360 APPENDIX 
TABLE I.—Average Composition and Digestibility of American Feeding Stuffs, 
‘ in Per Cent—Continued 
Digestible ~ 
. Nitro- — 
Feeding stuffs ea Pee Fat | Fiber vies Ash |! pro. ian. 
extract tein | drates 
and fat 
_ A. Rovenace—Con. 
Green Feeds—Con. 
Timothy, different 
stages.......... 61.6 | 3.1 1.2 | 11.8 | 20.2 | 2.1 || 1.5 | 21.3 
Velvet bean...... 82.2 | 3.5 7| 51] 66] 1.9 || 2.7 | 9.3 
Vetch, spring.....| 85.0 | 2.7 4A/ 45] 6.1 14] 19] 7.1 
Vetch, winter, or 
sande tece: ea: 85.3 | 3.6 4} 40/].46] 2.1 || 28) 7.1 
Wheat and vetch..| 80.0 | 3.4 5 | 64] 8&1 1.6 || 2.6 | 11.0 
Wheat fodder..... 77.3 | 2.4 7! 591119 | 1.8 || 1.7 | 12.9 
Hay from Grasses: ; 
Barley hay....... 15.0] 88 | 2.4 | 24.7 | 449 | 4.2 || 5.7 | 45.9 
Bermuda grass....| 7.1 | 10.7 2.9 | 25.0 | 51.0 | 3.5 || 6.4 | 48.5 
Cornstalks (stover)| 40.5 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 19.7 | 31.5 | 3.4 |] 1.4 | 32.8 
Fodder corn, field- 
cured.......... 42.4! 45] 16 | 14.3 | 34.7 | 2.7 || 2.5 | 37.3 
Foxtail........... 12.0] 7.5 | 1.8 | 33.5 | 39.8] 5.4 || 43 | 43.4 
Hungarian grass..| 7.7 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 27.7 | 49.0 | 6.0 || 5.0 | 49.4 
Italian rye grass.| 8.5 | 7.5 1.7 | 30.5 | 45.0] 6.9 || 4.5 | 45.4 
Johnson grass.... . 10.2} 7.2 | 2.1 | 28.5 | 45.9 6.1 || 2.9 | 47.4 
Kafir forage... ... 52.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 21.0! 20.1 | 2.4 || 1.1 | 24.8 
Kentucky blue ‘ 
grass.......... 21.2 |. 7.8 | 3.9 | 23.0 | 37.8 | 68 || 4.4 | 41.3 
Marsh grass...... 10.4 | 55 | 2.4 | 30.0 | 44.1} 7.7 || 3.1 | 41.7 
Meadow fescue...} 20.0 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 25.9 | 38.4 | 6.8 || 4.2 | 40.3 
Milo forage....... 40.9 | 29 | 2.3 | 19.1 | 31.8} 2.9 || 1.2 | 30.3 
Mixed grasses..... 15.3 | 7.4] 2.5 | 27.2 | 42.1] 5.5 || 4.2 | 44.9 
Native hay....... 6.6 | 85 | 3.8 | 29.9 | 446] 6.6 || 4.8 | 53.8 
Oat hay.......... 14.0] 89] 2.8 | 27.4 | 41.2 | 5.7 || 4.7 | 40.5 
Orchard grass.....| 9.9 | 8.1 2.6 | 32.4 | 41.0 | 6.0 || 4.9 | 45.6 
Prairie hay ......| 6.5 | 8.0] 2.06 | 30.5 | 44.7] 7.7 || 4.0 | 43.9 
Red top ......... 8.9] 7.9] 19 ]286 | 47.5] 5.21 48 | 49.1 
Rowen (mixed)...| 16.6 | 11.6] 3.1 | 22.5 | 394] 68 || 8.0 | 45.4 
Smooth brome 
QTASS .. eee eee 14.3 | 9.7] 2.2)22.8 | 416] 9.4 || 6.6 | 47.9 
Sudan grass ..... 26.3) 5.1] 2.1) 206 | 406] 53 || 19 | 41.4 
Sweet sorghum : 
forage ......... 41.7] 3.2] 29/170 | 322] 30] 13 | 296 
Teosinte.......... 18.9 |} 7.6] 26/249 | 360] 99]| 427) 466 
Timothy. ........ 13.2| 59] 25/290 | 450| 44128 | 453 
