JU 



429-431; August, 1907, "The Milling Properties of Outs/' pp. 



#7-268; Dec, 1914, "Substitutes tor Oats in Feeding Farm 

 Horses," pp. 808-811; May, 1915, "The Identification of the 

 Country of Origin of Commercial Samples of Oats," pp. 165*166 ; 

 May, 1916, ibid,, pp. 105-116, and tables i.-iii. ; 1'eb., 1917, 

 "Varieties of Oats and Barley," pp. 1056-1063; June, 1916, 

 " Silage made from Oats and Tares as a Food for Milking 

 Cows/' pp. 224-229. 

 3a- No. 19, 1914, "Substitutes tor Oafs in Feeding Farm 



Horses." No. 36, 1915, "Winter Oats." 



Arrhenatherum avenaceum, Bcauv. {A vena elatius, Beau v.); 



Tall Oat Grass, Tall Meadow Oat Grass. False Oat Grass, French 

 live Grass. 



Perennial, 2 to 4 ft. Europe; cultivated in Sweden, France. 

 iSwitzerland, and Britain; also in the United States and 

 Australia for hay and mixed pastures. 



Cynodon Dactylon, Vers.; Bermuda Grass, Bahama Gra . 



Wire 



to 



to 



in Herb. Kew). Cosmopolitan in hot countries and found in 



some temperate regions, including parts of the south of England. 

 Grown in the West Indies, India, United States, Australia, Ac., 

 for pasture and for hay. In the West Indies the underground 

 rhizomes are also used for feeding animals. In the "United 

 States it is stated to be "the most important perennial grass in 

 the South, filling much the same position in respect to pasturage 

 as 'Kentucky Blue Grass' (see Poa prat en sis) in the North." 



ecommenc 



< 6 «^rv 

 g 



Bermuda pastures will carry one cow to the acre, and the he<\ 

 Bermuda and Lespedeza mixed pastures will support two cattle 

 to the Rcre during 1 the summer," and "compared with Timothv 

 (see p. 28) as a hay feed for work mules of equal value " (Piper, 



rass is noted as 



bein<r used for feeding stock in British East Africa. Somaliland. 



Mossamedes 



I. 1894, pp. 3T7-378. 



Chloris Gayana, Kunth; Rhodes Grass. 



Perennial, native of Tropical Africa; introduced to Australia. 

 Montserrat, Porto Rico, the Southern United States, &e. A 

 useful fodder nlant for stock. Grown as a meadow grass in 

 the Southern United States (Hiichcock). 



Chloris tenella, Roxb., is mentioned as good fodder in India 

 (Watt) and in Somaliland (Appleton, Herb. Kew). 



i-* 



Eleusine coracana, Gaertn*; Eagi (India >, Ginger Millet. 

 Tamba (N. Nigeria). 

 ■ Annual, 2 to 5 ft. ; cultivated in India and Africa as a cereal, 



a particular feature of which appears to be the cheapness < f the 

 grain, and although a staple food in some parts, it is sometime 







