FORAGE PLANTS FOR SOUTHERN STATES. 



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The following' table gives the composition of plants grown and 

 analyzed at the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, and in 

 some cases for comparison the composition of Northern-grown plants 

 as compiled by Jenkins and Winton: ' 



Composition of forarje plants. 



Japanese rye {Agroi yrum jaimnicHin) 



Hair urass (Ar/roi^is scabra) 



Ited tup (A. vulgaris) 



Kortliern grown 



Australian blue grass (Andropogon annu- 



latus) 



Broom grass {A.scoparius) 



Nortliern grown 



Blue stem (A. provincialis) 



Northern grown 



Broom sedge (A . virginicus) 



Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxaiithurii oclor- 

 atum) 



Nortbern grown 



Poverty grass {Aristida depressa) 



Tall f)at grass ( Arrhenathervm elatius) 



Xdrtherii grown 



Oats {Ai'ota sativa) 



Hungarian bronie (Bromus inermis) 



Soft chess (B. mollis) , 



Ereet brome grass (B. erectus) 



Northern grown , 



Cheat (B. secalinus) 



Northern grown 



Kescne grass (B. unioloides) 



Northern grown 



Bur grass ( Cenchrns catharticus) 



Bur grass ( C. rnontunus) 



Star grass ( Chloris barhata) 



Star grass (C. acicularis) 



Indian beard gYHi^9,(Cltrysopogonxerrulatus) 

 Oreliard grass {Dacti/lis glomerata) 



Northern grown . 



Eaton grass (Eatonia pennsylvanica) 



Indian millet (Eleusine corocana) 



Indian crowfoot (E.jlagelUfera) 



Crowfoot (E. indica) 



Indian crowfoot (E. scindica) 



Terrell grass (Elymvsvirginicus) 



Teff (Eragrostis abyssiiiica) 



Slender meadow grass (E. pilosa) 



i'iverlasting grass ( Eriochloa annnlata) 



Mexican everlasting grass (E. aristata) 



Everlasting grass {E. punctata) 



Hard fescue {Festuca duriuscula) 



Fall fescue (F. elatior) 



Sheep fescue (F. ovina) 



Northern grown 



Meadow fescue {F. pratensis) 



Northern grown 



Slender fescue {F. term if alia) 



Red fescue (F. rubra) 



Slender fescue (F. tenella) 



Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) 



Fowl meadow grass {Glyceria nervata) 



Northern grown 



Velvet grass CHoleus lanatus) 



Northern grown 



Cut grass ( Leersia virginica) 



Feather grass {Leptochloa tnucronata) 



Italian rye grass (Lolium italicurn) 



Northern grown 



English rye grass (L. perenne) 



Northern grass 



Slender rye grass (L. teinie) 



Nimble Will (Muldenbcrjia diffusa) 



Num- 

 ber of 

 analy- 

 ses. 



Water. 



Per ct. 

 64.41 

 59.37 

 57.77 

 64.80 



64.94 



57.08 

 55.57 



48. 15 



49.80 

 70.97 

 52. 79 

 67.08 



80.73 



62.32 

 71.90 

 58.54 

 60.35 

 77.68 

 73.53 

 72.25 

 75.14 

 66.58 

 74. 23 

 67.29 



69.03 

 75.23 

 73.22 

 70.04 

 6S. 00 

 53.89 

 56.37 



65.38 

 82.96 



72.07 

 64.' i2 



69.85 

 '54.66 



In dry matter. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Per ct. 

 27.43 

 34.93 

 32.46 

 26.80 



35.91 

 41.99 

 37.80 

 43.12 

 31.50 

 42.11 



49.49 

 25.50 

 40.27 

 30.13 

 30.90 

 26.12 

 32.11 

 34.02 

 32.04 

 25.30 

 29.30 

 32.90 

 26.03 

 21.70 

 34.28 

 35.84 

 35.04 

 35.10 

 39.40 

 29.91 

 30. 93 

 35.73 

 26.63 

 32.77 

 31.66 

 30.59 

 29.96 

 35.33 

 32.14 

 32.01 

 31.85 

 34.00 

 38.17 

 37.62 

 37.69 

 25.50 

 33.48 

 35.70 

 33.99 

 33.51 

 33.92 

 28.39 

 29.44 

 33.50 

 33.94 

 21.80 

 31.57 

 29.92 

 27.17 

 25.10 

 29. 13 

 21.30 

 32.28 

 34.45 



Crude 

 protein, 



Ether 

 extract. 



Per ct. 



11.10 



9.70 



6.46 



9.40 



7.97 

 3.81 

 4.10 

 6.87 

 8.20 

 2.64 



5.12 



9.60 



10.37 



12.35 



8.70 



14.63 



11.86 



10.05 



8.18 



11.90 



5.18 



8.00 



17.08 



12.90 



11.21 



7.21 



11.59 



9.40 



5.85 



13.87 



8.70 



7.84 



13.19 



10.58 



10.91 



6.36 



7.89 



9.89 



11.71 



9.33 



17.08 



11.23 



7.44 



6.14 



7.08 



10.30 



9.27 



8.00 



14.98 



5.95 



8.64 



12.52 



9.48 



10.40 



7.19 



9.90 



7.24 



17.28 



18.30 



11.40 



8.57 ; 



10. 50 

 7.35 

 7.21 



Per ct. 

 3.17 

 2.35 

 2.43 

 3.30 



3.58 

 0.93 

 1.40 

 2.48 

 2.30 

 3.51 



2.44 

 3.90 

 1.23 

 3.75 

 3.20 

 2.91 

 4.91 

 4.08 

 2.67 

 3.40 

 2.59 

 2.80 

 4.09 

 3.40 

 1.94 

 2.48 

 2.37 

 2.64 

 2.95 

 3.47 

 3.20 

 2.75 

 2.49 

 1.92 

 2.45 

 2.77 

 2.80 

 2.03 

 2.16 

 3.43 

 3.26 

 2.71 

 2.99 

 3.06 

 3.57 

 3.10 

 4.15 

 2.80 

 4.19 

 3.64 

 3.15 

 3.29 

 2.48 

 2.00 

 3.18 

 4.20 

 2.15 

 2.50 

 4.04 

 5. 00 

 7.55 

 3.60 

 3.93 



Nitro- 

 gen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Per ct. 

 51.87 

 47.87 

 51.24 

 53.90 



46.20 

 48.07 

 52.70 

 41.10 

 52.10 

 46.52 



35". 98 

 54.80 

 38.57 

 44.56 

 50.70 

 46.23 

 39.50 

 45.13 

 44.79 

 51.70 

 57.32 

 51.60 

 40.47 

 53.10 

 47.97 

 45.97 

 43.74 

 45.29 

 45.64 

 42.30 

 49.40 

 46.84 

 49.32 

 47.38 

 43.33 

 51.25 

 52.29 

 46.49 

 45.80 

 46.55 

 38.30 

 43.52 

 45. 36 

 44.67 

 44.98 

 55.00 

 45.01 

 47.50 

 39.43 

 49.76 

 48.12 

 46.45 

 48.32 

 46.40 

 47.12 

 55.00 

 49. 01 

 38.77 

 39.06 

 49.30 

 26.69 

 56.20 

 49.86 

 48.22 



