GRAS3E3 OF IOWA. 



473 



Naturally, in order to apply the standards as given in the 

 above table, a thorough study of all the materials used for 

 feeding purposes is necessary. Many of the stations have 

 paid especial attention to this field of work, and the following 

 tables are selected from Bil. 81 of Vermont experiment 

 station. 



TABLE II.-A.VERAGE COMPOSITION OF FEEDING STUFFS. 



ROUGHAGES. 



Green fodders. 



Pasture grass 



Timothy 



Red Top 



Kentucky bluegrass* 



Rowen , 



Fodder corn 



Sweet fodiiercorn 



Barley fodder 



Oit fodder 



Rye fodder 



HuQgarian 



Oats and peas 



Barley and peas 



Red clover 



Alsike clover 



Clover rowen. 



nay!< and dry fodders. 



Mixed h ly 



Timothy 



Red Top 



Kentucky bluegrass* . 



Rowen, mixed 



Rowen, fine 



Corn fodder 



Corn stover 



Oat hay . 



Oat and pea hay 



Hungariaa 



Red clover hay 



Alsike clover hay 



Clover rowen hay.. .. 



Barley straw 



Oat straw 



Wheat straw 



Rye straw 



Silages and roots. 



Corn silage (mature corn) 

 do (immature corn) 

 do (ears plucked off) 



Clover silage 



Potatoes 



Beets 



Sugar beets 



Carrots.. 



Mangei-wurtzels 



Rutabagas 



Turnips 



as 



S w 



56 

 5 



18 



4 



1?6 



21 

 6 

 5 

 7 



14 

 9 

 9 



43 

 4 



126 



19 



FOOD CO.SSTITUENTS. 



80 



61 6 

 65 3 

 65.1 

 70.1 

 79 3 

 T9 1 

 75.2 



62 2 

 76 6 

 71 1 

 78.7 

 79 4 

 70.8 

 74 8 

 75.0 



15.3 



13 3 

 8 9 



26 1 

 16.6 

 13.1 

 43 2 

 40.1 

 8 9 

 11.5 

 16 5 

 15.3 

 9.7 

 8 3 



14 2 

 9.2 

 9.6 

 7 1 



73 7 



79 1 

 80.7 

 72 

 78.9 

 88 S 

 88.5 

 88 6 

 90.9 

 88 6 

 90 5 



2.0 



2 1 



3 3 

 2 8 

 2.4 



1 2 

 1.3 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 1.8 

 17 

 1.7 

 1.8 

 2.1 

 2.0 



2 1 



5.5 

 4.4 



5 2 



6 7 

 6.8 

 6 5 

 3.7 

 3.4 

 6 2 

 6.6 

 5.6 

 6.2 

 8 3 

 7.1 

 5.7 

 5 1 

 4.2 

 3 2 



1.6 

 1.4 

 1.8 

 2.<i 

 1 

 1 

 0.9 

 1 

 1.1 

 1 2 

 0.8 



g a 

 O 



3 5 

 3.1 

 2.8 

 4.1 



4 5 

 1.8 

 19 

 3.4 

 3 4 



2 6 



3 1 



3 5 

 3.7 



4 4 



3 9 



4 6 



7.4 

 5.9 



7 9 



6.1 



11 6 



14.0 



4 5 



3.8 



7.6 



14.8 



8.2 



12.3 



13 8 



13.1 



3 5 



4 

 3.4 

 3.0 



2 2 

 1.7 

 1.8 

 4.2 

 2.1 

 1 5 

 1.8 

 1 1 

 1.4 

 1.2 

 1 1 



4.0 

 11.8 

 11.0 

 9.1 

 7.6 

 5.0 

 4 4 

 6 5 

 11.2 

 11.6 

 9 2 



6 

 5.3 

 8.1 



7 4 

 6.2 



27.2 

 2.J.0 

 23.6 

 24.1 

 23.5 

 24.4 

 14 3 

 19.8 

 29.3 

 21 9 

 22.6 

 24.8 

 25.6 

 31 3 

 36.0 

 37.0 

 38 1 

 38 9 



6.5 

 6.0 

 5.6 

 8.4 

 0.6 

 0.9 

 0.9 

 13 

 9 

 1.3 

 1.3 



o ® 



9 7 

 20 2 

 17.7 

 17 6 

 13.7 

 13 3 

 13.8 

 12.0 

 19.3 



6.8 

 14.2 



9 1 



9 1 

 13 5 

 11 

 11.0 



42.1 

 45 



47 5 

 33.7 

 39.4 



38 3 

 34.7 

 31.8 

 45.1 

 3S.9 

 43.9 

 38.1 

 40 7 

 37.9 



39 

 4^ 4 

 43.4 

 46.6 



15 1 

 11.0 

 9.5 

 11.6 

 17.3 

 8.0 

 9.8 

 7 6 

 5.5 

 7.5 



0.8 

 1.2 

 0.9 

 1.3 

 1.7 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 0.9 

 1 4 

 6 



7 



1 

 8 

 1.1 

 0.9 

 1.1 



2 5 



3 5 

 1.9 

 3.3 

 3.1 

 3.7 



1 6 

 1.1 



2 9 

 3.3 

 3.2 



3 3 

 2 9 

 2 3 

 1.5 

 2 3 

 13 

 1.3 



9 

 8 

 6 

 1.2 

 0.1 

 1 

 0.1 

 0.4 

 3 

 0.8 

 0.3 



FBRTILIZINQ 

 INGREDIENTS. 



0.56 

 0.50 

 0.45 

 0.68 

 73 

 0.29 

 0.80 

 54 

 54 

 43 

 50 

 0.56 

 0.59 

 0.70 

 62 

 0.74 



1.18 



94 

 1.26 

 0.98 



1 86 



2 24 

 0.73 

 0.61 

 1.23 

 3.37 

 1.3i 

 1.97 

 2 O'j 

 3.10 

 0.56 

 0.64 

 0.54 

 0.48 



0.35 

 0.27 

 29 

 67 

 34 

 0.24 

 0.29 

 0.18 

 0.22 

 0.19 

 18 



0.33 

 26 



0.24 

 0.15 

 15 



0.13 

 0.15 

 0.16 

 0.13 



13 

 0.11 



0.27 

 0.53 

 36 

 0.40 

 0.43 



0.54 

 0.29 

 0.50 

 51 

 0.35 

 0.38 

 0.67 



0.30 

 20 

 0.12 

 28 



0.10 

 0.10 

 0.11 



li 



0.09 

 0.10 

 0.09 

 0.09 

 13 

 0.10 



0.75 

 76 



1.08 

 55 

 0.33 



38 

 0.73 

 0.55 

 0.54 



0.46 

 0.20 



1.65 

 0.90 

 1.02 

 1.57 

 1.49 



89 



1 40 

 0.80 

 3.25 

 1.30 

 2.20 

 3.23 



2.09 

 1 24 

 0.51 

 79 



0.40 

 0.40 

 0.45 



0.46 

 0.44 

 0.48 

 51 

 0.38 

 49 

 0.39 



* June grass. 



