364 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA, 
In order to illustrate this relative production of 
digestible matter moré graphically we present two 
charts showing clearly the proportions of total di- 
gestible nutrients and digestible protein in each 
crop: 
TOTAL DIGESTIBLE MATTER PER ACRE. POUNDS. 
Les. 
ALFALFA | 5280 ) 
CORN} 2800 bOo—,, 
RED CLOVER! 3200 > 
OATS &PEAS| 2521 -——__—__., 
TIMOTHY. | 2000 -—————_, 
RUTABAGA| 3000 } 
MANGELS | 2750 -——, 
SUGAR BEETS|1800 }_—__—___ 
LBS DIGESTIBLE PROTEIN PER ACRE. 
, 
ALFALFA | 875. : 4 
RED CLOVER | 491 a) 
OATS & PEAS! 550 1 
CORN_| 300 -/———-——————, 
RUTABAGA | 279 —=———————~j 
MANGES: |- 232) -———— 7 
timotHy | 226 H}——_____, 
SUGAR BEETS] 2130 > 
Kansas Experiments —J. T. Willard, of the Kan- 
sas experiment station, has done most interesting 
work in investigation of the nutritive qualities of al- 
