APPENDIX 



TABLE I. DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS AND FERTILIZING CONSTITUENTS IN COMMON 



AMERICAN FOODSTUFFS {Continued) 



Name of Feed 



Dried Roughage and Hay: 

 Corn fodder, ears remaining 

 Corn stover, ears removed 



Corn husks 



Corn leaves 



Timothy 



Barley 



Oats 



Barnyard millet .... 



Cat-tail millet 



Hungarian grass .... 



Prairie grass 



Red clover 



Mammoth red clover . . 



Alsike clover 



Crimson clover .... 



Japan clover 



Sweet clover 



Soybeans 



Cowpeas 



Alfalfa . 



Peanut vine 



Velvet bean . . . . . 



Sanfoin 



Oat and pea 



Straw: 



Wheat straw 



Rye straw 



Oat straw 



Barley straw 



Field bean straw (pods) 

 Soybean straw 



Green Roughage: 



Corn fodder 



Kafir 



Yellow milo 



Sorghum 



Sugar cane 



Roots and Tubers: 



Potato 



Common beet 



Mangel 



Sugar beet 



Flat turnip 



Carrot 



Rutabaga 



Artichoke 



Sweet potato 



Chufa 



Total 



Dry 



Matter 



ik ioo 

 Pounds 



57-8 

 59-5 

 49.1 

 70.0 

 86.8 

 85.0 

 86.0 

 86.0 

 89.0 

 86.0 

 90.8 

 84.7 

 78.8 



90.3 

 90.4 

 89.0 

 90.8 

 88.2 



89-5 

 91.9 

 92.4 

 90.0 

 85.0 

 89-S 



90.4 

 92.9 

 90.8 

 85.8 



95-° 

 89.9 



20.7 



17-5 

 16.8 

 20.6 

 15.8 



20.9 



n-5 

 9.1 



13-5 

 9.9 

 11.4 

 11.4 

 20. 5 

 28.9 

 20. s 



Digestible Nutrients 

 in 100 Pounds 



Crude 

 Protein 



2-5 

 1-4 

 0.8 

 2.8 

 2.8 

 5-7 

 4-7 

 5-2 

 7.2 



5-° 

 3-° 

 7-i 

 6.2 



8.4 

 10.5 



9.1 

 1 0.0 

 10.6 



9.2 

 10. s 



6.7 



9.6 

 10.4 



7.6 



0.8 

 0.7 



1-3 

 0.9 



3-6 

 2-3 



1.0 

 0.9 

 1.1 

 0.6 



°-5 



1 .1 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 0.9 

 0.8 

 1.0 



i-3 

 0.8 

 0.6 



Carbohy- 

 drates 



34-6 



31.2 



33-8 

 37-8 

 42.4 

 43-6 

 36.7 

 38.6. 

 41.6 

 46.9 

 42.9 

 37-8 

 34-7 

 39-7 

 34-9 

 37-7 

 37-° 

 40.9 



39-3 

 4°-S 

 42.2 



52.5 

 36.5 

 4i-5 



35-2 

 39-6 

 39-5 

 40.1 



39-7 

 40.1 



11.9 

 9.0 



9-3 

 11.6 



9-5 



15-7 

 7-9 

 5-5 

 9.8 



6-4 

 7-7 

 8.1 

 14.7 

 22.9 

 9.1 



Fat 



1.2 



O.7 

 0.2 

 O.8 



1-3 

 1.0 



i-7 

 0.8 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 1.6 

 1.8 

 2.1 

 1.1 

 1.2 

 i-4 

 i-5 

 1.2 



1-3 

 0.9 



3-° 

 i-4 

 2.0 



i-5 



0.4 

 0.4 

 0.8 

 0.6 



1.0 



0.4 

 o.S 

 0.3 

 °-3 

 o-3 



0.1 



O.I 



0.2 



O.I 

 O.I 



°-3 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 °-3 

 5-6 



Nutri- 

 tive 

 Ratio 



14.9 



23-4 

 42.8 

 14.1 



16.2 

 8.0 

 1:8.6 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



7.8 



6.1 



9.9 



15-5 



5-9 



6-3 



S-o 



3-6 



4-5 

 4.0 



4-J 

 1 : 4.6 

 1 : 4.0 

 7-3 

 5-8 

 3-9 

 5-9 



1:45.1 

 1 : 57-9 

 1:31-8 

 1 : 46.0 

 1 : 11 

 1 : 18.4 



1: 12.8 

 1 : 11. 2 

 1:9.1 

 1 : 20.5 

 1 : 20.4 



1 : 14-5 

 1:6.8 



i:5-9 

 1:7.7 



i:7-3 

 1 : 10.5 

 1:8.5 

 1 : 11. 6 

 1 : 29-5 

 1 : 35-7 



Fertilizing Constituents 

 in 1000 Pounds of Material 



Nitrogen 



7.2 



8.00 



4.10 



9.80 



9.40 



14.10 



14.20 



16.90 



18.50 



12.10 



9.90 



19.70 



19.90 



20.50 



24.30 



22.10 



27.70 



23.80 



21.50 



23.00 



17.10 



22.40 



23.70 



16.50 



5.00 

 4.00 

 5-8o 

 6.40 



6.80 



2.90 



2.70 

 2.10 

 1.90 



3 -40 

 2.40 

 1.90 

 1.60 

 2.10 

 1.80 

 1.90 

 4.20 

 2.40 



Phos- 

 phorus 



2.32 

 I. OO 



I.42 

 2.88 



1.85 

 1.85 



2.50 



2.15 



1.72 



2-45 

 2.12 



2. S3 

 2.21 



1.38 



2.15 

 2.62 



•95 

 1. 10 

 1.29 

 0.80 



1.08 



4-7 



0.47 



0.3 



o-39 



0.70 

 o.34 

 o.39 

 0.40 



o-39 

 o.39 

 0.52 

 0.61 

 0.34 



Potas- 

 sium 



5-03 

 6.16 



8.02 



14-35 

 16.27 



8.70 



15.00 



'7.85 

 7.40 



15-19 

 15-86 



7.80 

 7.70 

 6-55 



8.30 

 10.23 



3-56 



7.10 



10.00 



8.80 



5-88 



3.22 

 1.92 

 2.49 



4.80 

 2.71 



3-i5 

 3.20 

 1.92 

 i-47 

 2-77 

 2.66 

 2.09 



Calcium 



[214] 



