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The composition and digestibility of Northern Irish hays: II. Meadow hays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. A. Rutledge
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and The Queen's University of Belfast
R. H. Common
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and The Queen's University of Belfast

Summary

1. The compositions and digestibilities of ten selected typical Northern Irish meadow hays have been ascertained and compared with similar data published by other workers for meadow hays produced in the British Isles.

2. It is suggested that average Northern Irish meadow hay of reasonably good quality has a starch equivalent value in the region of 35 on a drymatter basis. Poor samples will have a value in the region of 25.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1948

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