AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



23 



TABLE VII. 



NUTRIENTS PER TON OF TWO THOUSAND POUNDS WATER FREE SUBSTANCE 

 COMPARED WITH OTHER FODDERS. 





ll 



03 3 



oj 

 Ph Pi 



£ | 75 



O mrl 

 COS 

 C-sS 3 

 3 » O 



02,3 a 



(O O g 



£?■§ 



o 5 

 3 o 



5 '^ 

 S u - 

 ■Sec 



ss i 



* 



'** jJ 00 



ill 



3 c c 



i-i 02 O 





372.0 



1,410.2 



58.6 



272.4 

 1,271.4 



311.0 



306 

 1,472 



78 



160 



1,670 



62 



1S4 



1,622 



74 







1,668 









1,838.8 



1,854. S 



1,856 



1,892 



1,880 



1,886 



Summary. 



So far as is indicated by this experiment it would seem that sun- 

 flowers are not nearly as profitable a crop to raise as corn. With 

 the same cultivation corn produces a third more protein and nearly 

 twice as much carbohydrate material as sunflower heads. 



When compared with our common red clover it will be seen that 

 an average crop of the latter plant produces nearly twice as much 

 protein and more carboyhydrate matter per acre. From this very 

 limited experience we are not favorably impressed with the sun- 

 flower as a profitable silage crop. The peas are not considered, as 

 a fair average crop was not secured. 



