ENERGY VALUES OF RATIONS FOR FARM ANIMALS. 



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Average dry matter, digestible crude protein, digestible true protein, and net energy values 

 per 100 pounds of feeding stuffs for ruminants. 



Dry 



matter. 



Digestible. 



Crude 

 protein. 



True 

 protein. 



Net 

 energy 

 value. 



DEIED ROUGHAGE. 



Hay and fodder from cereals. 



Brome grass , smooth 



Corn fodder (ears included, medium dry) 



Corn stover (ears removed, medium dry) 



Millet, Hungarian 



Mixed timothy and clover 



Oat hay 



Orchard grass 



Redtop 



Timothy, all analyses 



Timothy, before bloom 



Timothy, early to full bloom 



Timothy, late bloom to early seed 



Timothy, nearly ripe 



Hay and fodder from legumes. 



Alfalfa, all analyses 



Alfalfa, before bloom 



Alfalfa, in bloom 



Alfalfa, in seed 



Clover, alsike 



Clover, crimson 



Clover, red, all analyses 



Clover, red, before bloom 



Clover, red, in bloom 



Clover, red, after bloom 



Clover, sweet white 



Cowpeas, all analyses 



Cowpeas, before bloom 



Cowpeas, in bloom to early pod 



Soy beans 



Straws. 



Barley ■. 



Buckwheat '. 



Oat 



Rye 



Wheat 



FRESH GREEN ROUGHAGE. 



Green cereals, etc. 



Barley fodder 



Bluegrass, Kentucky, before heading 



Bluegrass, Kentucky, headed out 



Bluegrass, Kentucky, after bloom 



Buckwheat, J apanese 



Cabbage 



Cabbage, waste outer leaves 



Corn fodder, dent, all analyses 



Corn fodder, dent, in tassel 



Corn fodder, dent, in milk 



Corn fodder, dent, dough to glazing 



Corn fodder, dent, kernels glazed 



Corn fodder, dent, kernels ripe 



Corn fodder, flint, all analyses 



Corn fodder, flint, in tassel 



Corn fodder, flint, in milk 



Corn fodder, flint, kernels glazed 



Corn fodder, flint, kernels ripe 



Corn fodder, sweet, before milk stage 



Corn fodder, sweet, roasting ears or later 



Corn fodder, sweet, ears removed 



Millet, Hungarian 



Oat fodder 



Orchard grass 



Rape 



Rye fodder 



Sweet sorghum fodder 



Timothy, before bloom 



Timothy, in bloom 



Timothy, in seed 



Wheat fodder 



Pounds. 

 91.5 

 81.7 

 81.0 

 85.7 

 87.8 

 88.0 

 88.4 

 90.2 

 88.4 

 92.8 

 87.2 

 85.1 

 87.5 



91. 4 

 93.8 

 92.5 

 89.6 

 87.7 

 89.4 

 87.1 

 89.6 

 86.1 

 77.9 

 91.4 

 90.3 

 92.2 

 89.4 

 91.4 



85.8 

 90.1 

 88.5 

 92.9 

 91.6 



23.2 

 23.8 

 36.4 

 43.6 

 36.6 

 8.9 

 14.1 

 23.1 

 14.9 

 19.9 

 25.1 

 26.2 

 34.8 

 20.7 

 10.6 

 15.0 

 21.0 

 27.9 

 10.0 

 20.3 

 21.5 

 27.6 

 26.1 

 29.2 

 16.7 

 21.3 

 24.9 

 24.2 

 32.1 

 46.4 

 27.4 



Pounds. 

 5.0 

 3.0 

 2.1 

 5.0 

 5.3 

 4.5 

 4.7 

 4.6 

 3.0 

 4.7 

 3.6 

 2.4 

 2.2 



10.6 

 15.4 

 10.5 

 8.5 

 7.9 

 9.7 

 7.6 

 11.6 

 8.1 

 6.8 

 10.9 

 13.1 

 17.8 

 12.6 

 11.7 



4.2 

 1.0 



.7 



.7 



2.3 

 3.7 

 2.8 

 1.9 

 2.2 

 1.9 

 1.7 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.1 

 1.5 

 1.0 



.9 



.9 

 1.0 

 1.2 



.8 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 1.9 

 2.3 

 1.7 

 2.6 

 2.1 



.7 

 1.8 

 1.3 

 1.5 

 2.8 



Pounds. 

 3.5 

 2.3 

 1.6 

 3.9 

 3.2 

 3.9 

 3.3 

 3.9 

 2.2 

 2.9 

 2.5 

 1.8 

 1.8 



7.1 

 10.3 

 6.7 

 6.2 

 5.3 

 6.9 

 4.9 

 5.4 

 5.3 

 4.5 

 6.7 

 9.2 

 12.8 

 9.5 

 8.8 



.6 

 3.2 



2.0 

 2.8 

 2.2 

 1.6 

 1.5 

 1.3 

 1.1 



.7 



.7 



.8 



.9 



.6 



.9 



.8 



1.1 



2.0 



1.1 



1.7 



1.4 



.4 



1.1 



.8 



1.0 



1.9 



Therms. 

 40.83 

 43.94 

 31.62 

 46.96 

 41.07 

 32.25 

 44.93 

 51.22 

 43.02 

 43.52 

 47.40 

 37.54 

 38.59 



34.23 

 36.23 

 32.33 

 32.23 

 34.42 

 36.21 

 38.68 

 42.17 

 39.12 

 34.51 

 38. 98 

 37.59 

 33.54 

 39.11 

 44.03 



36. 61 



4.55 



34. 81 



17.59 



7.22 



14.08 

 14.82 

 17.77 

 21.01 

 17.78 



8.87 



7.05 

 14.60 



9.52 

 13.64 

 17.35 

 16.74 

 22.48 

 13.53 



6.89 

 10.39 

 13. 49 

 17.84 



7.82 

 13.38 

 14.26 

 17.24 

 14.06 

 15. 81 

 13.07 

 15.99 

 15.37 

 18.36 

 18.89 

 26.36 

 18.75 



