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Vicia sativa, Linn. ; Vetch, Tare. 



Annual, 3 to 5 ft. , including several varieties, varying ckieih 

 in size and colour of the seeds, but the two main kinds are 

 usually referred to as 4 ' summer " and " winter " vetch. Europe, 

 especially Eussia (66338 — seed) and Germany (26567— seed) ; 

 Turkey in Asia (6710 — seed), United States, United Kingdom 

 and in general countries with a cool climate suitable for the 

 "Field Bean/ 5 - which is often grown with it as a support. In 

 Scotland the crop includes Beans, Mashlum (mixed grain), &0 M 

 for fodder. Important as a forage crop — soiling, hay, or 

 ensilage, for all of which purposes it is usually cut before the 

 seeds mature. The u Hairy/' " Russian/' or " Siberian Vetch 

 (Vicia villosa, Hoth.) is grown for a similar purpose, it is wild 

 in Germany, Russia, &c, which countries export large quantities 

 of seed for cultivation in the United States, where the grey- 

 seeded variety of the Common Veteh is also largely grown (Piper) ; 

 the plant is resistent. to cold, heat and drought. Vicia tenui- 

 ^ folia, Roth, var. stenophylla is valued in Cyprus as a fodder 



plant (Bovill, Mus. Kew). 



2. April, 1915, " Suggestions for the Cultivation of Catch 

 Crops and Home-Grown Feeding Stuffs/' pp. 30-31. 



3a. No. 28, 1916, ibid,, p. 10. Food Production. No. 7, 1917. 



Maintenance of Supplies of Roy and other Fodder Crops — 



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4 4 



Vetch Mixture Hay," p. 2 



Lens esculenta, MoencK; Lentil, Masur (India). 



Annual, 1± ft. British India (168280), Russia (12756), 



Germany (69697), S. Europe, N. Africa, Egypt, Syria, and 



most Eastern Countries; cultivated experimentally in Nyasa- 



land. Probably the oldest food plant grown. There are 



A various forms, differing chiefly in the size and colour of the 



* seed; two varieties " Verte du Puy " and "Petit a la Peine " 



are much esteemed in France as a vegetable (Vilmorin); in 

 India, where the plant is grown as a winter crop, it is con- 

 sidered the most nutritious of the pulses (Watt, Church), and 

 the diy plant is used as fodder. In this country the product 

 for human food comes in whole or " split/' the most important 

 source, as indicated above, being British India. The seed ha^ 

 been noted in poultry food mixtures. " Ervalenfca " or "Keva- 

 lenta Arabica is an invalid food, made chiefly of lentil meal 

 (noted in Treas. Bot. (1889), Mus. Guide, 'No. 1; Comni. Prod. 

 India (1908), and advertised at the present day). The lentil 

 was introduced into this country in the sixteenth century 

 (Loudon, Lawson), but although the conditions are suitable, the 

 cultivation never seems to have become of any importance. 



Lathyrus sativus, Linn.; Chickling Vetch. Grass Pea, 

 Mutter Pea,* Indian Pea, Khesari or Kesari (Bengal), Dog- 



*The true "Matter" or "M attar" Pea of India is Pisvm arvense, the 



''Grey" or" Field" Pea. 



