CHAPTEB XI. 



THE QEASSBS, FRESH AND CURED — STRAW. 



I. Grass for Pasture and SoUvng. 

 Digestible nutrients and feiiillzing constituents. 



Name of feed. 



Dry 

 matter 

 InlOf) 

 pounds. 



Digestible nutrienta 

 in 100 pounds. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Carbo- 

 hy- 

 drates. 



Fertill/.lrifr constitu- 

 ents In l,600 pouMda, 



Nitro- 

 gen. 



Phos- 

 phoric 



Pot- 

 ash. 



Orass. 

 Pasture graases (mixed) ... 



Kentucky blue grass 



Timothy, difierent stages... 

 Orchard grass, in bloom.... 



Redtop, in bloom 



Oat fodder 



Rye fodder 



Sorghum 



Hay. 



Timothy 



Orchard grasa 



Redtop 



Kentucky blue grass 



Hungarian grass 



Mixed grasses 



Rowen (mixed) 



Straw. 



Wheat 



Rye 



Oat 



Barley 



Wheat chaff. 



Oatchaff 



Lbs. 



20.0 

 34.9 

 38.4 

 127.0 

 34.7 

 37.8 

 23.4 

 20.6 



90.1 

 91.1 

 78.8 

 92.3 

 87.1 

 83.4 



90.4 

 92.9 

 90.8 

 85.8 

 85.7 

 85.7 



Lbs. 



2.5 

 3.0 

 1.2 

 1.5 

 2.1 



0.6 



2.8 

 4.9 

 4.8 

 4.8 

 4.5 

 5.9 

 7.9 



0.4 

 0.6 

 1.2 

 0.7 

 0.3 

 1.5 



Lbs. 



10.2 

 19.8 

 19.1 

 11.4 

 21.2 

 18.9 

 14.1 

 12.2 



43.4 

 42.3 



4G.9 

 87.3 

 51.7 

 40.9 

 40.1 



30. 3 

 40.6 

 38. G 

 41.2 

 23.3 

 33.0 



Lbs. 



0.5 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 1.0 

 0.4 

 0.4 



1.4 

 1.4 



1.0 

 2.0 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 1.5 



0.4 

 0.4 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.7 



Lbs. 



Lba. Lbs. 



4.8 

 4.3 



4.9 

 3.3 

 2.3 



12.6 

 13.1 

 11.5 

 11.9 

 12.0 

 14.1 

 IG.l 



5.9 

 4.6 

 6.2 

 13.1 

 7.9 



2.3 



2.6 

 1.6 



1.3 

 1.5 

 0.9 



5.3 

 4.1 

 3.6 

 4.0 

 3.6 

 2.7 

 4.3 



1.2 



2.8 

 2.0 

 3.0 

 7.0 



7.5 



3.8 

 7.3 

 2.3 



9.0 

 18.8 

 10.2 

 15. T 

 13.0 

 15.5 

 14.9 



5.1 



7.9 

 12.4 

 20 9 



4.2 



257. Concerning pastures. — The time for turniug stock to 

 pasture is hailed with delight by stocknion, for it means exercise 

 and outdoor life to anijuals long confined in quarters which at best 

 are not as satisfactory as those afforded by the change. It means 

 dropping a large part of the ''chores " which bind together with 

 a cord of duty all the daylight houi-s of winter. With the live 

 stock caring for themselves in the pastui'e comes the o{)i:!.)r!i!nily 



