362 APPENDIX 
TaBie I.—Average Composition and Digestibility of American Feeding Stuffs, 
in Per Cent—Continued 
Digestible 
, Nitro-| - Tae 
Feeding stuffs | Moet | Tae, | wat | Fiber | $22 | Ash ip... | Cor 
extract tein | drates 
and fat 
A. RoucHace—Con. 
Roots, Tubers, etc.— i 
Con. Kale...... 88.7 2.4 5{ 1.5 5.0 1.9 || 1.9 5.4 
Kohlrabi ........ 88.5 1.3 2] 1.2 8.1 nA 9 8.1 
Mangel.......... 90.9 | 1.4 2 9] 5.5 | -1.1 || LO] 6.0 
Parsnip.......... 88.3 1.6 2 1.0 | 10.2 7 1.1 | 10.6 
Pie melon ....... 94.5 8 2 12) 2.9 A 7 | 38 
Potato........... 79.1 2.1 al A | 17.4 9 1,1 | 15.9 
Pumpkin ........ 90.9 1.3 A] 17] 5.2 5 |} 10] 63 
Ra peers sacisvetscvsiec 85.7 2.2 5 2.1 7.0 2.5 2.0 8.7 
Rutabaga........ 88.6 1.2 2 1.3 7.5 1.2 1.0 8.6 
Sugar beet........ 86.5 1.8 Jl 9| 98 9 || 1.8 | 10.0 
Sweet potato..... 68.3 1.9 nth 1.1 | 26.8 11 8 | 23.6 
Turnip........... 90.1 1.3 2 1.2 6.3 9 29 6.6 
Miscellaneous Coarse 
Feeds: 
Acorns........... 55.3 | 25) 19) 4.4 | 348 / 1.0 || 21 | 38.2 
Apples........... 80.8 7 4] 12 | 16.6 4 8 | 17.0 
Apple pomace....| 83.0 1.0 9 2.9 | 11.6 6 51} 10.7 
Brush feed....... 5.0 5.4 2.4 | 46.6 | 37.9 2.7 3.0 | 28.9 
Cane cacti........) 78.5 1.4 6! 36/123) 36 9 | 12.0 
Icelandic moss 64.4 1.0 .9 | 15.1 | 18.0 6 51) 21.5 
Oak leaves....... 4.9 9:5 4.5 | 25.8 | 45.1 9.7 3.2 | 38.2 
Prickly pear...... 84.2 7 3 2.4) 90) 3.1 4A) 6.7 
Salt bush......... 75.8 | 3.5 5 | 39 | 105] 5.8 || 22) 92° 
Sugar beet leaves.| 88.0 | 2.6 4/22) 44] 24 | 19] 55 
Silage: 
‘Alfalfa sisahels annie 744) 48) 11) 38; 89] 5.1 || 23 | 12.8 
Apple pomace..... $5.0) 12| 11) 33) 88} 61) 37 | 10:7 
Barley........... 2.6 1.2 9.0 | 10.7 2.5 1.8 | 14.7 
Barnyard millet 
and soybean...| 79.0] 2.8) 10] 7.2] 72] 2.8 || 16 | 10.8 
Corn and soybeans] 76.0} 2.5} .8| 7.2 | 11.1 | 24 || 16 | 14.8 
Corn cannery 
refuse.......... 1.4 1.1 5.2 | 7.9 6 8 | 10.4 
2.2). 9 6.5 | 15.1 1.6 1.1 | 16.5 
2.7 1.5 6.0 7.6 2.9 1.5 | 10.6 
5.9 1.6 | 13.0 | 26.0 3.5 3.4 | 27.8. 
1.2 7| 70) 95) 18 3 | 10.8 
2 Assumed. 
