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is not quite a fair comparison, for a pound of dry matter 

 from the corn crop is more digestible and has a higher 

 feeding value than an equal amount from the alfalfa. 

 The corn crop contained 3605 pounds of digestible feed- 

 ing material, while the alfalfa crop contained 561 1 

 pounds, or a little more than half as much again. The 

 corn crop per acre in feeding value was equivalent to 

 three and a half tons of alfalfa hay. 



The total digestible nutrients of the two crops are 

 presented in the following table : 



COMPARATIVE VALUES OF ALFALFA HAY AND OTHER 

 FEEDSTUFFS FOR PROTEIN 



Feedstuff 



Alfalfa hay (average) 



Red clover hay 



Orchard-grass hay 



Millet hay 



Timothy hay 



Sorghum hay 



Corn-fodder (stover) 



Oat straw 



Wheat straw 



Sugar beets 



Mangel-wurzels 



Alfalfa hay containing 12.9 per cent 



digestible protein 



Wheat bran 



Value per ton when prairie hay 

 is worth per ton— 



$4.00 



$12.11 

 7.77 

 5.48 

 5.14 

 3.31 

 2.74 

 2.28 



.91 

 1.25 

 1.14 



14.73 

 14.0* 



