FEEDIXa STUFFS. 



AVERAGE COMPOSITIOX OF AMERICAN 

 FEEDING STUFFS. 



Feeding Stuffs. 



Green Fodders and 

 Silage. 



Pasture grass 



Green fodder corn 



(maize) 



Alfalfa (lucern) 



Green clover 



Aisike clover, in bloom 



Rye fodder 



Oat fodder 



Sorghum fodder 



Red top, in bloom 



Meadow fescue, in 



bloom 



Timothy 



Blue-grass 



Prickly comfrey 



Corn silage 



Corn silage, Wis. anal. 



Clover silage 



Sorghum silage 



Hay and Dry Coarse 

 Fodders. 



Fodder corn (maize), 

 field cured. 



Same, Wis. analyses,. 



Corn stalks (stover), 

 field cured 



Hay from red clover. 



Hay from mammoth 

 clover 



Hay f'm alfalfa (lucern) 



Hay from aisike clover 



Oat hay .... 



Timothy hay 



Hay from mixed mea- 

 dow grasses 



Hay from Hun. grass. 



Flax hay 



Crab-grass hay ...... 



Marsh hay 



Oat straw 



Barley strawt 



Wheat straw 



Rye straw 



Buckwheat straw 



Pea vinet 



Percentage Composition.* 



So.o 



79 



71 



70.8 



74.8 



76.6 



62 



79 

 64.8 



69.9 

 61 .6 

 65.1 

 88.4 



79- 

 73- 

 72. 

 76. 



42 

 29.0 



40 

 '5-3 



21.2 



8.4 

 9-7 

 8.9 

 13- 



16 

 7-7 



11,14.3 

 10.3 



7-9 



9.2 



14.2 



9.6 



7-1 



9.9 

 13.6 



14 



2.7 

 2.1 

 2.0 

 1.8 



2.5 



1. 1 



2.3 



1.8 

 2. 1 

 2.8 

 2.2 

 1.4 

 2. 1 

 2.6 

 i.r 



2.7 

 4.2 



3-4 



U 



U 



5 



7-4 



7-4 

 II. 6 



6 

 9.4 



2.4 10.8 



3-1 

 4.1 

 2.4 



1-7 

 2.7 

 4.2 



4-5 

 6.5 



9 



1.6 



6.0 



7 

 8.4 



6.4 



fcl w 



9-7 



12.3 



13-5 



II .0 



6.8 



19-3 

 II. 6 

 19. 



14.3 

 20.2 

 17.6 



1 1 . 1 

 12. y 

 II. 6 

 15-3 



14-3 .34-7 

 36.5 



3.8 19.7 

 6.2|I2.3 24.8 



6.1 10.7 24.5 

 7.4I14.3 25 o 



8.3 12.8 25.6 

 6.2J 7.6 29.3 



4.4 5.929.0 



4.6 

 6.0 



5-5 

 7-3 

 5-2 

 5-1 

 5-7 

 4.2 



3-2 

 .S-S 

 6.6 



6.4 29.9 

 7-S 27.7 

 32.0 



32-9 

 30. 1 

 o 37.0 

 5 36-0 

 3-4 38.1 

 3-0 38.9 

 5-2:43-o 

 9035-5 



3^-9 

 38.1 



33-6 



42.7 

 40.7 



45-1 

 450 



41 .0 

 49.0 

 30.1 

 41.0 

 46.3 

 42.4 

 39-0 

 43-4 

 46.5 



35-1 

 33-7 



c Ji 



.-« 'A 



o 



•5 19-5 

 •025.5 

 .1 27.1 

 .9 23.2 

 .6 21 .6 

 4 35-3 

 •5 19-5 



1.2132.9 



.828,3 

 1.2 36.3 

 I 3 32 



•3 9-4 



.819.5 



.9 24 

 1.2 25.4 



•3 22.8 



•655 

 .766.8 



1.1 56 

 3-378 



3-9 72 



2.2 84 

 2.9 82 

 2.9 84 

 2.582 



2 • I ' 79 

 2.1 86 



3-1 

 1.6 

 2.7 



2-3 

 1-5 

 1-3 

 1.2 



1-3 

 1.6 



Per cent 



Digestible 



Matter. 





2.6 10.6 



1-3 

 3-6 

 2.9 

 2.7 

 2.1 

 2.7 

 .8 



2-3 



1-7 

 2.2 



29 

 1.4 



.6 



2.6 

 3-7 



2.0 



6.5 



5-7 

 10.3 

 6.8 

 4-3 

 3 o 



3-6 

 4-5 

 7.2 

 2.2 



3-5 

 1.6 



• 9 



2.3 

 4-3 



II. 8 



11.4 



14- 



13- 



14. 



22. 



12.7 



20 



17.8 

 23 

 19 

 4.6 

 II. 6 

 14.0 



13 



14.9 



33-3 

 40.4 



33-4 

 34-9 



32. 

 41.4 



36.8 

 46.4 

 43-9 



42.7 

 46.4 

 36.6 

 42.8 

 44-7 



» 



.6 

 1.6 



1.9 

 i.x 



1.4 



1-5 

 1.2 



i.o 

 i.o 



1.8 



.6 



1-7 



•7 



.6 



•5 



•4 

 .6 



* Largely from Jenkins and Winton's Compilation of Analyses 0/ 

 American Feeding Stuffs. t Konig. 



