1911.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 24: 



Compilation of Analyses of Fodder Akticles 

 AND Dairy Products, made at Amherst, 

 Mass., 1868-1910.^ 



p. H. SMITH AND J. B. LINDSEY. 



Table I. — Composition and Digestibility of Fodder Articles. 

 I. Green fodders, 



(a) Meadow grasses and millets. 



(b) Cereal fodders. 



( c ) Legumes. 



(d) Mixed and miscellaneous. 

 11. Silage. 



III. Hay and dry, coarse foddei-s. 



(a) Meadow grasses and millets. 



(b) Cereal fodders. 



(c) Legumes. 



(d) Straw. 



(e) Mixed and miscellaneous. 



IV. Vegetables, fruits, etc. 

 V. Concentrated feeds. 



(a) Protein. 



(b) Starchy. 



(c) Poultry. 



Table II. — Fertilizer Ingredients of Fodder Articles. 

 Table III. — Analyses of Dairy Products. 



Explanation of Table I. 



Under composition the figures mean that each 100 pounds of the 

 fodder contains so many pounds of water, protein, fiber, etc. 



Water. — The approximate average which is likely to occur in the 

 material is stated. 



Ash refers to the residue which is left behind when the material is 

 burned, and consists of lime, potash, soda, magnesia, iron, phosphoric 

 and sulfuric acids. 



Protein is a collective name for all of the nitrogenous matter; it 

 corresponds to the lean meat in the animal, and may be termed 



> Part III. of the report of Department of Plant and Animal Chemistry. 



