ENERGY-PRODUCTION VALUES 



451 



AVERAGE DRY MATTER, DIGESTIBLE 

 TRUE PROTEIN, AND NET ENERGY 



FOR RUMINANTS: 



DRIED ROUGHAGE 

 Hay and Fodder from Cereals 



Brome grass, smooth 



Corn fodder (ears included, medium dry) 

 Corn stover (ears removed, medium dry) 



Millet, Hungarian 



Mixed timothy and clover 



Oat Hay 



Orchard grass 



Red top 



Timothy, all analyses 



Timothy, before bloom 



Timothy, early to full bloom 



Timothy, late bloom to early seed 



Timothy, nearly ripe 



Hay and Fodder from Legumes 



Alfalfa, aU analyses 91.4 



Alfalfa, before bloom 93.8 



Alfalfa, in bloom 92.5 



Alfalfa, in seed 89.6 



Clover, alsike 87.7 



Clover, crimson 89.4 



Clover, red, all analyses 87.1 



Clover, red, before bloom 89.6 



Clover, red, in bloom 86.1 



Clover, red, after bloom 77.9 



Clover, sweet, white 91.4 



Cowpeas, all analyses 90.3 



Cowpeas, before bloom 92.2 



Cowpeas, in bloom to early pod 89.4 



Soybeans 91.4 



Straws 



Barley 85.8 



Buckwheat 90.1 



Oat 88.5 



Rye 92.9 



Wheat 91.6 



CRUDE PROTEIN, DIGESTIBLE 

 VALUES TO THE 100 POUNDS 



. Digestible > Net 



Dry Crude True energy 

 matter protein protein value 

 Pounds Pounds Pounds Therms 



.9 



4.2 

 1. 



.7 

 .7 



.6 

 3.2 

 .8 

 .5 

 .3 



36.61 



4.55 



34.81 



17.59 



7.22 



