228 THE SCIENTIFIC FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



Table II 



The Salts in Feeding Stuffs 



Average Content in 1,000 Parts of Fresh or Air-Dried Substance 



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Feeding Stuffs ^ jaE " "a ^ u x 



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I. Green Forage. ^ < (2 w J !^ £< c?i< i^< u 

 a. Meadow Crops and Grasses. 



Meadow crops in bloom 750 20.3 5.8 0.6 2.7 1.2 1.2 0.9 7.9 1.0 



unfertilized moor pastures 750 15.1 2.4 1.1 .. .. 0.9 



in fertilized moor pastures 800 12.0 4.3 1.2 .. .. 1.2 



Rich pasture 780 21.5 8.7 0.3 2.5 1.1 1.9 0.7 3.4 1.7 



Grass, young and second crop... 800 18.0 5.3 0.7 1.6 1.2 1.4 0.9 4.6 1.0 



Rye grass 700 20.4 7.1 0.7 1.5 0.4 2.2 0.8 6.5 2.1 



Orchard grass 700 17.8 5.9 0.8 1.1 0.5 1.3 0.5 5.9 1.3 



Timothy 700 20.5 7.1 0.4 1.7 0.7 2.4 0.6 6.6 1.1 



Sweet grasses in general 700 22.1 7.1 0.6 1.7 0.7 1.8 0.9 8.1 1.3 



Feed rye 760 16.3 6.3 0.1 1.2 0.5 2.4 0.2 5.2 0.6 



Oats, green 810 14.2 5.6 0.5 0.9 0.4 1.3 0.5 4.4 0.6 



Grains in bloom 785 15.0 4.4 0.3 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.4 6.2 0.6 



Corn, green 820 10.4 3.7 0.5 1.4 0.1 1.0 0.3 1.9 0.5 



Sorghum in bloom 770 14.0 3.9 1.9 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 4.0 1.1 



Italian millet, beginning bloom... 750 17.4 6.3 0.4 1.8 1.6 1.0 0.6 4.9 0.9 



b. Clovers and legumes. 



Alfalfa, beginning bloom 740 17.0 3.0 0.3 7.8 0.9 2.0 1.1 1.8 0.7 



Red clover, very young 860 13.8 4.9 0.3 3.9 1.2 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 



Red clover, in bud 820 13.1 4.8 0.2 3.9 1.4 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 



Red clover, in bloom 800 13.7 4.4 0.2 4.7 1.5 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 



Swedish clover 820 8.5 2.3 0.2 2.9 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 



White clover, bloom 800 14.2 3.0 0.8 3.5 1.1 1.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 



Carnation clover, bloom 815 11.2 2.5 0.9 3.5 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.8 0.3 



Kidney vetch 830 10.9 3.0 0.1 5.7 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 



"Clover grass" 750 16.4 7.6 0.3 1.7 0.7 1.6 0.8 3.3 0.3 



Esparset, in bloom 850 11.0 3.1 0.4 4.0 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.9 0.4 



Serradella, in bloom 800 19.6 7.7 0.4 4.3 0.7 2.2 0.8 1.7 0.5 



Peas, green 815 13.9 5.2 0.5 3.5 1.4 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.4 



Lupines, green 850 6.2 1.5 0.5 1.6 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.4 1.1 



c. Other forage plants. 



Rape, beginning of bloom 870 10.5 3.5 0.4 2.3 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.8 



Mustard, white, before bloom.... 870 10.2 4.0 0.4 2.5 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 



Buckwheat, in bloom 850 12.4 3.8 0.3 5.0 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 



Field spurry 800 13.5 4.7 1.1 2.6 1.6 2.0 0.5 0.2 1.1 



d. Leaves and tops of root crops. 



Field beets 905 13.0 2.5 3.5 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.5 2.5 



Sugar beet leaves with tops 800 16.0 3.5 3.0 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.0 



Turnips 890 12.0 2.9 1.1 3.9 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.5 1.2 



Kohlrabi 880 19.6 2.8 0.8 6.5 0.8 2.0 2.3 2.1 1.5 



Carrots 820 20.5 2.5 2.0 7.9 0.8 1.0 1.8 2.4 1.5 



Artichokes 800 14.5 3.1 0.2 5.0 1.3 0.7 0.2 3.6 0.4 



Potatoes, nearly mature 770 20.5 4.5 0.9 6.4 3.3 1.6 1.3 0.9 1.5 



