CHAPTER XL 



THB aSASSES, FEESH AND OUEBD — STEAW. 



I. Grass for Pasture and SoUing. 

 Digestible nutrients and fertilising constituents. 



Name of feed. 



Dry 



matter 



In 100 



pounds. 



Digestible nutrients 

 in 100 pounds. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Carbo- 



by- 

 drates 



Ether 



ex- 

 tract. 



Fertilizing constitu- 

 ents in 1,000 poumda. 



Nitro- 

 gen. 



Pbos- 



pliorio 



acid. 



Pot- 

 ash. 



Cfraas. 

 Pasture g^nusses (mixed) . 



Kentucky blue grass 



Timothy, different stages, 

 Orchard grass, in bloom.. 



Redtop, in bloom 



Oat fodder 



Bye fodder 



Sorghum 



ITay. 



Timothy 



Orcbard grass. 



Eedtop 



Kentucky blue grass 



Hungarian grass 



Mixed grasses 



Bowen (mixed) 



Straw. 



Wheat 



Bye 



Oat 



Barley 



Wheat chaff. 



Oat chaff 



Lbs. 



20.0 

 34.9 

 38.4 

 27.0 

 34.7 

 37.8 

 23.4 

 20.6 



86.8 

 90.1 

 91.1 

 78.8 

 92.3 

 87.1 

 83.4 



90.4 

 92.9 

 90.8 

 85.8 

 85.7 

 85.7 



Lbs. 



2.6 

 3.0 

 1.2 

 1.5 

 2.1 

 2.6 

 2.1 

 0.6 



2.8 

 4.9 

 4.8 

 4.8 

 4.5 

 5.9 

 7.9 



0.4 

 0.6 

 1.2 

 0.7 

 0.3 

 1.5 



Lbs. 



10.2 

 19.8 

 19.1 

 11.4 

 21.2 

 18.9 

 14.1 

 12.2 



43.4 

 42.3 



46.9 

 37.3 

 51.7 

 40.9 

 40.1 



36.3 

 40.6 

 38.6 

 41.2 

 23.3 

 33.0 



Lbs. 



0.5 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 1.0 

 0.4 

 0.4 



1.4 

 1.4 

 1.0 

 2.0 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 1.5 



0.4 

 0.4 

 0.8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.7 



Lbs. 



9.1 



Lbs. 



2.3 



4.8 

 4.3 



2.6 

 1.6 



4.9 

 3.3 

 2.3 



12.6 

 13.1 

 11.5 

 11.9 



12.0 

 14.1 

 16.1 



5.9 

 4.6 

 6.2 

 13.1 

 7.9 



1.3 

 1.5 

 0.9 



5.3 

 4.1 

 3.6 

 4.0 

 3.5 

 2.7 

 4.3 



1.2 

 2.8 

 2.0 

 3.0 

 7.0 



^b». 



7.5 



7.6 



7.6 



3.8 

 7.3 

 2.3 



9.0 

 18.8 

 10.2 

 15,7 

 13.0 

 15.5 

 14.9 



5.1 



7.9 



12.4 



20.9 



4.2 



257. Concerning pastures. — The time for turning stock t« 

 pasture is hailed with delight by stockmen, for it means exercise 

 aaid outdoor life to animals long confined in quarters which at best 

 are not as satisfactory as those afforded by the change. It means 

 dropping a large part of the "chores" which bind together with 

 a cord of duty all the daylight hours of winter. With the live 

 stock caring for themselves in tlie pasture corner tlie opj m iiiniiy 



