TABLE 20.-CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE FRE SH GREEN FORAGE OF NINE SPECIES OF CROTALARIA.


 Cd 0n
a Vdo
*c0 q1 ~It


C. spectabilis
C. striata
C. incana
C. grantiana
C. goreensis
C. anagyroides
C. usaramoensis
C. lanceolata
C. lanceolata
C. intermedia
C. intermedia
C. intermedia
C. intermedia
C. intermedia
C. intermedia
C. intermedia*
C. intermedia*
C. intermedia*


 .. 20.86
 ..... 25.92
 .... 24.32
 ...... 21.10
 ...... 27.90
 ...... 29.06
 .... 22.64
 ...... 21.56
 ...... 32.94
 .... 25.00
 30.60
 pre-bud 22.94
bud 22.56
bloom 26.25
pod 28.40
bud 30.08
bud 21.72
bud 24.41


Composition of the Dry Matter


10.00
17.03
11.40
13.38
10.36
12.56
18.83
18.33
12.22
12.04
13.04
19.37
16.90
14.65
11.85
13.34
16.79
13.91


 U U

1.38 41.70 40.03 6.89
2.04 39.14 37.90 3.89
1.27 46.40 35.12 5.81
2.39 30.97 37.69 15.57
1.67 48.26 34.42 5.29
2.08 40.17 40.33 4.86
2.14 29.69 40.63 8.71
2.77 26.56 42.82 9.52
2.33 45.26 36.76 3.43
1.64 41.00 40.08 5.24
2.06 42.53 38.89 3.48
1.44 31.58 33.75 13.86
1.77 41.99 35.45 3.89
2.15 44.86 34.72 3.62
1.48 47.75 35.13 3.79
2.29 40.06 38.26 6.05
2.48 38.37 37.59 4.77
2.19 39.47 40.37 4.06


 s g




1.197 .416 .336
.827 .464 .279
.670 .410 .311
.890 .192 .327
.407 .179 .273
.530 .218 .273
.921 .209 .339
.842 .253 .410
.447 .223 .219
.610 .331 .261
.628 .233 .224
.791 .447 .397
.736 .504 .262
.661 .426 .236
.622 .351 .193
.698 .232 .240
.743 .280 .204
.652 .293 .229


 *During three years the analyses representing forage placed in the upright concrete silo are the average of five samples; all others
represent single samples.


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