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is not quite a fair comparison, for a pound of dry matter 

 from the corn crop is more digestible and has a higher 

 feeding value than an equal amount from the alfalfa. 

 The corn crop contained 3605 pounds of digestible feed- 

 ing material, while the alfalfa crop contained 561 1 

 pounds, or a little more than half as much again. The 

 corn crop per acre in feeding value was equivalent to 

 three and a half tons of alfalfa hay. 



The total digestible nutrients of the two crops are 

 presented in the following table : 



COMPARATIVE VALUES OF ALFALFA HAY AND OTHER 

 FEEDSTUFFS FOR PROTEIN 



Value per ton when prairie hay 

 IS worth per ton- 



Alfalfa hay (average) 



Red clover hay 



Orcliard-grass hay 



Millet hay 



Timothy hay 



Sorghum hay 



Corn-fodder (stover) 



Oat straw 



Wheat straw 



Sugar beets , 



Mangel-wurzels 



Alfalfa hay containing 12.9 per cent 



digestible protein 



Wlieat bran 



$3.00 



$4.00 



