Average Analysis of Hays and Greenfeeds: Clover Alsike, Clover Red, Clover Sweet, Clover White

 
 
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 The contribution of the feedname forage (or crop name) was at least 90% for hay samples .Means, Standard Deviation and number of samples for Years 1984-1994 Except for moisture, all values are on a dry matter basis
CLOVER ALSIKE
CLOVER RED
CLOVER SWEET
CLOVER WHITE
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Moisture %
13.7
4.7
37
15.2
4.4
194
14.2
4.2
57
15.9
7.9
2
Protein %
15.1
3.0
36
14.3
2.7
189
13.3
3.8
57
19.6
0.4
2
Calcium %
1.28
0.25
34
1.39
0.33
190
1.16
0.53
57
2.10
0.28
2
Phosphorus %
0.21
0.06
36
0.19
0.04
190
0.20
0.08
57
0.19
0.11
2
Acid Det. Fibre %
34.9
12.0
36
37.7
7.8
190
38.7
7.8
57
25.0
5.2
2
Selenium mg/kg
0.20
0.25
6
0.17
0.16
56
0.27
0.28
16
-
-
0
Sulphur %
0.16
-
1
0.15
0.04
22
0.24
0.09
6
-
-
0
Neutral Det. Fibre %
-
-
0
6.9
20.7
9
-
-
0
-
-
0
Lignin %
-
-
0
0.0
0.0
8
-
-
0
-
-
0
Iron mg/kg
634
893
3
151
146
29
195
177
6
-
-
0
Copper mg/kg
5.4
2.3
4
7.7
2.4
39
5.3
2.0
10
-
-
0
Manganese mg/kg
79
24
4
41
15
34
24
10
10
-
-
0
Zinc mg/kg
33
3
4
31
13
39
20
7
10
-
-
0
Magnesium %
0.27
0.05
5
0.36
0.26
33
0.29
0.06
10
-
-
0
Potassium %
1.79
0.66
5
1.54
0.35
33
1.56
0.39
10
-
-
0
Sodium mg/kg
43
74
3
100
117
29
85
135
6
-
-
0
Molybdenum mg/kg
-
-
0
2.4
1.4
19
1.7
1.5
3
-
-
0
Cobalt mg/kg
-
-
0
0.9
0.6
18
3.1
-
1
-
-
0
 
 
 
 
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