. Elementary treatise on stock feeds and feeding. Feeds. 28 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING principally of the cellulose of which the cell walls are mostly composed. It is really the framework or the structure of plants. Table Showing Crude Fiber in Plant SuBSifANCES Fiber Per cent. Water Per cent. 9-5 1-7 44-5 45-1 7-3 Grain Corn Oats Rye Hulls (seed coats) Buckwheat â ⢠Cotton seed â Oat Rice Straw Oat Rice Rye Wheat Forage Plants (hay) Alfalfa Crimson clover Kentucky blue. Timothy Leaves and S
. Elementary treatise on stock feeds and feeding. Feeds. 28 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING principally of the cellulose of which the cell walls are mostly composed. It is really the framework or the structure of plants. Table Showing Crude Fiber in Plant SuBSifANCES Fiber Per cent. Water Per cent. 9-5 1-7 44-5 45-1 7-3 Grain Corn Oats Rye Hulls (seed coats) Buckwheat â ⢠Cotton seed â Oat Rice Straw Oat Rice Rye Wheat Forage Plants (hay) Alfalfa Crimson clover Kentucky blue. Timothy Leaves and Stems Beet ... Turnip. Roots Turnip . 90-5 The fiber in the hulls or seed coats of grains and seeds is much higher than in the grains and seeds from which they ^re derived. The leaves and stems of the beet and turnip contain a great deal more fiber than their roots. The grasses contain les$ fiber than straws and more than roots. Stems of plants usually contain a comparatively large amount of fiber. Old plants contain more fiber than young plants because the cell walls of old plants are thicker than in young plants. Distribution of Fiber in Parts of Corn Fiber Per cent. Corn grain Corn bran Corn germ 4. i Corn cob 30. i Corn (whole plant) Corn leaves Corn shucks Fats.â^These compounds are sometimes called -ether extract because they compose those parts of the plant substance that the chemist dissolves out with ether. The substances that ether leaches Water Per cent. 9-1 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Halligan, James Edward. Easton, Pa. , The Chemical publishing co. ; [etc. , etc. ]
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