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The composition and digestibility of Northern Irish ryegrass seed and ryegrass seed cleanings*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. H. Common
R. H. Common
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and the Queen's University of Belfast
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1. Data are presented for the chemical and botanical compositions of ryegrass seed and various by-products of the ryegrass seed cleaning industry.

2. Digestibility data are presented for a more limited range of samples of ryegrass seed, ryegrass seed cleanings and, for comparative purposes, of certain by-products of the milling of oats.

3. Ground high quality perennial ryegrass seed has a chemical composition and digestibility comparable with that of oats.

4. Ground rough (i.e. uncleaned) perennial ryegrass seed has a chemical composition and digestibility such that its starch equivalent is 90–95 % of that of oats.

5. Ground bulked ryegrass seed cleanings has a starch equivalent of about four-fifths that of oats and is comparable in feeding value with better grades of oat feed, i.e. those containing not more than about 20 % of fibre.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 1945 , pp. 56 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1945

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