Average Analysis of Hays and Greenfeeds: Flax, Grass, Kochia. Legume

 
 
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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
FLAX
GRASS
KOCHIA
LEGUME
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Moisture %
9.0
3.0
6
11.1
4.6
420
11.0
6.9
20
13.2
4.5
85
Protein %
5.4
2.4
4
10.8
3.8
403
16.1
5.1
19
19.0
4.2
82
Calcium %
0.45
0.06
4
0.67
0.37
379
1.28
0.53
19
1.94
0.53
78
Phosphorus %
0.15
0.08
4
0.17
0.07
400
0.25
0.10
19
0.20
0.06
79
Acid Det. Fibre %
39.8
31.0
6
32.5
11.5
418
24.8
6.1
19
25.9
10.2
82
Selenium mg/kg
-
-
0
0.21
0.22
160
0.38
0.48
7
0.07
-
1
Sulphur %
-
-
0
0.19
0.07
65
0.71
0.39
7
0.25
0.13
4
Neutral Det. Fibre %
-
-
0
62.8
7.4
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
Lignin %
-
-
0
5.5
0.2
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
Iron mg/kg
-
-
0
233
359
93
3313
3975
8
235
97
7
Copper mg/kg
-
-
0
5.7
4.5
151
11.2
7.4
8
8.3
2.0
7
Manganese mg/kg
-
-
0
78
82
148
183
94
8
35
14
7
Zinc mg/kg
-
-
0
24
10
149
126
258
8
27
5
7
Magnesium %
-
-
0
0.19
0.07
113
0.70
0.19
8
0.28
0.09
7
Potassium %
-
-
0
1.38
0.46
111
2.40
1.02
8
1.50
0.37
7
Sodium mg/kg
-
-
0
56
86
78
794
1530
8
108
200
7
Molybdenum mg/kg
-
-
0
1.7
1.4
53
6.7
5.3
8
2.2
1.6
7
Cobalt mg/kg
-
-
0
1.2
1.2
32
2.8
2.1
8
1.4
1.2
3
 
 
 
 
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