Roosevelt Standard | 1931-06-18 | Page 7 | Alfalfa and Clover Are Favored for Farm Stock

alfalfa and clover are favored for farm stock oats hay bay may be fed to beet bee f cattle catlie but it Is not ns as efficient as clover or alfalfa hay oats liay hay corresponds very closely to timothy hay bay in composition it Is much lower in protein prot fin Is not eaten with quite so much relish as legume hay bay and does not have the conditioning and laxative effect of the latter alfalfa liay hay contains per cent digestible tible protein SO 30 per cent carbohydrates bo and 09 per cent fat clover hay carries 76 per cent protein per cent carbohydrates and 18 per cent fat oats hay has only 34 per cent protein per cent carbohydrates and 12 per cent fat