FEEDING THE STOCK 107 



Free Bulletins, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 



Farmers' Bulletins. 



No. 22. The Feeding of Farm Animals. 

 No. 36. Cotton Seed and Its Products. 

 No. 49. Sheep Feeding. 

 No. 58. The Soy Bean as a Forage Crop. 

 No. 170. The Principles of Horse Feeding. 



Table XI. 

 Table showing digestible nutrients in feeding stuffs: 



POUNDS PER TON. 



Kind of Feed. Protein. Carbohydrates. 



Soy beans 210 800 



Cow peas 210 800 



Clover hay 170 920 



Red top hay 95 980 



Mixed hay 88 880 



Timothy hay 56 920 



Corn fodder 50 710 



Rape, green 42 170 



Corn silage 24 290 



Oat straw 24 920 



Sugar beet pulp, fresh 13 140 



Rye straw 12 830 



Wheat straw 8 740 



POUNDS PER HUNDREDWEIGHT. 



Kind of Feed. Protein. Carbohydrates. 



*Cotton seed meal 40 40 



* Linseed meal 32 42 



*Gluten meal 25 60 



Malt sprouts 18 46 



Wheat bran 12 46 



Wheat middlings 12 58 



Brewer's grains, dry 10 50 



Whole milk 3 l / 3 13 



Skim milk 3 6 



*These feeds are very rich in fat and should be fed sparingly. 



