Average Analysis of Straw: Corn Stover, Fababeans, Fescue, Fescue Creeping Red

 
 
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 Straws were 100% pure samples. Means, Standard Deviation and number of samples for Years 1984-1994 Except for moisture, all values are on a dry matter basis
.
Corn Stover
Fababeans
Fescue
Fescue Creeping Red
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Moisture %
11.9
1.0
2
9.0
2.8
2
11.3
2.5
14
8.9
1.3
2
Protein %
10.5
0.7
2
5.1
0.4
2
5.0
0.8
14
4.2
1.6
2
Calcium %
0.31
0.28
2
0.73
0.35
2
0.45
0.15
14
0.27
0.04
2
Phosphorus %
0.05
0.01
2
0.08
0.00
2
0.10
0.03
14
0.05
0.01
2
Acid Det. Fibre %
45.2
2.1
2
62.4
8.8
2
40.9
3.7
13
50.4
1.6
2
Selenium mg/kg
0.10
-
1
-
-
0
0.02
0.01
2
0.08
-
1
Sulphur %
0.07
-
1
-
-
0
0.08
-
1
-
-
0
Neutral Det. Fibre %
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
Iron mg/kg
457
-
1
88
-
1
63
24
2
62
-
1
Copper mg/kg
4.2
-
1
3.7
-
1
2.4
0.2
2
4.2
-
1
Manganese mg/kg
31
-
1
23
-
1
111
73
2
45
-
1
Zinc mg/kg
9
-
1
14
-
1
15
2
2
15
-
1
Magnesium %
0.17
-
1
0.18
-
1
0.13
0.01
2
0.14
-
1
Potassium %
1.32
-
1
1.38
-
1
1.23
0.08
2
1.07
-
1
Sodium mg/kg
132
-
1
0
-
1
31
34
2
0
-
1
Molybdenum mg/kg
1.4
-
1
0.4
-
1
-
-
0
0.8
-
1
Cobalt mg/kg
0.9
-
1
0.4
-
1
-
-
0
0.3
-
1
 
 
 
 
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