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Plant or Plant 

 Product 



yTurnips 



^Carrots 



/Mangels 



1^ Rutabaga 



/'Onion 



^Cabbage 



^Asparagus 



J( Spinach 



yBarley, malt sprouts . . 

 ^Gluten meal 



Germ meal 



Cottonseed meal . . . 



Linseed meal (new pro- 

 cess) 



Flaxseed (ground) . . 



Cottonseed 



Castor oil bean .... 



Sesame seed 



Rape seed 



Cacao bean (unshelled) . 



Coconut 



Palm nut (kernel) . . . 



Brazil nut 



English walnut (dry) . . 



Peanut 



Olive (pulp) 



Olive seed (without shell) 



Apple 



Peach 



Strawberry 



Pineapple 



Banana 



Orange 



Lemon 



Grape 



Sugar cane 



Cotton fiber (American) 



Cassava root .... 



Water 



90. 5 

 88.6 

 90.9 

 88.6 

 87.6 

 90.5 

 94.0 

 92.4 

 10.2 



9.6 

 10.7 



8.2 



lO.I 



8.9 

 9-3 

 6.5 

 5-5 

 7-3 

 6.4 

 5.8 

 8.4 



5-9 



7.2 



7-5 



24.2 



6.2 



84.4 

 83.0 

 87.0 

 89.3 

 74-9 

 84-3 

 82.6 

 79.1 



75-4 

 8.0 



70.2 



Ash 



0.8 

 i.o 

 I.I 

 1.2 

 0.6 

 1.4 

 0.7 

 1-9 

 5-7 

 0.7 

 4.0 

 7.2 



5.8 

 4-3 

 4-5 

 3-1 

 6.5 

 4.2 

 4.0 

 1.8 

 1.8 



3-9 

 1.6 



2.5 

 2.7 

 2.2 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 0.4 

 1.0 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.7 

 0.1 



0.5 



Volatile 



Constituents 



Other Than 



Water 



8.7 



10.4 



8.0 



10.2 



11.8 



8.1 



5-3 



5-7 



84.1 



89.7 

 85.3 

 84.6 



84.1 

 86.8 

 86.2 

 90.4 

 88.0 

 88.5 

 89.6 

 92.4 

 89.8 

 90.2 

 91.2 

 90.0 



73-1 

 91.6 



IS-2 



16.4 

 12.3 

 10.3 

 24.1 



15-3 

 16.8 

 20.4 



239 

 91.9 



29-3 



J.& 

 J. & 

 J.& 

 J.& 

 J.& 



J. & 



W., pp, 

 W.,pp 

 W., pp 

 W., pp 

 W., pp 

 W., pp, 

 W., pp 

 W., pp 

 W., pp 

 W., pp 

 W., pp 

 W., pp 



12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 

 12-19 



Konig, p. 606 

 Konig, p. 615 

 Konig, p. 613 

 Konig, p. 613 

 Konig, p. 607 

 Konig, p. 1022 

 Konig, p. 616 

 Konig, p. 614 

 Konig, p. 616 

 Konig, p. 615 

 Konig, p. 615 

 Molinari, p. 391 

 Molinari, p. 391 

 Konig, p. 823 

 Konig, p. 829 

 Konig, p. 840 

 J. & W., p. 92 

 Konig, p. 852 

 Konig, p. 849 

 Konig, p. 849 

 Konig, p. 842 

 Konig, p. 896 

 Bowman (Haas & 



Hill), p. 129 

 Konig, p. 1495 



" J. & W. ": Jenkins & Winton, American Feeding Stuffs, U. S. Dept. Agr. O. E. S. Bui. 11, 

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 120" : Chamberlain, Feeding Value of Cereals, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Chem. Bui. 120, 1909. 

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