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Mowing tables, however, are sufficiently full and accu- 

 rate to illustrate the composition of the various classes 

 of feeds. 



Composition of PEEDrNo-STurps 



Nitrogen- No. of 



free analy- 



Water Ash Protein Kber extract Fat ses 



% % % % % % 



Green fodder 



Com fodder — * 



Flint varieties 79.8 1.1 2. 4.3 12.1 .7 40 



Flint varieties cut 

 after kernels had 



glazed 77.1 1.1 2.1 4.3 14.6 .8 10 



Dent varieties 79. 1.2 1.7 5.6 12. .5 63 



Dent varieties cut 

 after kernels had 



glazed 73.4 1.6 2. 6.7 15.5 .9 7 



Sweet varieties 79.1 1.3 1.9 4.4 ■" 12.8 .5 21 



All varieties 79.3 1.2 1.8 5. 12.2 .5 126 



Leaves and husks, 



out green 66.2 2.9 2.1 8.7 19.- 1.1 4 



Stripped stalks, cut 



green 76.1 .7 .5 7.3 14.9 .5 4 



Sorghum fodder 79.4 1.1 1.3 6.1 11.6 .5 11 



Rye fodder 76.6 1.8 2.6 11.6 6.8 .6 7 



Barley fodder. : 79. 1.8 2.7 7.9 8. .6 1 



Oat fodder 62.2 2.5 3.4 11.2 19.3 1.4 6 



Pasture grass 80. 2. 3.5 4. 9.7 .8 



Red-top,t in bloom 65.3 2.3 2.8 11. 17.7 .9 5 



Tall oat grass.t in 



bloom 69.5 2. 2.4 9.4 15.8 .9 3 



Orchard grass, in 



bloom 73. 2. 2.6 8.2 13.3 .9 4 



Meadow fescue, in 



bloom 69.9 1.8 2.4 10.8 14.3 .8 4 



Italian rye grass, com- 

 ing into bloom 73.2 2.5 3.1 6.8 13.3 1.3 24 



Timothy,! at different 



stages 61.6 2.1 3.1 11.8 20.2 1.2 56 



Kentucky blue-grass,** 



at different stages.... 65.1 2.8 4.1 9.1 17.6 1.3 18 



Hungarian grass..., 71.1 1.7 3.1 9.2 14.2 .7 14 



Japanese millet 75. 1.5 2.1 7.8 13.1 .5 12 



*Corn fodder is the entire plant, usually a thickly planted crop. Corn stover 

 is what is left after the ears are harvested. 



tHerd's grass of Pennsylvania. tMeadow oat grass. 



■ fUerd's grass of New England and New York. **June Grass. 



