226 THE SCIENTIFIC FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



Table I. 

 Composition, Digestibility, Starch Value, etc., of Feeding Stuffs. — Continued. 



Crude Digestible 



Nutrients Nutrients 



Feeding Stuffs 



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IV. Straw. IS I ^1^ I ^W II ^^ «il ^-2^1 



a. Cereal straw. ^ u < uPh u ^w u >C1 Q< ot>W 5<oq« 



« Per Cent s 



Oat straw 14.3 28.7 5.7 1.3 0.5 16.5 20.9 43 1.0 17.0 1:17.0 



Spring cereal straw, 



medium 14.3 39.0 4.1 1.2 0.4 18.5 21.1 46 1.0 18.8 1:18.8 



Winter rye straw .... 14.3 44.0 4.1 0.6 0.412.922.0 30 0.4 10.6 1:26.5 



Winter wheat straw.. 14.3 40.8 4.8 0.2 0.4 13.3 20.4 32 .. 10.9 



b. Legume straw. 



Legume straw 16.0 38.0 4.5 3.8 0.4 18.2 15.4 41 3.0-3.8 15.2-19.2 1 : 5.1 



V. Chaff. 



a. Cereals. 



Oats 13.8 26.7 10.5 1.9 0.8 19.9 13.6 79 1.4 28.6 1:20.4 



Rye 14.3 44.1 7.7 1.1 0.4 11.3 22.0 63 0.7 22.0 1:31.4 



Wheat 16.0 30.4 10.1 1.4 0.5 16.7 14.6 74 0.9 24.3 1:27.0 



b. Legumes. 



Beans 15.0 33.5 6.3 5.2 1.0 21.114.4 53 4.0 21.8 1:5.5 



VI. Roots and Tubers.^* 



Potatoes, medium ....75.0 0.7 1.1 1.1 .. 18.9 .. 100 0.1-0.2 19.0 1:19.0 



(13-25) 



Potatoes, dried 12.0 2.3 3.9 2.4 .. 70.0 0.3 100 1.6 71.8 1:98.7 



Beets, medium 88.0 0.9 1.1 0.8 .. 8.3 0.3 72 0.1 6.3 1:63.0 



(S.0-7.4) 



VII. Grains and Seeds. 



1. Cereal grains. 



Barley, medium 14.3 3.9 2.5 6.6 1.9 62.4 1.3 99 6.1 72.0 1:11.8 



(S.9-6.S) (66-76) 



Barley (feed barley). 14.3 0.5 2.6 8.8 2.1 56.7 1.1 98 8.0 67.9 1: 8.5 



Oats, medium 13.3 10.3 3.1 8.0 4.0 44.8 2.6 95 1:8.3 



(7.2-9.2) (55-59.7) 



Corn, medium 13.0 2.2 1.3 7.1 3.9 65.7 1.3 100 6.6 81.5 1:12.2 



Rye, medium 13.4 1.9 2.0 9.6 1.163.9 1.0 95 8.7 71.3 1:8.2 



(7-11.5) (66-74) 



Wheat, medium 13.4 1.9 1.7 10.2 1.2 63.5 0.9 95 9.0 71.3 1:7.9 



(7.7-11) (66-73) 



2. Legume seeds. 



Field beans 14.3 7.1 3.2 22.1 1.2 44.1 4.1 97 19.3 66.6 1:3.4 



Peas 14.0 5.4 2.8 19.4 1.0 49.9 2.5 98 16.9 68.6 1 : 4.1 



Lupines, yellow 14.0 14.1 3.8 34.4 3.8 21.9 12.7 94 30.6 67.3 1:2.2 



Lupines, blue, white.. 14.0 11.2 2.9 26.3 5.2 31.2 10.1 96 23.3 71.0 1: 3.0 



3. Oil seeds. 



Flaxseed 7.1 5.5 3.8 19.4 34.7 18.3 1.8 99 18.1 119.2 1:6.6 



i^For the sake of uniformity with the other feeding stuffs, the sugar content of the sugar- 

 containing root crops has not been converted into the usual nitrogen-free extract. The sugar 

 content is expressed merely in its starch value and in its "value" number, which latter indicates 

 its lower "production value." 



