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Feeds and Feeding. 



Table I. Average composition of American feeding stafTs — continued. 



Feeding stuffs. 



Water. 



EouGHAOE — continued. 



Say from grasses — con. 

 Kentucky blue grass, cut 



when seed in mUk. 



Kentucky blue grass, cut 



when seed ripe , 



Hungarian grass 



Meadow fescue 



Italian rye grass 



Perennial ryegrass 



Eowen (mixed) 



Mixed grasses and clovers.. 



Barley hay, cut in milk 



Oat hay, cut in milk 



Swamp hay 



Salt-marsh hay 



Wild-oat grass 



Buttercups 



Wlilte daisy 



Johnson grass 



Fresh grass. 



Pasture grass 



Kentucky blue grass 



Timothy, different stages... 

 Orchard grass, in bloom.... 



Red top, in bloom 



Oat fodder. 



Rye fodder 



Sorghum fodder 



Barley fodder. 



Hungarian grass 



Meadow fescue, in bloom . 

 Italian rye grass, coming 



into bloom 



Tall oat grass, in bloom... 



Japanese millet 



Barnyard millet 



Say from legumes. 



Red clover 



Red clover, in bloom 



Red clover, mammoth... 



Alsike clover 



White clover 



Crimson clover 



Japan clover 



Alfalfa 



Cowpea 



Soja bean 



Pea vine 



Percentage composition. 



24.4 



27.8 

 7.7 

 20.0 

 8.5 

 14.0 

 16.6 

 12.9 

 15.0 

 15.0 

 11.6 

 10.4 

 14.3 

 9.3 

 10.3 

 10.2 



80.0 

 65.1 

 61.6 

 78.0 

 65.8 

 62.2 

 76.6 

 79.4 

 79.0 

 71.1 

 69.9 



73.2 

 69.5 

 75.0 

 75.0 



15.8 



20.8 



21.2 



9.7 



9.7 



9.6 



11.0 



8.4 



10.7 



11.3 



15.0 



Ash. 



7.0 



6.4 

 6.0 

 6.8 

 6.9 

 7.9 

 6.8 

 5.5 

 4.2 

 5.2 

 6.7 

 7.7 

 3.8 

 5.6 

 6.6 

 6.1 



2.0 

 2.8 

 2.1 

 2.0 

 2.8 

 2.5 

 1.8 

 1.1 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 1.8 



2.5 

 2.0 

 1.5 

 1.9 



6.2 

 6.6 

 6.1 



8.8 

 8.3 

 8.6 

 8.5 

 7.4 

 7.5 

 7.2 

 6.7 



Pro- 

 tein. 



6.3 



5.8 

 7.5 



7.0 



7.5 



10.1 



11.6 



10.1 



8.8 



9.8 



7.2 



5.5 



5.0 



9.9 



7.7 



7.2 



8.5 

 4.1 

 8.1 

 2.6 

 2.8 

 3.4 

 2.6 

 1.3 

 2.7 

 3.1 

 2.4 



3.1 



2.4 

 2.1 

 2.4 



12.3 

 12.4 

 10.7 

 12.8 

 15.7 

 15.2 

 13.8 

 14.8 

 16.6 

 15.4 

 13.7 



Crude 

 fiber. 



24.5 



28.8 

 27.7 

 25.9 

 30.5 

 25.4 

 22.5 

 27.6 

 24.7 

 29.2 

 26.6 

 30.0 

 25.0 

 30.6 

 30.0 

 28.5 



4.0 



9.1 



11.8 



8.2 



11.0 



11.2 



11.6 



6.1 



7.9 



9.2 



10.8 



6.8 

 9.4 

 7.8 

 7.0 



24.8 

 21.9 

 24.5 

 25.6 

 24.1 

 27.2 

 24.0 

 25.0 

 20.1 

 22.3 

 24.7 



Nitro- 

 gen-free 

 extract. 



34.2 



33.2 

 49.0 

 38.4 

 45.0 

 40.5 

 S9.4 

 41.3 

 44.9 

 89.0 

 45.9 

 44.1 

 48.8 

 41.1 

 42.0 

 45.9 



9.7 

 17.6 

 20.2 

 13.3 

 17.7 

 19.3 



6.8 

 11.6 



8.0 

 14.2 

 14.3 



13.3 

 15.8 

 18.1 

 13.1 



38.1 

 33.8 

 33.6 

 40.7 

 39.3 

 36.6 

 39.0 

 42.7 

 42.2 

 88.6 

 87.6 



Bther 



ex- 

 tract. 



3.6 



3.0 

 2.1 

 2.7 

 1.7 

 2.1 

 8.1 

 2.6 

 2.4 

 2.3 

 2.0 

 2.4 

 8.8 

 8.5 

 8.4 

 2.1 



0.8 

 1.8 

 1.2 

 0.9 

 0.9 

 1.4 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 0.8 



1.3 

 0.9 

 0.5 

 0.6 



3.3 



4.5 

 3.9 

 2.9 

 2.9 

 2.8 

 3.7 

 2.2 

 2.2 

 5.2 

 2.3 



