22 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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ANALYSES OF OAT PRODUCTS CALCULATED TO DRY MATTER WATER- 

 FREE SUBSTANCE . 



Kind of Material. 



Water-Free. 



















-. 













- 















: 





boa 















: 



a 











- 



~ 



/c . 



Oat hay, eat when in bloom, 

 uat hay, cut when grain was 



in milk- 



Oat hay, ent when- grain was 

 in dough 



Oat hay, cut when part of 

 heads" were in bloom, part 

 in milk 



Oat hay, cut when part of 

 heads were in milk, part in 

 dough 



Oat hay, first 8-inch section 

 of bottom of stalk 



Oat hay, second S-inch section 

 of stalk 



Oat hay, top of plant 



Oat and pea hay 



Oat and pea silaae 



Oat and vetch hay 



Oat and pea hay 



Oats 



Oats 



Royal Oat Feed 



Oat straw 



Oat and Canada blue pea hay 

 Oat and Canada white pea hay 

 Oat and mummy pea hay-- 

 Oat and spring vetch hay.. 



-4. •' 

 *4©96 



*4127 

 *4130 



4m 



4135 

 4133 

 *4174 

 *4202 



*ma 



*4222 

 *4145 



"42 -J4 

 4345 



27 



41S4 

 4185 



41 v 

 4183 



:-:.-4 



73.41 

 83-70 



86-72 



90.20 



90.00 

 88.67 

 85.50 

 26.20 

 80.00 

 74.92 

 »>.»5 

 -■■: . -4 

 89.63 

 9O.G0 



-0.1-. 



84.00 

 85.17 



<*.47 



92.45 



92.79 



7.55 



■ .-:■;. 



6.23 

 7-34 



9.86 

 10.58 



10.20 



93.16 



6.84 



H.S4 



8.16 



92.99 



7.01 



90.65 



9-35 



92.17 



7.83 



■2.11 



7.59 



92.09 



7-91 



96.72 



3.28 



96-37 



3.63 



93.61 



6.39 



95.92 



4.08 



92.66 



7.34 



93.00 



7.00 



93-58 



6.42 



81.46 



7.01 



4-79 

 9.62 



I-.'.Vj 



12.74 

 10.64 

 13.76 

 14.09 

 13.10 

 7-46 

 3.95 

 11.48 



:■-.-_. 



10.81 

 10.33 



36-70 

 31.53 

 31.74 



33-48 



33.96 

 43.49 

 41.60 



:-.m, 



31.39 

 33-40 

 31.16 

 33.38 

 12.70 

 11.87 



24. ^ 



i-;.-: 



29.85 

 29.28 

 30.20 

 30.83 



43.38 



is. 41 

 50.91 



45.66 



17.42 



i-.>. 



43-23 

 51.75 

 39.41 

 39.90 

 47.10 

 41.99 

 64-99 

 65.71 

 57.7S 

 46.67 

 48.03 

 47-59 

 49.15 

 48.74 



2.5) 

 3.25 

 3.39 



3.32 



3-81. 



1.90 



... 

 ifl 

 3.00 

 6.13 

 3.51 

 2-96 

 4.94 

 5-69 

 3-44 

 3.30 

 3.30 

 3.53 

 3.42 



*The materials from which these samples were taken were used in the experi- 

 ments from which the digestion coefficients in the table on page 23 were obtained. 



