SUCCULENT FEEDS COMPARED 



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lambs by feeding screenings and com in self-feeders, a little hay 

 and all the pea silage the lambs would take. 



Roughages Compared. — The following table taken from 

 " Feeds and Feeding," by Henry and Morrison, gives the digestible 

 nutrients in various roughages for sheep. 



Composition of Roughages. 



Feeding stuff 



Total 



dry 

 matter 

 in 100 



lbs. 



Digestible nutrients in 100 lbs. 



Crude 

 pro- 

 tein 



Car- 

 bohy- 

 drates 



Fat 



Total 



Nutri- 

 tive 

 ratio 1: 



Dried Roughage 



Clover, red, all analyses 



Clover, alsike, all analyses 



Clover, mammoth red 



Alfalfa, all analyses 



Soybean hay 



Cowpea, in bloom to early pod 



Corn stover (ears removed) , very dry 



Corn stover, medium in water 



Corn stover, high in water 



Kafir stover, dry 



Red top, all analyses 



Tomothy, all analyses 



lbs. 



87.1 

 87.7 

 81.3 

 91.4 

 91.4 

 89.4 

 90.6 

 81.0 

 59.0 

 83.7 

 90.2 

 88.4 



lbs. 



7.6 



7.9 



6.4 



10.6 



11.7 



12.6 



2.2 



2.1 



1.4 



1.7 



4.6 



3.0 



lbs. 



39.3 

 36.9 

 37.2 

 39.0 

 39.2 

 34.6 

 47.8 

 42.4 

 31.1 

 43.1 

 45.9 

 42.8 



lbs. 



1.8 

 1.1 

 1.8 

 0.9 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.0 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 1.2 



lbs. 

 50.9 

 47.3 

 47.6 

 51.6 

 53.6 

 50.1 

 52.2 

 46.1 

 33.9 

 47.7 

 53.2 

 48.5 



5.7 



5.0 



6.4 



3.9 



3.6 



3.0 



22.7 



21.0 



23.2 



27.1 



10.6 



15.2 



Succulent Feeds Compared. — The folowing table from " Feeds 

 and Feeding," by Henry and Morrison, gives the digestible nutrients 

 in various succulent feeds for sheep. 



Composition of Succulent Feeds. 



Feeding-stuff 



Total 



dry 

 matter 

 in 100 



lbs. 



Digestible nutrients in 100 lbs. 



Crude 

 pro- 

 tein 



Car- 

 bohy- 

 drates 



Fat 



Total 



Nutri- 

 tive 

 ratio 1: 



Fresh Green Roughage 



Beet pulp, wet 



Beet, common 



Mangel . . •. 



Rutabaga 



Corn well matured, recent analyses 



Sorghum 



Pea-cannery refuse 



25 



lbs. 



9.3 

 13.0 



9.4 

 10.9 

 26.3 

 22.8 

 23.2 



lbs. 



0.5 

 0.9 

 0.8 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 1.6 



16s. 



6.5 



9.1 



6.4 



7.7 



15.0 



11.6 



11.6 



0.2 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.3 

 0.7 

 0.5 

 0.8 



lbs. 



7.4 

 10.2 

 7.4 

 9.4 

 17.7 

 13.3 

 15.0 



13.8 



10.3 



8.2 



8.4 



15.1 



21.2 



8.4 



