386 Animal Husbandry 
PART V 
ENERGY VALUES OF FEEDING STUFFS 
In calculating a ration for any class of farm animals on the 
energy basis, the energy value of each food must be known. The 
following table is from Farmers’ Bulletin No. 346, United States 
Department of Agriculture. 
Dry Marter, DicesTiste Protein, aND ENERGY VALUES PER 
100 Pounps 
Frepine Sturr ee ge Enercy VALuEe 
Green fodder and silage : Pounds Pounds Therms 
Alfalfa. . . . . se x 28.2 2.50 12.45 
Clover — crimson . . Bro 19.1 2.19 11.30 
Clover—red ... . : 29.2 2.21 16.17 
Corn fodder — green eo ne 20.7 Al 12.44, 
Cornsilage ....... 25.6 1.21 16.56 
Hungarian grass .... . 28.9 1.33 14.76 
Rape ..... Be des 14.3 2.16 11.43 
Rye So aa a ue 23.4 1.44 11.63 
Timothy .. 6) 38.4 1.04 19.08 
Hay and dry coarse 5 fodders : 
Alfalfa hay . . . a 91.6 6.93 34.41 
Cloverhay—red . .... . 84.7 5.41 34.74 
Corn forage, field cured . . . 57.8 2.13 30.53 
Corn stover . ...... 59.5 1.80 26.53 
Cowpeahay ....... 89.3 8.57 | = 42.76 
Hungarian hay ...... 92.3 3.00 44.03 
Oathay « << «@ » @ 6 ¢ 84.0 2.59 36.97 
Soybean hay Baca ORE WP BCC 88.7 7.68 38.65 
Timothy hay ...... 86.8 2.05 33.56 
Straws: 
Oat straw. . ..... 90.8 1.09 21.21 
Ryestraw ..... 92.9 .63 20.87 
Wheat straw pe Bode es Je 90.4 37 16.56 
Roots and tubers: 
Carrots: aoe i ok we Bx 11.4 .37 7.82 
Mangel-wurzels . . . . . . 9.1 14 4.62 
