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FIELD CROPS 



Table X V. Total dry viatter and digestible nutrients in 100 pounds 

 oj the leading forage crops. ^ 



Dried forage 



Corn fodder 



Corn stover 



Timothy hay 



Orchard grass 



Redtop 



Kentucky blue grass. . 



Johnson grass 



Oat hay 



Oat and pea hay 



Red clover 



Crimson clover 



Soy bean 



Cowpea 



Alfalfa 



Wheat straw 



Oat straw 



Green forage 



Corn silage 



Fodder corn 



Sorghum 



Pasture grass 



Kentucky blue grass. , 



Timothy 



Rye forage 



Oat forage 



Bermuda grass 



Hungarian millet 



Red clover 



Alfalfa 



Cowpea 



Soy bean 



Field pea 



Roots, etc. 



Mangel 



Turnip 



Rutabaga 



Rape 



Concentrates 



Corn, dent 



Wheat bran 



Total dry 

 matter in 

 100 pounds 



Lbs. 

 91.0 

 90.6 

 88.4 

 88.4 

 90.2 

 86.8 

 89.9 

 88.0 

 83.4 

 87.1 

 89.4 

 91.4 

 90.3 

 91.4 

 92.9 

 88.5 



26.3 

 21.9 

 22.8 

 20.0 

 31.6 

 37.5 

 21.3 

 26.1 

 33.2 

 27.6 

 25.3 

 26.2 

 22.0 

 27.1 

 27.9 



9.4 



9.5 



10.9 



16.7 



89.5 

 89.9 



Digostible nutrients in 100 pounda 



Crude Carbohy- 

 protein dratea 



Lbs. 

 3.5 

 2.2 

 3.0 

 4.7 

 4.6 

 4.7 

 2.9 

 4.5 

 8.3 

 7.6 

 9.7 

 11.7 

 13.1 

 10.6 

 0.7 

 1.0 



1.1 

 1.0 

 0.6 

 2.5 

 2.3 

 1.5 

 2.1 

 2.3 

 1.4 

 1.9 

 3.3 

 2.7 

 1.8 

 2.6 

 2.8 



0.8 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 2.6 



7.5 

 12.5 



Lbs. 

 51.7 

 47.8 

 42.8 

 41.1 

 45.9 

 43.5 

 45.0 

 38.1 

 37.1 

 39.3 

 36.8 

 39.2 

 33.7 

 39.0 

 39.6 

 42.6 



15.0 

 12.8 

 11.6 

 10.1 

 14.8 

 19.3 

 12.2 

 11.8 

 17.0 

 14.8 

 10.4 

 13.0 

 10.1 

 11.0 

 13.1 



6.4 



6.0 



7.7 



10.0 



67.8 

 41.6 



Fat 



Lbs. 

 1.5 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 1.6 

 1.2 

 1.5 

 1.0 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 1.8 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 0.6 

 0.4 

 0.9 



0.7 

 0.4 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.8 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 0.9 



0.1 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 0.3 



4.6 

 3.0 



iThese figures are based on Henry and Morrison's Feeds and Feeding. 



