ALFALFA AS A FEED STUFF 



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IS not quite a fair comparison, for a pound of dry matter 

 from the corn crop is more digestible and has a higher 

 feeding value than an equal amount from the alfalfa. 

 The corn crop contained 3605 pounds of digestible feed- 

 ing material, while the alfalfa crop contained 561 1 

 pounds, or a little more than half as much again. The 

 corn crop per acre in feeding value was equivalent to 

 three and a half tons of alfalfa hay. 



The total digestible nutrients of the two crops are 

 presented in the following table : 



Dry Matter 



Albuminoids 



starch, sugar, etc. 



Fiber 



Fat (ether extract) 

 Ash 



TOTAL 



Com. 



Pounds 



Alfalfa. 



Potmds* 



5.539 



^0.304 



405 



1,602 



3.263 



4,782 



1,472 



2,800 



H 



246 



^n 



829 



DIGESTIBLE 



Cora. 



Pemndsi 



3j6o5 



296 



2,186 



1,060 



63 



Alfalfa. 



Pounds* 

 5,61 r 



3,114 

 1,198 



101 



COaiFABATIVE VAIiUES OF ALFAIiFA HAY AKD OTHEB 



FEEBSrUFFS FOR PROTEIN. 



Feedstuff. 



Alfalfa hay (average) 



Red clover hay, ....,., 



Orchard grass hay 



Millet hay ..,,,.... 



Timothy hay 



Sorghum hay. »..*. ..,,.....,. 



Corn-fodder (stover). 



v/ab siraw . ♦»••.«.;»».«•»%».••.»•••••••• 



Wheat straw 



ougar beets. »•««•»••»).»••.»».»•.••«••. 



Mangel-wurzels.. 



Alfalfa hay containing 12.9 par cent 



digestible protein 



Wheat bran 



Value per ton when prairie hay 

 is worth per ton— 



uoo 



$12.11 



7-77 

 548 



5'H 



331 



274 



228 

 1.82 

 •91 

 1.25 

 1.14 



1473 

 14.04 



