Timothy[11] | 194 | .... | 6.2 | 8.2 | 32.5 | 49.9 | 3.2 -----------------+---------+------+-----+--------+------+---------+----- DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS OF SWEET CLOVER AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS WHEN FED TO SHEEP.[12] ----------------+----------+---------------------------------+--------- | | Digestible nutrients in 100 | | | pounds of air-dried hay. |Nutritive |Dry matter+--------+--------+-------+-------+ratio.[13] Kinds of forage.| in 100 |Protein.|Carbohy-| Fat. | Dry | | pounds. | | drates.| |matter.| ----------------+----------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------- | | | | | | White sweet- | | | | | | clover hay | 92.2 | 11.88 | 36.68 | 0.49 | 56.12 | 1:3.2 Pea hay | 93.1 | 11.24 | 48.55 | .71 | 62.5 | 1:4.5 Alfalfa hay | 92.2 | 11.73 | 42.38 | .72 | 60.90 | 1:3.8 (second cutting)| | | | | | ----------------+----------+--------+--------+-------+-------+--------- [10] Analyses taken from Henry and Morrison's "Foods and Feeding." [11] Analyses compiled by the Bureau of Chemistry. [12] Experiments conducted by the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station. [13] The nutritive ratio is the ratio which exists between the digestible crude protein and the combined digestible carbohydrates and fat. Table IV shows that the percentage composition of both green and cured sweet clover compares favorably with that of alfalfa and red clover. Perhaps the most interesting point shown in this table is that the fiber content of white sweet clover, whether green or cured into hay, is no greater than that of alfalfa. It is understood, however, that the plants collected for these analyses were taken when they were at the proper stage for curing into hay. Table IV also shows that the digestible nutrients of sweet clover when fed to sheep compare favorably with alfalfa. It was stated that the sweet-clover hay used for this experiment was stemmy and that it had not been cut until it had become woody. The pea hay had passed the best stage for cutting when it was harvested, while the alfalfa hay was in excellent condition.