Average Analysis of Silages: Safflower, Sorghum, Sunflower, Timothy

 
 
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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
.
Safflower
Sorghum
Sunflower
Timothy
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Moisture %
65.5
19.6
3
67.2
9.3
11
76.4
2.7
4
60.2
10.9
33
Protein %
11.9
2.9
3
13.3
3.5
11
13.2
2.8
4
11.6
3.3
33
Calcium %
0.82
0.43
3
0.54
0.13
11
1.20
0.36
4
0.75
0.36
33
Phosphorus %
0.32
0.11
3
0.25
0.05
11
0.23
0.05
4
0.19
0.04
33
Acid Det. Fibre %
44.6
1.5
3
32.5
3.6
11
33.0
3.9
3
36.1
6.8
33
Selenium mg/kg
-
-
0
0.06
0.03
4
-
-
0
0.15
0.25
9
Sulphur %
-
-
0
0.19
0.08
3
-
-
0
0.16
0.06
3
Neutral Det. Fibre %
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
54.1
0.2
2
Lignin %
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
0.0
0.0
2
Iron mg/kg
-
-
0
154
19
4
-
-
0
103
57
5
Copper mg/kg
-
-
0
3.7
1.6
4
-
-
0
5.0
0.8
6
Manganese mg/kg
-
-
0
59
25
4
-
-
0
52
19
6
Zinc mg/kg
-
-
0
40
19
4
-
-
0
26
6
6
Magnesium %
-
-
0
0.30
0.04
4
-
-
0
0.19
0.08
6
Potassium %
-
-
0
2.16
0.37
4
-
-
0
1.71
0.44
6
Sodium mg/kg
-
-
0
376
294
3
-
-
0
98
87
6
Molybdenum mg/kg
-
-
0
1.1
0.6
2
-
-
0
0.8
-
1
Cobalt mg/kg
-
-
0
0.7
0.4
2
-
-
0
0.4
-
1
 
 
 
 
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