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Show Alfalfa and Clover Are Favored for Farm Stock Oats hay may he fed to beef cattle but it is not as efficient as clover or alfalfa hay. Oais hay corresponds very closely to timothy hay in composition. compo-sition. Tt is much lower in protein, is not eaten wilh quite so much relish as legume hay and does not have the conditioning and laxative effect of the latter. Alfalfa hay contains 10.6 per cent digestible protein. 30 per cent carbohydrates car-bohydrates and 0.9 per cent fat. ("lover hay carries 7.6 per cent protein. pro-tein. :-!!(. 3 per cent carbohydrates and 1.8 per cent fat. Oats hay has only 3.4 per cent protein. pro-tein. 38.4 per cent carbohydrates and 1.2 ifr cent fat |