3O PEAS AND PEA CULTURE 



Lindsey. 9 Some 40 experiments covering a period 

 of three years are tabulated and given in the accom- 

 panying table : 



COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTIBILITY OF DIFFERENT 

 FEEDING STUFFS 



g_03 p, -U 



Kind of feedstuff |1 *I 1 



^^ 5 2 te t? fi an 

 fc^ QS PH h w fe <1 



Hay (largely Poa Pratensis) 6 62 61 50 63 65 46 



Do 4 60 68 53 61 60 50 



Average both samples 10 61 60 51 62 63 48 



Hay of mixed grasses (late cut) 2 53 54 39 54 56 26 



Do.... 2 57 55 44 57 59 42 



Barnyard millet hay (late blos- 

 som) 3 57 64 46 52 62 63 



Barnyard millet (green in blos- 

 som) 2 74 68 64 76 74 66 



Barnyard millet (green, week 



later than above) 1 67 72 61 65 71 61 



Peas and oats (green in blossom) 3 70 70 57 76 68 49 



Vetchandoats 3 67 75 47 68 68 49 



Corn silage (Pride of North) .... 2 74 45 77 82 80 26 



Hominymeal 1 89 53 94 94 



Feeding Value. Peas are fed successfully in 

 various forms to practically all kinds of live stock. 

 They are rich in muscle, bone and blood-making 

 constituents. They are, therefore, particularly 

 adapted to young growing animals or even animals 

 at work. In the early stages of fattening of all farm 

 animals before full maturity of animal is reached, 

 there is no better grain ration than peas. Mix peas 

 with ground oats, shorts, or wheat bran in propor- 

 tion of one-third to one-half and you have an ideal 

 ration for brood sows, milch cows, ewes in milk, 

 lambs and horses. Peas need not be ground for 

 sheep, poultry and hogs. Neither need they be 

 thrashed, as these animals can do that for them- 

 selves. 



'Mass. Exper. Sta. Rpt., 1898. 



