We give the names of a few foods, with their relative amount of
nitrogenous and carbonaceous elements:
FOODS. Nitrogenous. Carbonaceous.
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Meadow hay, medium 1 to 8.0
Red clover, medium 1 " 5.9
Lucerne, good 1 " 2.8
Swedish clover (alsike) 1 " 4.9
Orchard grass, in blos'm 1 " 6.5
White clover, medium 1 " 5.0
Timothy 1 " 8.1
Blue grass, in blossom 1 " 7.5
Red top 1 " 5.4
Fodder rye 1 " 7.2
Italian rye grass 1 " 6.3
Hungarian grass 1 " 7.1
Rich pasture grass 1 " 3.6
Green maize, German 1 " 8.9
Fodder oats 1 " 7.2
Sorghum 1 " 7.4
Pasture clover, young 1 " 2.5
Red clover, before bl's'm 1 " 3.8
Red clover, in blossom 1 " 5.7
White clover, in blossom 1 " 4.2
Buckwheat, in blossom 1 " 5.1
Fodder cabbage 1 " 5.2
Ruttabaga leaves 1 " 3.9
Fermented hay, from
maize 1 " 12.0
Fermented hay, from
beet leaves 1 " 4.0
Fermented hay, from
red clover 1 " 4.1
Winter wheat straw 1 " 45.8
Winter rye straw 1 " 52.0
Winter barley straw 1 " 40.5
Oat straw 1 " 29.9
Corn stalks 1 " 34.4
Seed clover 1 " 7.4
Wheat chaff 1 " 24.1
Rye chaff 1 " 32.6
Oat chaff 1 " 23.8
Barley chaff 1 " 30.4
Potatoes 1 to 10.6
Artichokes 1 " 8.7
Ruttabagas 1 " 8.3
Sugar beets 1 " 17.0
Carrots 1 " 9.3
Turnips 1 " 5.8
Wheat, grain 1 " 5.8
Rye, grain 1 " 7.0
Barley, grain 1 " 7.9
Oats, grain 1 " 6.1
Maize, grain 1 " 8.6
Millet, grain 1 " 5.4
Peas, grain 1 " 2.9
Buckwheat, grain 1 " 7.4
Cotton seed 1 " 4.6
Pumpkins 1 " 18.4
Coarse wheat bran 1 " 5.6
Wheat middlings 1 " 6.9
Rye bran 1 " 5.3
Barley bran 1 " 4.5
Buckwheat bran 1 " 4.1
Hempseed cake 1 " 1.5
Sunflower 1 " 1.3
Corn bran 1 " 10.3
Brewers' grain 1 " 3.0
Malt sprouts 1 " 2.2
Wheat meal 1 " 5.7
Rape cake 1 " 1.7
Rape meal, extracted 1 " 1.3
Barley, middlings 1 " 6.0
Oat bran 1 " 9.7
Linseed cake 1 " 2.0
Linseed meal, extracted 1 " 1.4
Cot'n-seed meal, decort. 1 " 1.8
Cot'n-s'd cake, undecort. 1 " 1.7
Cow's milk 1 " 4.4
Buttermilk 1 " 2.6
Skimmed milk 1 " 1.9
Cream 1 " 30.5