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plant of promising value. "Arabjeb" (/\ ciliare, Link.; syn. P. 

 cenchroides, Rich/), is a good feeding grass in Somaliland, and 

 in the same country P. dichotomum, Delile, is a good fodder 

 for camels. 



liuctalaena luxurians, Mien.) (E. mexicana, Schrad 



Teosinte, Buffalo Grass. 



Annua], 6 to 8 ft., sometimes 15 ft. high, native of Mexico 

 and Guatemala. A valuable fodder plant, widely distributed 

 from Kew about 40 years ago to the East and West Indies, 

 Australia and Tropical Africa. It is also cultivated in tin 



Southern United States for fodder, used either as green feed or 

 as ensilage. 



I. 1894, "Teosinte," pp. 380-382. 



May 



Coin. 



Annual, 4 to 6 ft. high, including many varieties. Cultivated 

 throughout the Tropics and Sub-tropics. The chief sources oi 

 supply of the grain to this country are Argentine (43516562), 

 Onited States (7704816), Russia (1886192), Boumania (1122576), 

 Canada (286880), British India (133168), British Wert Africa 

 V200816), British South Africa (38864), Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, 

 Morocco and Uruguay, the total imports amounting to 55,053,547 

 centals in 1913. The grain is a staple food wherever grown, and 

 in the United States it is the chief source of alcohol. Maize corn 



commonly used for feed 



germs aiter expression of the oil lfi 



recommend 



The plant is also grown for forage, cur and fed green, as ensilage 

 or dried as hay. In England maize cannot be relied on to matur* 

 eed, but as a forage plant it is reported to do well in some parts 



oe depended upon 



Midlands (Journ. Bd. Agrie. M 

 three years' experiments at the 



years experiments at tne J^ast Angna insti- 

 tute of Agriculture show that the American varieties u Improved 

 Learning, " Eureka," and "Wood's Northern Dent" are 

 heavy yielders of green fodder (I.e. June. 1915, p. 265). 



2. 'Dec. 1898, 'Maize Products oi the United States." pp. 

 192-395; March, 1902, " The Cultivation of Maize for Fodder," 

 pp. 470-472; June, 1902, "Maize Growing Experiments," pp. 

 71-73; "Maize Ensilage," pp. 80-81 and "Maize Oil and Maize 

 Oil Cake," p/ 111; March, 1903, "Experiments in the Growth 

 of Maize for Fodder," i>u. 510-515; Julv, 1906, "'Utilization of 



Maize 



April, 1907, "M 



Pig* 



Maize and Maize Meal," pp. 542-543; May. 1912, " Varieties 



Maize 



Fodder 



" Growing 



3- No. 

 1911, "( 



Maize for Fodder/' No. 7 



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