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in the form of concentrates is necessary. Leguminous hays 

 are especially valuable for dairy cows ; alfalfa, clover, cowpea, 

 and soybean hays are largely used in rations for dairy cattle. 

 Table VII gives analyses of some of the leading hays. 



TABLE VII 

 COMPOSITION OF HAYS 



The straws are very high in crude fiber. Nevertheless they 

 are of some value as feed. Horses doing no work or dry cows 

 are sometimes given straw as a part of their rations, as they 

 do not need roughages containing richer feed materials. In the 

 analyses given in Table VIII the relatively small percentages 

 of nitrogen-free extract and protein and the high percentages 

 of fiber should be compared with the analyses previously 

 given. 



