GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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SAMPLE FROM. 



Northern growa(l) 



North Dakota ^2), full bloom . . . 



After seeds mature 



Louisiana (3) 



Mississippi (4): 



Gathered in April (dry) 



New Mexico (5), green fodder. . 

 Oregon (6): 



Farly b oom 



Hay 



Utah (7): 



From barn 



Green (average of 5 analyses) 



Dry (average 5 analyses) 



Cut July 2, in bloom 



South Dakota (8): 



Middle of July, 1892 



Connecticut (9): 



Average of 4 samples 



Hay 



Hay, average of 4 early cut. . . 



Timothy rowen 



Timothy rowen 



Green fodder (average of 4). . . 

 Tennessee (10): 



Average of 13 analyses 



*61.58 

 15.35 

 15.35 

 14.51 



61. eo 



11.19 

 13.00 



*o.21 

 *6't.65 

 *13.80 

 *36.46 



67.66 



63.28 

 71.07 



62.78 



11.82 



3.10 

 2.69 

 2.36 

 3.48 



2.85 

 1.20 



2.20 



2.50 



2.19 

 2.13 

 1.79 

 3.14 



3.58 



1.02 

 3.16 

 3.92 

 2.06 

 1.77 

 1.30 



1.95 



Dh 



8.00 

 6.59 

 5.34 



8.38 



6.51 

 3.10 



6.02 

 5.90 



4.28 



5.21 



14.90 



8.55 



8.84 



3.70 

 11.42 



5.66 



O 



30.70 



26.88 

 29.65 

 29.63 



34.17 

 11.80 



.30.35 

 29.00 



36.01 

 30.31 

 31.95 

 49.94 



34.39 



11.57 

 35.81 

 33.85 

 8.99 

 7.19 

 11.88 



30.68 



5.40 

 4.16 

 3.65 

 9.75 



7.63 

 2.10 



3.98 

 4.40 



4.88 

 6.25 

 6.68 

 7.86 



7.39 



1.87 

 5.76 

 5.70 

 2.95 

 2.41 

 2.14 



4.81 



o *3 



is ^ 



52.80 

 44.33 

 43.65 

 34.25 



48.84 

 20.20 



46.25 

 45.00 



52.64 

 56.09 

 5 + .42 

 35 69 



45.80 



14.18 

 43.83 

 44.33 

 17.15 

 12.61 

 19.15 



45.08 



Meadow Fescue {Festuca elatior, L.) — The value of meadow 

 fescue {Festuca elaiior) as a forage plant has been known for a 

 long time. It appears to have attracted attention as early as 

 1761, but it was not cultivated experimentally until 1820. 

 Stebler and Schroterf state that Judtmann speaks of it as an 

 excellent grass in 1790. Its cultivation on the continent began 

 about 1850 It was early introduced into this country. Although 



1. 



6: 1(1-103. 1894. 



045. 



Exp. Sta. Record. U. S. Dept, Agrl 



Bull. N. U. Exp. Sta. 15:49, 1894. 



Bull. La. Exp. Sta. II. 19:536-562. 



Abstract In U.S. Exp. Sta. Record 4:1893. 



Rept. Miss. Agrl. Exp. Sta. 1895:92. 



Bull. N. Mox. Exp. Sta. 17 :34. 1895. 



Bull. Oregon Exp. Sta. 30:42. 



Rept. Utah Exp. Sta. 1893:254-255. 



Bull. S. D. Exp. Sta. 40:68. 1894. 



Storrs Ann. Rept. 1894:21. 



Storrs Ann. Rept. 1895:160. 



Storrs Ann. Rept. 1896:280. 



Bull. Tenn. Exp. Sta. 9:113. 

 *Show3 amount of water in sample in natural condition when received. The other 

 results are for water free substances. 



tThe Best Forage Plants. Eng, translation. 36. 



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