Average Analysis of Silages: Barley Two Row, Beet , Birdsfoot Trefoil, Brome

 
 
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 Silages had at least 60% contribution from the feed crop listed. Means, Standard Deviation and number of samples for Years 1984-1994 Except for moisture, all values are on a dry matter basis
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Barley Two Row
Beet
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Brome
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Moisture %
62.2
6.4
62
70.5
17.9
3
60.7
-
1
63.5
8.6
24
Protein %
11.3
2.5
62
12.6
2.4
3
12.1
-
1
13.1
4.4
21
Calcium %
0.42
0.19
62
0.62
0.27
3
0.98
-
1
0.94
0.45
21
Phosphorus %
0.25
0.06
62
0.14
0.09
3
0.24
-
1
0.22
0.08
21
Acid Det. Fibre %
31.0
4.3
61
22.5
3.9
3
37.4
-
1
34.5
4.0
21
Selenium mg/kg
0.08
0.04
5
-
-
0
-
-
0
0.15
0.13
9
Sulphur %
0.23
-
1
-
-
0
-
-
0
0.26
0.02
8
Neutral Det. Fibre %
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
Lignin %
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
Iron mg/kg
134
48
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
171
82
8
Copper mg/kg
3.6
1.7
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
3.9
0.5
8
Manganese mg/kg
29
12
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
49
15
8
Zinc mg/kg
31
6
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
37
14
8
Magnesium %
0.18
0.04
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
0.33
0.10
8
Potassium %
1.39
0.24
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
2.05
0.44
8
Sodium mg/kg
1562
1096
4
-
-
0
-
-
0
1406
892
8
Molybdenum mg/kg
0.6
0.8
2
-
-
0
-
-
0
0.1
0.2
2
Cobalt mg/kg
0.4
0.0
2
-
-
0
-
-
0
0.2
0.2
2
 
 
 
 
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