APPENDIX. 



385 



TABLE III. 



PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTS AND PRODUCTS, 

 giving the average quantities of Water, Organic Matter, Ash, Albuin- 

 inoids, Carbohydrates, etc., Crude Fiber, Fat, etc., by Professors 

 WOLFF and KNOP.* 



Substance. 



M. 



Meadow hay, medium quality. 



Aftermath ! . 



lied clover, full blossom 



" " ripe 



White clover, full hlossom. 



HAY. 



Swedish or Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) 16.7 15.0 



clover, ripe.. 



Lucern, young 



" in blossom. .. 



16.778.3 

 16.774.6 

 16.776.9 

 Sand lucern, early blossom (Medicago intermedia} 16.7 77.2 



Esparsette, in blossom. 



Incarnate clover, do (Trifolium incarnatum).. 



Yellow " do (Medicago lupulina) 



Vetches, in blossom 



Peas, 



Field spurry, in blossom (Spergula arvensis) 



" " after blossom 



Serradella, " " (Ortiithopus sativus).. 



before " 



Italian Rye grass (Ldium italicum) 



Timothy (Pfdeum pratense) 



Early meadow grass (Poa atmua) 



Crested dog's tail (Cynosurus cristatus).. 



Soft brome grass (Bromus molll*} 



Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) 



Barley grass (Hordeum pratense) 



Meadow foxtail (Alopecuruspratensis)... 

 Oat grass, French rye grass (Arrhenatlierum 

 avenaceum) 



Snglish rye grass (Lolium perenne) 

 arter Schwingel (Festuca f) 



Sweet-scented vernal grass (Antlwxanthum 



odoratum) 



Velvet grass (Holcits lanatus) 



Spear grass, Kentucky Blue grass (Poa 



pratemis) 



Rough meadow grass (Poa trimalis) 



Yellow oat grass (Avena flavescens) 



Quaking grass (Briza media) j 



Average of all the grasses 



14.379.5 

 14.379.2 

 16.7 77.1 

 16.777.7 

 16.7 74.8 



16.7 



77.1 



16.776.1 

 16.777.3 

 16.775.0 

 16.776.3 

 16.773.8 

 16.775.5 

 16.777.7 

 16.775.8 

 14.377.9 

 14.381.2 

 14.383.3 

 14.380.2 

 14.380.7 

 14.381.1 

 14.380.4 

 14.379.0 



14.375.8 

 14.3|79.2 

 14.381.0 



14.380.3 

 14.380.2 



14.380.6 

 14.378.6 

 14. 379. 8 

 14. 3 78. 3 

 14.-3 79.9 



6.2! 8.241 

 6.5 9.545 



13.4 29 



.420 



8.514.934 

 8.315.329 

 5.010.223 

 8.719.732 

 6.414.422 

 6.1 15.226 

 6.213.336 

 7.212.230 

 6.014.636 

 8.314.235 

 7.014. 3J36 

 9.512.0!39 

 7.8 7.841. 

 5.614.629. 

 7.5]l5.337. 

 7.8 8.751. 

 4.5 9.748. 

 2.410.147. 

 5.5 9.548. 

 5.014.835. 

 4.611.640. 

 5.3 9.642. 

 6.710.639. 



.3'30.0 

 724.0 

 .9,35.8 

 .348.0 

 .325.6 

 .230.5 

 .145.0 

 .922.0 

 .540.0 

 .935.1 

 .727.1 

 .1;33.8 

 .5 26.2 

 .325.5 

 .8j25.2 

 .8 ; 22.0 

 .7|26.0 

 .233.9 

 .>X\.l 

 .416.9 

 .8 22.7 

 .225.9 

 0:22.6 

 031.0 

 728.9 

 02T.2 

 529.0 



9.9 11.1 85.8 V.4 



6.510.2:38. 9130.2 

 4.710.4,37.533.2 



5.1 



8.940.2 

 9.936.7 



8.939.1 32.6 



8.4-37. 



6.442.630.8 



5.242.830.3 



9.541.728.7 



31.2 

 33.6 



2.0 

 2.4 

 3.2 

 2.0 

 3.5 

 3.3 

 2.2 

 3.3 

 2.5 

 3.0 

 2.5 

 3.0 

 3.3 

 2.5 

 2.6 

 3.2 

 2.5 

 1.5 

 1.9 

 2.8 

 3.0 

 2.9 

 2.8 

 1.8 

 2.7 

 g.O 

 2.5 



2.7 

 2.7 

 2.9 



2.9 



2.3 

 3.2 

 2.2 

 2.0 



2.6 



* Landwirthschaftliclier Kalender, 1867, throngh Knop's Agricullur-Clifmie, 

 1868, pp. 715-720. This Table is, as regards water and ash, a repetition of Table 

 II, but includes the newer analyses of 1865-7. Therefore the averages of water 

 and ash do not in all cases agree with those of the former Tables. It gives be- 

 sides, the proportions of nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous compounds, i. e., Al- 

 buminoids and Carbohydrates, etc. It also states the avei'ages of Crude liber and 

 of Fat, etc. The discussion of the data of this Table belongs to the subjects of 

 Food and Cattle-Feeding. They are, however, inserted here, as it is believed 

 they are not to be found elsewhere in the English language. t Organic matter 

 here signifies the combustible part of the plant. \ Carbohydrates, etc., includes 

 fat, starch, sugar, pectin, etc., all in fact of Org. matter, except Albuminoids and 

 Crude fiber. ^ Crude fiber is impure cellulose obtained by the processes describ- 

 ed on pages 60 and 61. ^ Fat, etc., is the ether-extract p. 94, and contains be- 

 sides fat, wax, chlorophyll, and in some cases resins. 



