NUTRIENTS AND FERTILIZERS 



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Average Nutrient and Fertilizer Values of Some Common Feeds* 



Feeds 



Digestible Nutrients 

 in 100 lbs. 



Crude 

 Pro- 

 tein 



Carbo- 

 hy- 

 drates 



Fat 



Fertilizing Constitu- 

 ents in 1,000 lbs. 



Nitro- 

 gen 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 Acid 



Potash 



Alfalfa hay , 



Barley 



Clover hay, alsike 



Clover hay, crimson 



Clover hay, red 



Clover hay, sweet, white. . 



Corn, dent 



Corn, flint 



Cornmeal 



Corn silage, mature 



Corn stover (ears removed 



very dry) 



Cotton seed meal, prime . . 



Cowpeas 



Cowpea hay *. 



Gluten meal 



Mangels 



Milk, cows, whole ^ . . 



Milk, skimmed 



Millet hay, common 



Oats 



Oat straw 



Potatoes 



Rye 



Soy beans 



Sugar beets 



Timothy hay 



Wheat 



Wheat bran 



Whey 



10.6 

 9.0 

 7.9 

 9.7 

 7.6 



10.9 

 7.5 

 7.7 

 6.9 

 1.1 



2.2 



33.4 



19.4 



13.1 



30.2 



0.8 



3.3 



3.6 



5.0 



9.7 



1.0 



1.1 



9.9 



30.7 



1.2 



3.0 



9.2 



12.5 



0.8 



39.0 



66.8 

 36.9 

 36.8 

 39.3 

 38.2 

 67.8 

 66.1 

 69.0 

 15.0 



47.8 



24.3 



54.5 



33.7 



43.9 



6.4 



4.9 



5.1 



46.0 



52.1 



42.6 



15.8 



68.4 



22.8 



12.« 



42.8 



67.5 



41.6 



4.7 



0.9 

 1.6 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 1.8 

 0.7 

 4.6 

 4.6 

 3.5 

 0.7 



1.0 

 7.9 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 4.4 

 0.1 

 4.3 

 0.2 

 1.8 

 3.8 

 0.9 

 0.1 

 1.2 

 14.4 

 0.1 

 1.2 

 1.5 

 3.0 

 0.3 



23.8 

 18.4 

 20.5 

 22.6 

 20.5 

 23.2 

 16.2 

 16.6 

 14.9 

 3.4 



9.4 



63.7 



37.8 



30.9 



56.8 



2.2 



5.6 



6.1 



13.3 



19.8 



5.8 



3.5 



18.9 



58.4 



2.6 



9.9 



19.8 



25.6 



1.6 



5.4 

 8.5 

 7.0 

 6.1 

 3.9 

 6.6 

 6.9 

 6.8 

 6.1 

 1.6 



4.5 



26.6 



10.1 



9.6 



5.5 



0.4 



1.9 



2.2 



3.6 



8.1 



2.1 



1.2 



7.3 



T3.7 



0.8 



3.1 



8.6 



29.5 



1.2 



22.3 



7.4 



17.4 



22.4 



16.3 



12.6 



4.0 



3.9 



3.7 



4.4 



12.9 



18.0 



14.9 



41.3 



1.2 



2.2 



1.7 



1.7 



21.5 



5.6 



15.0 



5.3 



5.7 



24.7 



3.2 



13.6 



5.3 



16.2 



2.6 



^Complied from Feeds and Feeding, by Henry and Morrison. 



