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CLOVER CULTURE. 



spond with those custom ry f >r stock of like ages in this country, but 

 this does not affect the principle the tables are here adduced to illustrate. 



To show how inefficient our non-leguminous grains and 

 grasses are to meet the requirements of the above tables, we 

 give the digestible nutrients shown by the analyses of the 

 non-leguminous grains and fodders that are grown in the 

 West, and that form the staple of the food of our livestock: 



In order that the reader may be able to compare the 

 nutritive elements in the non-leguminous grains and forage 

 with the elements contained in the legumes, and thus form 

 an adequate idea of the difference in the proportion or ratio 

 that exists between the albuminoids and carbo-hydrates of the 

 two classes, respectively, the following table showing the 

 digestible contents of clovers and other leguminous plants, is 

 appended : 



