-4-


 Table 3

 Response of Different Crop Materials to Mechanical Dewatering

Crop Material Original Percent Percent Dry Matter After
 Dry Matter One Pressing Two Pressings


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.


St. Augustinegrass

Pangolagrass


Chinese Cabbage

Celery Stalks

Turnip tops

Cabbage

Collard plants

Celery tops

Irish Potatoes

Carrot tops

Sorghum

Snap Bean plants

Paragrass

White Dutch Clover

Napiergrass

Green oats

Ramie tops

Star Millet

Alfalfa

Caribgrass

Green sweet corn stover


3.94

4.54

7.28

7.31

8.50

8.63

8.80

10.74

11.00

11.63

11.99

12.95

13.05

14.32

14.80

16.22

17.41

17.77

19.43

20.98

24.37


22.33

14.06

26.07

18.36



35.69

25.29


14.43

12.81

24.05

10.84

27.45

24.15

18.00

30.06

31.40

30.80

29.45

38.17

40.17

32.30

31.70

47.10

32.50

30.49

28.00

33.70

36.63