extract ........ 0.92 18.4 128.0 



Crude fiber 7.40 148.0 1036.0 



Protein 2.25 45.0 315.0 



Ash 1.65 33.0 231.0 



Nitrogen -free extract .... 12.77 255.4 1787.8 



HAY 



Water 25.00 . . . 



Dry matter 75.00 1500.0 



Ether extract 2.76 55.2 



Crude fiber 22.20 444.0 



Protein 6.75 135.0 



Ash 4.95 99.0 



Nitrogen-free extract .... 38.31 766.2 



Winter oats 



In the southern states, and as far north as 

 southern New Jersey, winter oats serve an excel- 

 lent purpose as early summer forage. The advan- 

 tages are chiefly that it serves as a cover -crop in 

 the fall and winter, and saves time of seeding in 

 spring. It should be seeded not later than the 

 middle of September at the rate of two to two and 



