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BULLETIN 459, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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

 per 100 pounds of feeding stuffs for ruminants — Continued. 



FRESH GREEN ROUGHAGE— continued. 



Green legumes. 



Alfalfa, before bloom 



Alfalfa, in bloom 



Alfalfa , after bloom 



Clover, alsike 



Clover, crimson 



Clover, red, all analyses 



Clover, red, in bloom 



Clover, red,rowen 



Cowpeas 



Peas, Canada field 



Soy beans, all analyses 



Soy beans, in bloom 



Soy beans, in seed 



Vetch, hairy 



SILAGE. 



Corn, well matured, recent analyses 



Corn, mature 



Corn, from frosted ears 



Corn, from field-cured stover 



Clover 



Cowpeas 



Soy beans 



Sugar-beet pulp 



ROOTS, TUBERS, AND FRUITS. 



Apple 



Beet, common 



Beet, sugar 



Carrot 



Mangels 



Potatoes 



Pumpkin, field 



Rutabaga 



Turnip 



Cereal grains. 



Barley 



Buckwheat 



Corn, dent 



Corn, flint 



Corn-and-cob meal 



Corn meal 



Oats 



Oatmeal 



Rye 



Wheat, all analyses 



Wheat, winter 



Wheat, spring 



Leguminous seeds 



Bean, navy 



Cowpea 



Pea, field 



Pea meal 



Peanut, with hull 



Peanut kernel , 



Soy bean '. 



Oil seeds. 



Cotton seed 



Flaxseed 



Sunflower seed 



Sunflower seed, with hulls 





Digestible. 





Dry 











matter. 



Crude 



True 





protein. 



protein. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



19.9 



3.5 



1.9 



25.9 



3.3 



1.8 



29.8 



2.1 



1.3 



24.3 



2.7 



1.5 



17.4 



2.3 



1.6 



26.2 



2.7 



1.7 



27.5 



2.7 



1.8 



34.4 



3.3 



2.2 



16.3 



2.3 



1.7 



16.6 



2.9 



2.1 



23.6 



3.2 



2.4 



20.8 



3.0 



2.3 



24.2 



3.1 



2.5 



18.1 



3.5 



2.4 



26.3 



1.1 



.6 



21.0 



1.0 





4 



25.3 



1.2 





fi 



19.6 



.5 





3 



27.8 



1.3 





8 



22.0 



1.8 



1 



1 



27.1 



2.6 



1 



5 



10.0 



.8 





5 



18.2 



.4 



.1 



13.0 



.9 



.1 



16.4 



1.2 



.4 



11.7 

 9.4 

 21.2 



8.3 



.9 

 .8 

 1.1 

 1.1 



.5 

 .1 

 .1 



.6 



10.9 



1.0 



.3 



9.5 



1.0 



.4 



90.7 



9.0 



8.3 



87.9 

 89.5 

 87.8 

 89.6 

 88.7 

 90.8 

 92.1 

 90.6 

 89.8 

 89.1 

 89.9 



86.6 

 88.4 

 90.8 

 89.1 

 93.5 

 94.0 

 90.1 



90.6 

 90.8 

 95.5 

 93.1 



8.1 



7.5 

 7.7 

 6.1 

 6.9 

 9.7 

 12.8 

 P. 9 

 9.2 

 8.7 

 9.2 



18.8 

 19.4 

 19.0 

 19.8 

 19.4 

 24.1 

 30.7 



13.3 

 20.6 

 23.3 

 13.5 



7.2 

 7.0 

 7.2 

 5.7 

 6.4 

 8.7 

 11.5 

 9.0 

 8.1 

 7.7 

 8.1 



16.4 

 16.9 

 16.6 

 17.2 

 16.9 

 22.2 

 27.3 



11.9 

 19.2 

 20.2 

 11.7 



Net 

 energy 

 value. 



Threms. 



9.20 

 11.50 

 11.10 

 14.56 

 10.83 

 15. 87 

 16.74 

 17.30 

 10.42 



9.78 

 12.53 

 10.44 

 12.70 

 11.95 



