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TABLE n 



Digestible Nutrients in the Stated Amounts of the more 



Common Feeding Stuffs 



Kind and amount of feed 



Soiling Fodder 



Fodder corn, 1 

 5 



15 ' 



20 ' 



25 ' 



30 ' 



35 ' 



40 ' 



Peas and oats, 1 

 5 

 15 

 20 

 25 

 30 

 35 

 40 



lb., 

 lbs. 



lb., 

 lbs. 



Peas and barley 



Practically the same as peas 

 and oats. 



Red clover, 1 lb 



5 lbs , 



15 " 



20 " , 



25 " 



30 " 



35 " 



40 " 



Alfalfa, 1 lb.. 



5 lbs. 



" 15 " 



" 20 " 



" 25 " 



" 30 " 



35 " 



40 " 



Total dry 

 matter 



.20 

 1.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 7.00 

 8.00 



.16 

 .80 

 2.40 

 3.20 

 4.00 

 4.80 

 5.60 

 6.40 



.16 



.29 

 1.45 

 4.35 

 5.80 

 7.25 

 8.70 

 10.15 

 11.60 



.28 

 1.40 

 4.20 

 5.60 

 7.00 

 8.40 

 9.80 

 11.20 



Lbs. of digestible nutrients 



Protein 



.010 

 .050 

 .150 

 .200 

 ,250 

 .300 

 .350 

 .400 



.018 

 .090 

 .270 

 .360 

 .450 

 .540 

 .630 

 .720 



.017 



.029 

 .145 

 .435 

 .580 

 .725 

 .870 

 1.015 

 1.160 



.039 



.195 



.585 



.780 



.975 



1.170 



1.365 



1.560 



Carbohy- 

 drates + 

 (fatX 



2.25) 



.125 

 .625 

 1.875 

 2.500 

 3.125 

 3.750 

 4.375 

 5.000 



.076 

 .380 

 1.140 

 1.520 

 1.900 

 2.280 

 2.660 

 3.040 



.077 



.164 

 .820 

 2.460 

 3.280 

 4.100 

 4.920 

 5.740 

 6.560 



.138 

 .690 

 2.070 

 2.760 

 3.450 

 4.140 

 4.830 

 5.520 



Total 



.1.35 

 .675 

 2.025 

 2.700 

 3.375 

 4.050 

 4.725 

 5.400 



.094 

 .470 

 1.410 

 1.880 

 2.350 

 2.820 

 3.290 

 3.760 



.094 



.193 

 .965 

 2.895 

 3.860 

 4.825 

 5.790 

 6.755 

 7.720 



.177 

 .885 

 2.655 

 3.540 

 4.425 

 5.310 

 6.195 

 7.080 



Nutritiv* 

 ratio 



1:12.5 



1: 4.2 



1: 4.5 

 1: 5.6 



1: 3.5, 



