GIFT 

 APR 4 1919 



LOUISIANA LESPEDEZA HAY 



VERSUS 



WESTERN TIMOTHY HAY 



Issued by HARRY D. WILSON, 



Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, 



Baton Rouge, La. 



(A Comparison) 

 By W. H. DALRYMPLE, M. R. C. V. S., Louisiana State University. 



In the first place it should be understood that Lespedeza, 

 like all the clovers, is a legume ; while Timothy is a grass. The 

 legumes are much richer in protein, which is the most expensive 

 element in a feed, and, therefore, considered more valuable, 

 pound for pound, than the grasses. 



The principal digestible nutritive materials in a feed are pro- 

 ten, carbohydrates (starches), and vegetable fats or oils. The 

 average percentages of these nutrients in the crude state in Les- 

 pedeza hay and Timothy hay are as follows : 



Carbohy- 

 Protein drates Fat 



Lespedeza hay ..................... 11.70 43.80 3.60 



Timothy hay ....................... 5.90 "45.00 2.50 



If we reduce the above percentages of crude materials by the 

 average percentage of digestibility of each, we get the following : 



-Digestible - 



Protein 



Lespedeza hay 7.60 



Timothy hay 2.80 



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Carbohy- 

 drates 



% 



31.00 

 28.30 



Fat 



% 



1.80 



1.40 



