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APPENDIX 



TABLE VIII. 



AVERAGE DIGESTIBILITY OF FEEDS AND THEIR 

 FERTILITY.^ 



Name of feed 



Dry 

 matter 

 in 

 100 

 lbs. 



Digestible parts 

 in 100 lbs. 



Pro- 

 tein 



Carbo- 



hy- 

 d rates 

 (+fat 

 X2.25) 



Fertility in 1000 lbs. 



Nitro- 

 gen 



(N) 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid 

 (P2O5) 



Potash 

 (K2O) 



Alfalfa, green 



Alfalfa, hay 



Alsike (in bloom), green. .. 



Beets, sugar 



Brewers' grains (dried) 



Canada pea meal 



Cotton seed meal 



Corn ensilage 



Corn fodder, green 



Cornmeal (all! 



Corn stalks with ears 



Corn stalks without ears... 



Corn and cob meal 



Cow peas, green 



Crimson clover, hay 



Dried beet pulp 



Gluten meal , 



Kentucky blue grass, hay.., 

 Linseed meal (old process).. 



Malt sprouts 



Mangels 



Oats 



Oat forage, in bloom, green. 



Oat straw 



Peas and oats, green 



Red clover, green 



Red clover, hay 



Red top, hay 



Ruta-bagas 



Rye 



Timothy, green 



Timothy, hay 



Wheat 



Wheat bran (winter) 



Wheat middlings.. 



28.2 

 93.6 

 25.2 

 13.5 

 91.3 

 89.5 

 93.0 

 26.4 

 20.7 

 85.0 

 57.8 

 59.5 

 84.9 

 16.4 

 90.4 

 91.6 

 90.5 

 86.0 

 90.2 

 90.5 

 9.1 

 89.6 

 25.0 

 90.8 

 20.3 

 29.2 

 84.7 

 91.1 

 11.4 

 91.3 

 38.4 

 86.8 

 89.5 

 88.5 

 88.8 



3.6 



11.7 



2.6 



1.3 



20.0 



16.8 



37.6 



1.4 



1.0 



6.7 



2.5 



1.4 



4.4 



1.8 



10.5 



4.1 



29.7 



4.4 



30.2 



20.3 



1.0 



10.7 



1.1 

 1.3 



1 

 2 



7 

 4 

 1 



9.5 

 1.5 

 2.8 

 8.8 

 12.1 

 13.0 



13.0 

 43.1 

 12.5 

 10.0 

 45.7 

 53.3 

 43.0 

 15.7 

 12.8 

 72.2 

 37.3 

 32.7 

 66.5 



9.1 

 37.6 

 65.1 

 56.2 

 41.8 

 47.5 

 49.1 



5.9 

 58.7 

 13.5 

 41.3 

 11.1 

 16.4 

 41.8 

 49.1 



8.5 

 72.1 

 21.2 

 45.3 

 70.8 

 43.4 

 55.8 



7.7 



26.1 



6.2 



2.9 



40.0 



32.3 



72.5 



4.3 



2.9 



14.7 



7.2 



6.1 



13.6 



3.8 



24.3 



12.9 



54.8 



12.5 



54.2 



42.1 



2.2 



18.2 



2.6 



5.8 



3.8 



7.0 



19.7 



12.6 



1.9 



18.1 



5.0 



9.4 



19.0 



25.1 



27.0 



1.3 

 6.1 

 1.1 



0.8 



16.1 



8.2 



30.4 



1.1 



1.1 



6.3 



5.4 



3.8 



5.7 



1.3 



4.0 



2.2 



3.3 



4.0 



16.6 



17.4 



0.9 



7.8 



1 



3 



1 



1 



5 



3 



1 



8.6 



2.6 



3.3 



5.5 

 26.9 

 26.3 



5.6 



17.9 

 2.0 

 3.7 

 2.0 

 9.9 



15.8 

 3.7 

 3.9 

 4.7 

 8.9 



10.9 

 4.7 

 4. 



13 

 3 

 0. 



15, 



13, 



19.9 

 3.8 

 4.8 

 3.8 



17.7 

 5.0 

 4.8 



18.7 



10.2 

 4.9 

 5.8 

 7.6 



14.2 

 8.7 



15.2 



15.3 



In quarts the dry feeds to make a pound would be: gluten meal 0.8, linseed 

 meal 0.9, cottonseed meal, pea meal, cornmeal each 0.7, wheat 0.5, rye 0.6, oats 

 1, wheat middlings 1.3, bran 2, malt sprouts 1.7, brewers' grains 1,7. 



1 Chiefly adapted from W. A. Henry's "Feeds and Feeding." 



