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APPENDIX 



Table I. — Average Composition and Digestibility of American Feeding Stuffs, 

 in Per Cent — Continued 



Feeding stuffs 



A. Roughage — Con. 

 Green Feeds — Con. 

 Timothy, different 



stages 



Velvet bean .... 

 Vetch, spring . . . 

 Vetch, winter, or 



sand 



Wheat and vetch. 



Wheat fodder 



Moist 

 lire 



Hay from Grasses: 



Barley hay 



Bermuda grass. . 

 Cornstalks (stover) 

 Fodder corn, field- 

 cured 



Foxtail 



Hungarian grass . . 

 Italian rye grass . 



Johnson grass 



Kafir stalks 



Kentucky blue 



Marsh grass . . . 

 Meadow fescue. 

 Milo forage .... 

 Mixed grasses. . 

 Native hay 



Oat hay 



Orchard grass 



Prairie hay 



Red top 



Rowen (mixed) . . . 

 Smooth brome 



grass 



Sudan grass 



Sweet sorghum 



forage 



Teosinte 



Timothy 



Wheat hay 



61.6 

 82.2 

 85.0 



85.3 

 80.0 



77.3 



15.0 



7.1 



40.5 



42.4 

 12.0 



7.7 



8.5 



10.2 



27.3 



21.2 



10.4 

 20.0 

 11.1 

 15.3 

 6.6 



14.0 

 9.9 

 6.5 

 8.9 



16.6 



14.3 

 26.3 



41.7 



18.9 



13.2 



8.1 



Pro- 

 tein 



3.1 

 3.5 

 2.7 



3.6 

 3.4 



2.4 



8.8 



10.7 



3.8 



4.5 

 7.5 



7.5 

 7.5 

 7.2 

 3.8 



7.8 



5.5 

 7.0 

 12.0 

 7.4 

 8.5 



8.9 

 8.1 

 8.0 

 7.9 

 11.6 



9.7 

 5.1 



3.2 

 7.6 

 5.9 

 6.2 



Fat 



1.2 



.7 

 .4 



.4 

 .5 



.7 



2.4 

 2.9 

 1.1 



1.6 

 1.8 



2.1 

 1.7 

 2.1 

 1.3 



3.9 



2.4 

 2.7 

 4.5 

 2.5 

 3.8 



2.8 

 2.6 

 2.6 

 1.9 

 3.1 



2.2 

 2.1 



2.9 

 2.6 

 2.5 

 2.0 



Fiber 



11.8 

 5.1 

 4.5 



4.0 

 6.4 



5.9 



24.7 

 25.0 

 19.7 



14.3 

 33.5 



27.7 

 30.5 

 28.5 

 23.7 



23.0 



30.0 

 25.9 

 18.4 

 27.2 

 29.9 



27.4 

 32.4 

 30.5 

 28.6 

 22.5 



22.8 

 20.6 



17.0 

 24.9 

 29.0 

 24.7 



Nitro- 

 gen- 

 free 



extract 



20.2 

 6.6 

 6.1 



4.6 

 8.1 



11.9 



44.9 

 51.0 

 31.5 



34.7 

 39.8 



49.0 

 45.0 

 45.9 

 36.6 



37.8 



44.1 

 38.4 

 44.1 

 42.1 

 44.6 



41.2 

 41.0 

 44.7 

 47.5 

 39.4 



41.6 

 40.6 



32.2 

 36.0 

 45.0 

 52.6 



Ash 



2.1 

 1.9 

 1.4 



2.1 

 1.6 



1.8 



4.2 

 3.5 

 3.4 



2.7 

 5.4 



6.0 

 6.9 

 6.1 

 1.3 



6.3 



7.7 

 6.8 

 9.9 

 5.5 

 6.6 



5.7 

 6.0 

 7.7 

 5.2 

 6.8 



9.4 

 5.3 



3.0 

 9.9 

 4.4 

 6.4 



Digestible 



Pro- 

 tein 



1.5 



2.7 

 1.9 



2.8 

 2.6 



1.7 



5.7 

 6.4 

 1.4 



2.5 

 4.3 



5.0 

 4.5 

 2.9 

 1.3 



4.4 



3.1 

 4.2 

 1.9 

 4.2 



4.8 



4.7 

 4.9 

 4.0 

 4.8 

 8.0 



6.6 

 1.9 



1.3 

 4.2 

 2.8 

 4.0 



Car- 

 bohy- 

 drates 

 and fat 



21.3 

 9.3 

 7.1 



7.1 

 11.0 



12.9 



45.9 

 48.5 

 32.8 



37.3 

 43.4 



49.4 

 45.4 

 47.4 

 40.1 



41.3 



41.7 

 40.3 

 42.6 

 44.9 

 53.8 



40.5 

 45.6 

 43.9 

 49.1 

 45.4 



47.9 

 41.4 



29.6 

 46.6 

 45.3 

 50.3 



