------------------+------+--------------------+-------------------- | | Digestible | Fertilizer con- | | nutrients | stituents in 1000 | Dry | in 100 pounds | pounds |matter+------+------+------+------+------+------ | in | |Carbo-| Ether| | Phos-| | 100 | Pro- | hy- | Ex- |Nitro-|phoric| |pounds| tein |drates| tract| gen | acid |Potash ------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------ HAYS: | | | | | | | Alfalfa | 91.6 | 11.0 | 39.6 | 1.2 | 21.9 | 5.1 | 16.8 Cowpea | 89.3 | 10.8 | 38.6 | 1.1 | 19.5 | 5.2 | 14.7 Oat hay | 91.1 | 4.3 | 46.4 | 1.5 | .... | .... | .... Fodder corn | 57.8 | 2.5 | 34.6 | 1.2 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 8.9 Sorghum | 82.04| 2.4 | 40.6 | 1.2 | .... | .... | .... Cottonseed hulls| 88.9 | .3 | 33.1 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 10.2 GREEN FEEDS: | | | | | | | Alfalfa | 28.2 | 3.9 | 12.7 | .5 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 5.6 Cowpea | 16.4 | 1.8 | 8.7 | .2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 3.1 Oat fodder | 37.8 | 1.6 | 18.9 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 3.8 Corn silage | 20.9 | .9 | 11.3 | .7 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 3.7 Sorghum | 82.4 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 1.2 | .... | .... | .... Rape | 14.0 | 1.5 | 8.1 | .2 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3.6 GRAINS: | | | | | | | Wheat bran | 88.1 | 12.2 | 39.2 | 2.7 | 26.7 | 28.9 | 16.1 Cottonseed meal | 91.8 | 37.2 | 16.9 | 12.2 | 67.9 | 28.8 | 8.7 Corn | 89.1 | 7.9 | 66.7 | 4.3 | 18.2 | 7.0 | 4.0 Cowpea | 85.2 | 18.3 | 54.2 | 1.1 | 33.3 | .... | .... Cotton seed | 89.7 | 12.5 | 30.0 | 17.3 | 31.3 | 12.7 | 11.7 ------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------ From the above table we find that five 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 pounds Red clover hay 16,176 pounds Timothy hay 39,285 pounds RELATIVE VALUES OF DIFFERENT CUTTINGS