44 The Feeding of Animals 



No of Per cent 



analyses ash 



Mixed grasses 106 7. 



Timothy grass 9 6.8 



English ray grass 11 12.1 



Red clover, in bloom 113 6.9 



White clover, in bloom 4 7.3 



Seradella, in bloom 3 9.8 



Buckwheat 17 8.2 



Potatoes 59 3.8 



Sugar beets 149 3.8 



Mangel-wurzel 19 7.6 



Turnips 32 8. 



Carrots 11 5.8 



Winter wheat 110 2. 



Oats 57 3.1 



Summer barley 57 2.6 



Maize 15 1.4 



Peas 40 2.7 



Field beans 19 3.6 



It is important to know that these variations pertain 

 not alone to the quantity of ash but to the proportions 

 of compounds which it contains : 



The mineral compounds of plants and feeding stuffs 

 (per cent in the dry matter) 



Phos- Sul- 



Pot- Mag- Iron phoric furie Chlor- 



asli Soda Lime nesia oxide adid acid Siliea ine 



Mixed grasses 1.86 .26 1.11 .48 .11 .50 .36 2. .43 



Timothy hay 2.37 .12 .55 .22 .06 .80 .19 2.19 .35 



Red clover in bloom 2.21 .13 2.39 .75 .07 .66 .22 .18 .26 



White clover 1.57 .53 2.21 .69 .15 .94 .54 .33 .31 



Alfalfa 1.74 .13 3. .36 .14 .63 .42 .70 .22 



Buckwheat 2.54 .19 3.32 1.09 .12 .50 ,30 .09 .06 



Roots 



Potatoes 2.27 .11 .10 .19 .04 .64 .25 .08 .13 



Sugar beets 2.03 .34 .23 .30 .04 .47 .16 .09 .18 



Fodder beets 3.96 1.23 .28 .83 .06 .65 .23 .15 .75 



Turnips 3.64 .79 .85 .30 .06 1.02 .90 .15 .41 



Carrots... ...2.02 1.16 .62 .24 .05 .70 .35 .13 .25 



