ALFALFA AS A FEED STUFF 



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(From Texas experiment station Bui. No. 66) 



HAYS: 



Alfalfa 



Cowpea 



Oat hay 



Fodder corn 



Sorghum 



Cotionseed hulls 

 GREEN FEEDS: 



Alfalfa 



Cowpea 



Oat fodder 



Com silage 



Sorghum 



Rape 



GRAINS: 



Wheat bran 



Cottonseed meal , 



Corn 



Cowpea 



Cotton seed 





Digestible nutrients 

 in 100 pounds 



6B 



11.0 

 10.8 

 4.3 

 2.5 

 2.4 

 .3 



3.9 



1.8 

 1.6 



12.2 

 37.2 

 7.9 

 18.3 

 12.5 



46.4 

 34.6 

 40.6 



12.7 

 8.7 

 18.9 

 11.3 

 4.1 



39.2 

 16.9 

 66.7 

 54.2 

 30.0 



Fertilizer constituents 

 in 1000 pounds 



1.2 i 21.9 



1.1 I 19.5 

 1.5 



1.2 17.6 

 1.2 

 1.7 



2.7 

 12.2 

 4.3 

 1.1 

 17.3 



6.9 



2 :« 



26.7 

 67.9 

 18.2 



28.9 

 28.8 

 7.0 



16.8 

 14.7 



8.9 



ib'i' 



5.6 

 3.1 

 3.8 

 3.7 



16.1 

 8.7 

 4.0 



From the above table we find that five tons of alfalfa 

 hay contains 1,100 pounds of protein, equal to this food 

 element in 



Cotton seed meal 2,956 pounds 



Linseed meal 3>754 pounds 



Wheat bran 9,016 pounds 



Cowpea hay 10,185 pounds 



Red clover hay 16,176 pounds 



Timothy hay 39,285 pounds 



RELATIVE VALUES OF DIFFERENT CUTTINGS 



The most interesting experiments comprehending- tests 

 of the comparative yield, composition and digestibility 

 of early, medium and late cuttings of alfalfa, of the 

 first, second and third crops ; the relative feeding value 



