APPENDIX 



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DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS IN COMMON FEEDS. 



FEED 



TOTAL DRY 

 MATTER IN 

 1 LB. 



DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS IN 1 LB. 



Protein 



Carbohy- 

 drates 



Fat (Ether 



Extract) 



Alone 



In Decimal Fractions of One Pound 



NUTRIENT 

 RATIO PRO- 

 TEIN TO 



CARBOHY- 

 DRATES 



AND FATS 



Concentrates: 



Dent Corn .894 



Flint Corn 887 



Corn and Cob Meal .849 



Oats .890 



Barley .892 



Wheat Bran .881 



Kaffir Corn .901 



Cowpeas .854 



Gluten Meal .905 



Linseed Meal, new process. .910 



Cottonseed Meal .930 



Green Fodders: 



Timothy .383 



Kentucky Blue Grass .349 



Hungarian Grass .289 



Redtop .347 



Orchard Grass .270 



Alfalfa .282 



Red Clover .292 



Cowpeas .166 



Soy Beans .249 



Rye Fodder .234 



Barley Fodder .210 



Oat Fodder .378 



Oats and Peas .160 



Barley and Peas .160 



Green Corn Fodder 207 



Green Sorghum Fodder .206 



Rape ..140 



Mangels .091 



Barnyard Millet 269 



Crimson Clover 193 



Corn Silage 209 



Sorghum Silage 239 



Cowpea Silage 207 



Soy Bean Silage 258 



G. & M. Ag. 17 



.078 

 .080 

 .044 

 .088 

 .084 

 .119 

 .052 

 .168 

 .297 

 .315 

 .376 



.012 

 .030 

 .020 

 .021 

 .015 

 .039 

 .029 

 .018 

 .032 

 .021 

 .019 

 .026 

 .018 

 .017 

 .010 

 .006 

 .015 

 .010 

 .014 

 .021 

 .009 

 .006 

 .015 

 .027 



.668 



.662 



.60 



.492 



.653 



.420 



.443 



.549 



.425 



.357 



.214 



.191 

 .198 

 .160 

 .212 

 .113 

 .126 

 .148 

 .087 

 .109 

 .141 

 .102 

 .189 

 .071 

 .072 

 .116 

 .122 

 .081 

 .055 

 .166 

 .093 

 .113 

 .149 

 .085 

 .086 



.006 

 .008 

 .004 

 .006 

 .005 

 .005 

 .007 

 .002 

 .005 

 .004 

 .004 

 .010 

 .002 

 .002 

 .004 

 .004 

 .002 

 .002 

 .005 

 .004 

 .007 

 .002 

 .009 

 .013 



1 to 9.8 



1 to 9.5 



1 to 15.2 



Ito 6.2 



1 to 8.0 



1 to 4.0 



1 to 9.0 



1 to 3.4 



1 to 1.9 



Ito 13 



Ito 1.1 



Ito 17.0 

 1 to 7.2 

 1 to 8.4 

 1 to 10.8 

 1 to 8.3 

 1 to 3.5 

 1 to 5.6 

 1 to 5.1 

 1 to 3.8 

 1 to 7.1 

 1 to 5.8 

 1 to 8.2 

 1 to 4.2 

 1 to 4.5 

 Ito 12. 5 

 1 to 21. 8 

 1 to 5.7 

 1 to 6.0 

 1 to 13.0 

 1 to 4.8 

 1 to 14. 3 

 Ito 25. 6 

 1 to 7.0 

 1 to 4.3 



