This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... be mentioned quack grass, Johnson grass, and Bermuda grass. 344. Comparative Feeding Values of Different Forage Crops. The amounts of digestible nutrients in 100 pounds of the more important forage plants are shown in the table which follows. These figures are presented here for purposes of comparison, and reference ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... be mentioned quack grass, Johnson grass, and Bermuda grass. 344. Comparative Feeding Values of Different Forage Crops. The amounts of digestible nutrients in 100 pounds of the more important forage plants are shown in the table which follows. These figures are presented here for purposes of comparison, and reference will be made to them from time to time in the pages which follow. The digestible nutrients in corn and in wheat bran are also presented. COMPOSITION OF FORAGE 277 Table XV. Total dry matter and digestible nutrients in 100 pounds of the leading forage crops.1 Dried forage Com fodder Corn stover Timothy hay Orchard grass Redtop Kentucky blue grass... Johnson grass Oat hay Oat and pea hay Red clover Crimson clover Soy bean Cowpea Alfalfa Wheat straw Oat straw Green forage Corn silage Fodder com Sorghum Pasture grass Kentucky blue grass... Timothy Rye forage Oat forage Bermuda grass Hungarian millet Red clover Crimson clover Alfalfa Cowpea Soy bean Field pea Roots, etc. Mangel Turnip Rutabaga Rape 57.8 59.5 86.8 90.1 91.1 86.0 89.8 86.0 89.5 84.7 90.4 88.2 89.5 91.9 90.4 90.8 26.4 20.7 20.6 20.0 34.9 38.4 23.4 25.0 28.3 28.9 29.2 19.1 28.2 16.4 24.9 15.3 9.1 9.9 11.4 2.5 1.4 2.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 2.9 4.7 7.6 7.1 10.5 10.6 9.2 10.5 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.0 0.0 2.5 2.8 1.5 2.1 1.1 1.3 2.0 2.9 2.4 3.0 1.8 3.1 1.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 2.0 34.6 31.2 42.4 42.4 46.9 40.2 45.6 36.7 41.5 37.8 34.9 40.9 39.3 40.5 35.2 39.5 14.2 11.9 11.6 10.1 19.7 19.9 14.1 12.4 13.4 15.9 13.6 9.1 12.1 8.7 11.0 6.9 5.5 6.4 8.1 8.2 1.2 0.7 1.3 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 Concentrates Corn Wheat bran 14.3 89.4 88.1 7.8 11.9 66.8 42.0 4.3 2.5 1 Table adapted from Henry's Feeds and Feeding. SUPPLEMEN...
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