MASSACHUSETTS STATE 



Agricultural Expepe^t SpoN, 



btjUiXjETiust nsro. 3. 



SEPTE3IBER, 1883. 



FODDER ANALYSES. 



36. 



HAY OF BLACK GRASS. (No. Oue). 



Sent on by the Secretary of the Rowley Ftirmer's Chib, Rowley, 

 Essex Co., Mass., in April, 1883. 



Moisture at 100° C , 



Dry Matter, 



ANALYSIS OF DRY MATTER. 



Crude Ash, 



" Celhilose, 



" Fat, 



" Protein, (nitrogenous matter). 

 Non-nitrogenous extract matter, . . 



10.22 



89.78 



100.00 



8.63 



24.78 



1.52 



9.39 



55. (i8 



100. 



o .3 



o 



20-14 

 1795.6 



2000. 



172.6 



495.6 



30.4 



187.8 



1113.6 



2000. 



OT o 



2 . 



The grass was cut before blooming on the 24th of June, 1882 ; it 

 would have matured, according to the letter of the Secretary, by the 

 10th of July. The hay had been housed as soon as cured. 



