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TABLE 15. DRY MATTER, DIGESTIBLE PROTEIN, AND ENERGY 

 VALUES PER 100 POUNDS l 



FEEDING STUFF 



TOTAL DRY 

 MATTER 



DIGESTIBLE 

 PROTEIN 



Pounds 



Green fodder and silage : 



Alfalfa 28.2 



Clover crimson .... 19.1 



Clover red 29.2 



Corn fodder green . . . 20.7 



Corn silage 2 25.6 



Hungarian grass 28.9 



Rape 14.3 



Rye 23.4 



Timothy 38.4 



Hay and dry coarse fodders : 



Alfalfa hay 91.6 



Clover hay red .... 84.7 



Corn forage field cured . . 57.8 



Corn stover 59.5 



Cowpea hay 89.3 



Hungarian hay 92.3 



Oat hay 84.0 



Soybean hay 88.7 



Timothy hay 86.8 



Straws : 



Oat straw 90.8 



Rye straw 92.9 



Wheat straw 90.4 



Roots and tubers : 



Carrots 11.4 



Mangels 9.1 



Potatoes 21.1 



Rutabagas 11.4 



Turnips 9.4 



Grains : 



Barley 89.1 



Corn 89.1 



Corn-and-cob meal .... 84.9 



Oats 89.0 



Pea meal 89.5 



Pounds 



2.50 



2.19 



2.21 



.41 



.88 



1.33 



2.16 



1.44 



1.04 



6.93 

 5.41 

 2.13 

 1.80 



8.57 

 3.00 

 2.59 

 7.68 

 2.05 



1.09 

 .63 

 .37 



.37 

 .14 

 .45 

 .88 

 .22 



8.37 

 6.79 

 4.53 

 8.36 

 16.77 



1 U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmer^' Bulletin 346. 



2 Owing to an error, the original publication gave the protein of corn 

 silage as 1.21, but .88 is correct. 



