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Table I. Analyses of Feedingstufs — (Continued) 



Feediagstuffs 



Prairie hay 



Sorghum fodder 



Timothy hay 



Wheat straw 



Fresh green 

 roughage 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa silage 



Beets, garden 



Carrots 



Clover, red 



Clover, red, rowen. . 

 Corn and soybean 



silage 



Corn fodder 



Corn silage 



Corn stover silage. . . 



Kaffir fodder 



Mangels 



Millet, common or 



Hungarian 



Mixed grasses 



Oat fodder 



Oat and pea silage. . 

 Pea, field, Canada... 



Peas and oats 



Pea cannery refuse 



silage 



Potatoes 



Pumpkins 



Rape 



Rutabagas 



Sorghum fodder 



Soybeans 



Soybean silage 



Sunflower silage 



Timothy 



Wheat fodder 



Total Nutrient? 



Water 

 Per 

 cent 



6.5 



9.7 



11.6 



8.4 



74.7 

 46.0 

 87.0 

 88.3 

 73.8 

 65.6 



74.9 



78.1 

 73.7 

 79.4 

 76.4 

 90.6 



72.4 

 70.3 

 87.0 

 69.9 

 83.4 

 77.4 



76.8 

 78.8 

 91.7 

 83.3 

 89.1 

 75.1 

 76.4 

 72.8 

 78.1 

 62.5 

 72.6 



Ash 

 Per 



cent 



7.7 

 7.8 

 4.9 

 5.2 



2.4 

 5.3 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 2.1 

 2.5 



2.0 

 1.2 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 1.9 

 1.0 



2.1 

 3.0 

 1.6 

 3.0 

 1.6 

 2.0 



1.3 

 1.1 



Crude 

 Protein 



Per 



cent 



8.0 

 7.4 

 6.2 

 3 1 



4.5 

 10.0 

 1.6 

 12 

 4.1 

 5.3 



2.6 

 1.9 

 2.1 

 1.5 

 2.4 

 1.4 



2.9 

 5.1 

 4.9 

 4.1 

 3.6 

 3.2 



2.8 

 2.2 

 1.4 

 2.9 

 1.2 

 1.5 

 4.1 

 4.2 

 2.0 

 3.1 

 3.6 



Carbohydrates 



Fiber 

 Per 

 cent 



30.5 

 26.1 

 29.8 

 37.4 



7.0 

 14.2 

 0.9 

 1.1 

 7.3 

 9.1 



6.7 

 5.2 

 6.3 



6.8 

 6.6 

 0.8 



8.4 

 6.3 

 1.7 

 10.0 

 4.0 

 6.3 



6.5 

 0.4 

 1.3 

 2.6 

 1.4 

 7.0 

 6.3 

 7.9 

 6.4 

 11.7 

 7.5 



N.F.E. 

 Per 

 cent 



44.7 

 45.9 

 45.0 

 44.4 



10.4 

 22.0 

 8.9 

 8.0 

 11.7 

 16.2 



12.8 

 13.0 

 15.4 

 10.5 

 12.0 

 6.1 



13.3 



13.8 

 4.0 



11.7 

 6.9 



10.1 



11.3 



17.4 



4.2 



8.4 



7.0 



14.0 



9.8 



10.1 



10.2 



19.3 



12.8 



Fat 

 Per 

 cent 



2.6 

 3.1 

 2.5 

 1.5 



1.0 

 2.5 

 0.1 

 0.2 

 1.0 

 1.3 



1.0 

 0.6 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 0.1 



0.9 

 1.5 



0.8 

 1.3 

 0.5 

 1.0 



1.3 

 0.1 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 0.3 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.5 

 1.1 

 1.2 

 0.8 



Digestible Nu- 

 trients in 100 lbs. 



Crude 



Protein 



Lbs. 



4.0 

 2.8 

 3.0 

 0.7 



3.3 

 5.1 

 0.9 

 1.0 

 2.7 

 3.3 



1.6 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 1.1 

 0.8 



1.9 

 3.6 

 3.4 



2.8 

 2.9 

 2.4 



1.6 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 2.6 

 1.0 

 0.7 

 3.2 

 2.8 

 1.0 

 1.5 

 2.8 



