Grass 



experiments. That is not the case, for scientific opinion 

 is very much divided even now as to such common 

 plants as the foxglove. 



In one of the best text-books on Agricultural Botany * 

 we find this: "The fruits" (of the Darnel) " are said 

 to be poisonous." Not, they are poisonous, for the 

 question is not decided. 



II. The second point is the relative value of the 

 different grasses considered as food for stock. 



The following table shows both how varied is the 

 nutritive value, and also how different are the views of 

 various authorities on this essential point. 



One hundred pounds of hay of the following grasses 

 will contain as follows : — 



Perennial ryegrass 

 Italian ryegrass 



Cocksfoot 



Meadow fescue 

 Yellow oatgrass 

 Timothy . 



Meadow foxtail 



Sweet-scented vernal 



Smooth-stalked Poa 

 Rough-stalked Poa 



10.2 lbs. albumins after Wolff. 

 ii. 2 „ H 



J ii. 6 



'I 7-2 



j 10.2 



I 6.4 

 6.4 



I 9-7 



I 5-9 



j 10.6 



1 6.9 

 i 8.9 

 I 4-3 



( IO 



M 



I 8.9 



J 9 



I 6.. 



( *3-7 

 Sheep's fescue . . < 6 



n 



Way. 



Collier. 



Wolff. 



Arendt. 



Way. 



Wolff. 



Frey. 



Way. 



Frey. 



Way. 



Wolff. 



Collier. 



Way. 

 / Ritthausen 

 land Scheven. 



Barbieri. 



Wolff. 



Collier.t 



* Percival, " Agricultural Botany," 1900. 

 t Stebler and Schroter, ■■ The Best Forage Crops,' 

 270 



