APPENDIX 361 
Tass I.—Average Composition and Digestibility of American Feeding Stuffs, 
in Per Cent—Continued 
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: Digestible 
: Moist-| Pro- leg Ca: 
Feeding stuffa age tein | Fat | Fiber | f° | Ash |) pio. bohye 
extract tein | drates 
and fat 
A. RouagHace—Con. 
Hay from Legumes: ; 
Alfalfa............ 17.1 | 14.0 | 1.9 | 25.0 | 34.7 | .7.3']] 10.4 | 38.2 
Alsike clover...... 9.7 | 12.8 | 2.9 | 25.6 | 40.7 | 8.3 || 8.4 | 42.2 
Cowpea.........- 10.5 | 14.2 2.6 | 21.2 | 42.6 8.9 |! 9.2 | 42.2 
Crimson clover...| 9.6 | 15.2 | 2.8 | 27.2 | 36.6 | 86 || 10.5 | 37.6 
Florida beggar : 
weed.......... 9.2 | 11.8 2.9 | 29.3 | 42.1 4.7 || 6.8 | 46.4 
Japan clover...... 11.0 | 13.8 | 3.7 | 24.0 | 39.0) 85 |) 9.1 | 40,9 
Mammoth red 
clover.......... 21.2 | 10.7 3.9 | 24.5 | 33.6 6.1 6.2 | 39.4 
Oat and pea...... 10.0 | 10.3 2.6 | 28.3 | 41.2 7.1 7.6 | 43.9 
Peanut vines...... 7.6 | 10.7 4.6 | 23.6 | 42.7 | 10.8 || 6.7 | 49.0 
Red clover....... 15.3 | 12.3 3.3 | 24.8 | 38.1 6.2 7.1 | 41.9 
Soybean ......... 11.8 | 14.9 4.3 | 24.2 | 37.8 7.0 || 10.6 | 43.6 
Sweet: clover...... 9.2 | 18.0 3.2 | 28.0 | 41.8 9.9 || 11.9 | 37.8 
Velvet bean...... 10.0 | 14.0 1.8 | 37.7 | 30.6 5.9 9.6 | 55.7 
Winter vetch..... 11.3 | 17.0 | 2.3 | 25.4 | 36.1 | 7.9|/ 11.9 | 44.3 
Straw, Chaff, etc. : ae ‘ 
Barley straw...... 142] 35 | 1.5 | 36.0 | 39.0] 5.7 9 | 41.5 
Buckwheat....... 9.9 5.2 1.3 | 48.0 | 35.1 5.5 1.2 | 38.5 
Flax shives....... 10.0 5.1 3.1 | 42.7 | 35.2 3.9 1.2 | 36.7 
Horse bean....... 9.2 8.8 1.4 } 37.6 | 34:3 8.7 4.3 | 41.3 
Lima bean........ 10.0 | 10.7 1.9 } 21.1 | 46.7 | 9.6 5.4 | 41.5 
Millet....:...... 15.0 4.1 1.8 | 34.2 | 39.7 5.2 9 | 35.9 
Oat chaff......... 14.3 | . 4.0 1.5 | 34.0 } 36.2 | 10,0 1.5 | 34.6 
Oat straw........ 9.2 4.0 2.3 | 7.0 | 42.4 5.1 1.3 | 41.3 
Rice straw.......] 7.5 | 3.9{ 1.4 | 33.5 [ 39.2 | 14.5 9 | 38.5 
Rye straw ....... 71) 83.0] 12/389 | 466] 32 7 | 40.5 
Soybean ......... 10.1 | 46] 1.7 | 40.4 | 37.4] 5.8 || 2.3 | 42.4 
Wheat chaff...... 14.3 4.5 | 1.4 | 36.0 | 34.6 9.2 1.2 | 26.8 
Wheat straw......} 9.6 | 3,4 1.3 | 38.1 | 48.4 | 4.2 || .8 | 36.1 
Roots, Tubers, etc. , | 
Cabbage......... 90.0 | 2.6 | .2 9 |] 5.5 8 |} 2.3] 6.1 
Carrot .......... 88.6) 11}, 4] 13] 76} 10 8 | 84 
Cassava.........- 66.0 11] = 2 18 | 30.2, .7 8 | 29.4 
Chufa........... 79.5 7 | 66) 2.2 | 10.5 4 6 | 21.7 
Jerusalem arti- - 
choke.......... 79.5 | 2.6 2 8) 15.9 | 1.0 ]) 13 | 15.2 
