Average Analysis of Hays and Greenfeeds: Timothy, Triticale, Weeds, Wheat

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

	Timothy			Triticale			Weeds			Wheat
	Mean	S.D.	N	Mean	S.D.	N	Mean	S.D.	N	Mean	S.D.	N
Moisture %	13.3	4.1	440	11.0	3.7	29	11.2	5.6	18	13.6	4.9	221
Protein %	8.2	3.3	430	10.3	3.5	29	11.1	7.0	18	9.8	4.6	182
Calcium %	0.54	0.30	429	0.31	0.20	29	0.45	0.27	14	0.29	0.18	181
Phosphorus %	0.15	0.07	430	0.18	0.10	29	0.23	0.10	18	0.18	0.08	182
Acid Det. Fibre %	37.3	6.0	429	34.1	2.8	29	30.0	17.2	18	31.2	13.0	204
Selenium mg/kg	0.10	0.14	141	-	-	0	-	-	0	0.51	0.37	23
Sulphur %	0.14	0.07	77	-	-	0	-	-	0	0.27	0.11	16
Neutral Det. Fibre %	66.3	5.6	22	-	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	0
Lignin %	4.4	3.1	22	-	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	0
Iron mg/kg	173	391	83	56	-	1	-	-	0	242	338	19
Copper mg/kg	5.6	7.4	125	4.6	-	1	-	-	0	4.1	2.1	20
Manganese mg/kg	68	82	119	17	-	1	-	-	0	56	24	19
Zinc mg/kg	26	16	125	26	-	1	-	-	0	25	10	20
Magnesium %	0.14	0.05	117	0.09	-	1	-	-	0	0.17	0.07	19
Potassium %	1.25	0.37	116	0.88	-	1	-	-	0	1.33	0.59	19
Sodium mg/kg	42	54	79	0	-	1	-	-	0	395	791	18
Molybdenum mg/kg	2.0	2.0	65	-	-	0	-	-	0	1.7	1.3	9
Cobalt mg/kg	0.7	0.9	35	-	-	0	-	-	0	2.0	2.1	6