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N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 147 



Avei-age Composition of Common Cattle Foods. 



Water. 



Ash. Protein. 



Soluble 



Carbohy- Fibre, 

 d rates. 



Fat. 



* Hay, red top 



* Hay, Timothy 



* Hay, clover 



* Hay, Hungarian 



•Oat fodder 



* Rye fodder, in bloom 



* Corn stover. 



t Corn silage 



"Corn.N. H.Flint 



* Corn, Western Dent 



* Corn meal 



U Hominy feed 



* Oats, wliole 



IT Corn and oats, pure 



§ Wheat bran, spring 



§ Wheat bran, winter 



H Wheat middlings, white .. 

 IT Wheat middlings, brown.. 



IT Wheat feed 



H Gluten feed 



IT Gluten meal 



+ Di.stillers' Grains 



t Brewers' Grains 



t Malt sprouts 



IF Linseed meal, old process, 

 t Linseed meal, new process 

 H Cottonseed meal 



7.9 



5.9 



12.3 



7.5 



7.6 



9.7 



3.8 



1.6 



11.6 



10.3 



9.2 



11.0 



11.8 



9.8 



16.3 



15.2 



15.8 



17.8 



17.0 



26.3 



35.5 



32.1 



23.1 



27.1 



33.9 



35.2 



44.6 



47.4 

 45.0 

 38.1 

 49.0 

 45.1 

 43.4 

 31.9 

 10.0 

 70.2 

 70.4 

 68.7 

 65.0 

 59.7 

 68.5 

 53.0 

 54.8 

 62.5 

 57.0 

 58.1 

 53.4 

 50.3 

 34.9 

 49.4 

 42.6 

 35.7 

 38.4 

 25.1 



26.6 



29.0 



24.8 



27.7 



29.3 



30.2 



19. 7 



5.8 



1.1 



2.2 



1.9 



3.6 



9.5 



3.3 



9.4 



8.5 



3.5 



5.5 



5.1 



6.9 



1.6 



11.0 



10.8 



11.9 



7.3 



8.5 



5.6 



1.9 

 2.5 

 3.3 

 2.1 

 2.8 

 2.3 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 5.5 

 5.0 

 3.8 

 8.6 

 5.0 

 4.2 

 4.7 

 3.9 

 4.2 

 5.3 

 4.7 

 3.6 

 3.1 



11.4 

 4.9 

 1.6 

 7.8 

 3.0 



10.6 



* Composition of American Feeding Stuffs. Jenkins and Winton. 



+ Analyst's made at the N. H. Expl. Sta., 1895-1899. 



§ Penn. K.\pt. Sta. Hull., No. 48. 



tCompil(<l from Feed Inspection Reports of various states. 



t Hatch Expt. Sta. Bull., No. 94. 



