BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Table 1. — Composition of poultry feeds used. 





Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohydrates. 



Ash. 



Water. 





Feeds. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Fiber. 



Solids. 



Cereal grains and by-products: 



Per cent. 

 12.31 

 8.94 

 10.86 

 15.90 

 16.38 

 16.19 

 16.31 

 12.06 

 13.74 

 12.20 

 19.94 

 17.00 



19.56 

 44.34 

 22.31 

 26.00 

 42.75 



11.10 

 10.70 



12.81 



51.62 



3.50 



11.88 



33. 32 



Per cent. 

 3.00 

 4.48 

 5.96 

 6.60 

 7.84 

 7.32 

 6.64 

 12.21 

 12.46 

 2.00 

 5.07 

 6.04 



8.65 

 9.12 

 5.56 

 11.50 

 7.95 



3.00 

 2.00 



1.85 



9.69 



.40 

 2.20 

 3.26 



Per cent. 

 61.53 

 70.91 

 55. 73 

 65. 80' 

 59.80 

 65.92 

 65.94 

 43.32 

 56.87 

 71.50 

 59.34 

 55.83 



45.71 

 29.74 

 25. 11 

 42.73 

 30.20 



70.10 

 70.50 



34.25 



6.52 



4.35 



11.23 



41.33 



Per cent. 

 7.38 

 2.71 



15.12 

 1.70 

 2.31 

 1.58 

 1.01 



12.19 

 2.19 

 2.00 

 5.07 

 6.73 



9.78 

 4.16 

 37.03 

 8.05 

 5.27 



2.30 

 2.40 



32.51 



2.26 



Per cent. 

 5.79 

 1.26 

 3.36 

 2.10 

 2.53 

 1.30 

 2.05 

 11.96 

 5.78 

 1.90 

 3.33 

 3.96 



7.52 

 4.45 

 3.18 

 5.36 

 5.66 



1.70 

 2.80 



10.04 



21.96 



.75 



3.31 



14.35 



Per cent. 

 9.99 



11.70 

 8.97 

 7.80 



11.14 

 7.69 

 8.05 

 8.26 

 8.96 



10.20 

 9.96 



10.44 



8.78 

 8.19 

 6.81 

 6.36 

 8.17 



11.80 

 10.70 



8.54 



7.95 

 91.00 

 71.38 



7.74 



Per cent. 

 90.01 

 88.30 





91.03 





92.20 





88.86 





92.31 





91.95 





91.74 





91.04 



Wheat, whole ground 



Wheat, low-grade flour 



Wheat, standard middlings 

 Oil-bearing seed by-products: 



89.80 

 90.04 

 89.56 



91.22 





91.81 



Peanut meal with hulls 



93.19 

 93.64 





91.85 



Grain sorghums: 



Kafir « 



88.20 



Roughage: 



Alfalfa 



89.30 

 91.46 



Animal products: 



92.05 





9.00 







28.62 







92.26 







1 Analyses taken from Henry and Morrison, 

 Morrison Co., 1917. 



'Feeds and Feeding," p. 635, published by the Henry 



