ALFALFA AS A FEED STUFF 12/ 



(From Texas experiment station Bui, No. 66.) 



Alfalfa 



Cowpea 



Oat hay.... 



Fodder com 



Sorghum 



Cotton seed hulls.. . . 

 GREEN FEEDS: 



AlfaKa 



Cowpea 



Oat fodder 



Com silage......... 



Sorghum 



X\ap6. ..•••*•*••.••. 

 GRAINS:- 



Wheat bran. 



Cotton seed meal. . , . 



Com 



Cowpea 



Cottonseed 



J3 



d 



o 



0* 



Q 



91.6 



91.1 



82. 04 

 88.9 



28.2 



37-8 

 20.9 



824 



14.0 



8S.1 

 91,8 

 89.1: 

 85.2 



§9-7 



Digestible nutrients in 

 100 pounds. 



a 

 2 



II o 



10 8 



43 

 2.5 



2.4 

 •3 



39 



1.8 



1.6 



•9 



1.5 



37.2 



79 

 183 



c3| 



39-6 

 38.6 

 46.4 

 34.6 

 40.6 

 33<i 



12.7 



Z,7 



18-9 



11.3 



41 

 8.1 



39.2 

 16.9 

 667 



542 

 30.0 



I" u 



at? 



1.2 



I.I 



1-5 

 1.2 



1.2 



1.7 



•5 

 .2 



i.o 

 .7 



1.2 

 .2 



2.7 

 12.2 



4-3 

 I.I 



17-3 



Fertilizer constituents 

 in 1000 pounds. 



c 

 



I 



21.9 



19.5 



o . 



o f» 



5.1 

 52 



176 

 "6*9" 



7.2 

 2.7 

 4.9 



4.5 



26.7 

 67.9 

 18.2 



33-3 

 31-3 



5-4 



1-3 

 1.0 



1.3 



I.I 



1.5 



28.9 

 28.8 



7-0 



12.7 



iS 



o 



I6.S 

 14.7 



8.9 



10.2 

 5.6 



H 



3.8 



3-7 



3.6 



16.1 

 $.7 

 4.0 



11.7 



From the above table we find that iSve tons of alfalfa 

 hay contains 1,100 pounds of protein, equal to this food 

 element in 



Cotton seed meal 2,956 pounds 



Linseed meal 3^754 pounds 



Wheat bran 9,016 pounds 



Cowpea hay , 10,185 potinds 



Red clover hay 16,176 pounds 



Timothy hay 39^^85 pounds 



RELATIVE! VAIiUES OF DIFFEKEJ^TT OUTTXNGS. 



The most interesting experiments comprehending tests 

 of the comparative yield, composition and digestibility 

 of early, medium and late cuttings of alfalfa, of the 



