APPENDIX 



THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COMMON 

 FEEDINGSTUFFS 



In Table I are given figures for total analysis and for digestible 

 nutrients in the common feedingstuffs used for dairy animals. 

 This table has been compiled mainly from the extensive data in 

 Tables I and III of " Feeds and Feeding," eighteenth edition, by 

 Henry and Morrison, by special permission of the authors. 



Table I. Analyses of Feedingstuffs 



Feedingstuffs 



Concentrates 



Barley, ground 



Beans, navy, ground 



Beet pulp, dried 



Brewers' grains, 



dried 



Buckwheat, ground.. 

 Buckwheat 



middlings 



Cocoanut meal 



Corn, dent, ground. . 

 Corn-and-cob meal . . 

 Corn and oat feed. . . 



Corn germ meal 



Cottonseed meal, 



43% 



Cottonseed meal, 



36% 



Distillers' grains, 



dried, corn 



Dried blood 



Fish meal 



Gluten feed, corn 



Gluten meal, corn. . . 



Hominy feed 



Kaffir grain 



Linseed oil meal 



Water 



Per 



cent 



9.3 

 13.4 



8.2 



12.0 

 10.2 

 11.3 

 10.4 

 11.4 

 8.9 



7.5 



6.6 



9.7 



10.5 



8.7 



9.1 



10.1 



11.8 



9.1 



Total Nutrients 



Ash 

 Per 



cent 



2.7 

 3.6 

 3.5 



3.5 

 2.1 



4.8 

 5.6 

 1.3 

 1.5 



2.8 

 2.7 



6.2 



6.4 



2.6 

 3.3 

 28.1 

 2.1 

 1.1 

 2.6 

 1.7 

 5.4 



Crude 



Protein 



Per 



cent 



11.5 



22 7 



8.9 



26.5 

 10.8 



28.3 



20.7 



9.3 



8.5 



9.6 



22.6 



44.1 



37.6 



30.7 

 82.3 

 51.4 

 25.4 

 35.5 

 10.6 

 11.1 

 33.9 



Carbohydrate 



Fiber 

 Per 

 cent 



4.6 



5.8 

 18.9 



14.6 



10.3 



10.3 

 2.3 

 7.9 

 7.4 

 9.0 



11.5 

 11.6 



7.1 

 2.1 

 4.4 

 2.3 



8.4 



N.F.E. 

 Per 

 cent 



69.8 

 53.0 

 59.6 



41.0 

 62.2 



42.7 

 44.8 

 72.0 

 67.6 

 65.0 

 46.0 



25.0 



28.4 



36.3 



3.8 



52.9 

 47.5 

 64.3 

 70.1 

 35.7 



Fat 

 Per 

 cent 



2.1 

 1.5 

 0.9 



6.9 

 2.5 



7.4 

 8.4 

 3.8 

 4.1 

 3.8 

 10.8 



9.1 



8.2 



12 2 

 0.9 



8.3 

 3.8 

 4.7 

 8.0 

 3.0 

 7.5 



Digestible Nu- 

 trients in 100 lbs. 



Crude 



Protein 



Lbs. 



9.0 



18.8 

 4.6 



21.5 



8.1 



24.6 



18.6 



6.9 



6.1 



7.3 



16.5 



37.0 



31.6 



22.4 

 69.1 

 40.1 

 21.6 

 30.2 

 7.0 

 9.0 

 30.2 



T.D.N. 

 Lbs. 



79.4 

 71.9 

 71.6 



65.7 

 63.4 



76.6 



78.8 

 83.8 

 78.1 

 75.6 

 82.5 



7S.2 



74.8 



88.9 

 71.1 

 58.8 

 80.7 

 84.0 

 84.6 

 80.0 

 77.9 



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