128 BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
Keenig. It will be seen that most of these weeds are particularly rich 
in nitrogenized matters, while the amount of cellulose contained in 
them is by no means large. There is a great deal of water in the 
weeds, but no more than there is in most of the other succulent vege- 
tables with which the weeds are here contrasted. Whether we take 
Name of the Fodder. 
cluding fat. 
Per cent of Water. 
& CO,. 
Ash, free from C 
Albuminoids. 
Carbohydrates, in- 
Ratio of Albumin. 
to Carbohydrates. 
Dry Organic mat- 
Fat. 
th | Cellulose. 
— 
i 
Turnipleaves ... 
= 
= 
S 
Rape,* mowed in blossom 
Carrotleaves. ... 
Beet (Mangolds) leaves . 
Cabbage ..... 
Ruta-baga roots . 
Buckwheat, mown green 
Red Clover (before flower- 
ie) er =) ae eS, 
White Clover (in full 
TOW CT) ar. yeas 
Pasture Grass 
Fodder Corn? (cut toler- 
ably young) . : 
Dandelion . 
Nettle 
Plantain 
Purslane 
Pig-weed 
the dandelion or the turnip for example, there is no more than some 
250 or 260 pounds of dry organic matter in a ton of the green leaves. 
The proportion of ash in the weeds is large in almost every instance. 
It has indeed long been known to be true of weeds in general, that 
they contain a larger proportion of ash ingredients than most cultivated 
* Werner’s ‘‘ Handbuch des Futterbaues,” p. 608. 
+ Compare Prof. Johnson’s recent analyses of older fodder corn in ‘‘ American 
Journal of Science,” March 1877, p. 202. 
