CHAPTER XL 



MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS. 



The plants which have been discussed in the 

 preceding chapters have all been found more or less 

 useful in providing pasture or forage for domestic 

 animals, although experience in growing some of 

 them for such a purpose has not been at all extensive. 

 In addition to these there are a number of plants, 

 the value of which in providing pasture has not been 

 proved on this continent at all, or if so proved, it has 

 been in only limited areas, although elsewhere, as in 

 some parts of Europe, for instance, they have been 

 found more or less valuable in providing pasture. 

 Prominent among these are the following : The flat 

 pea, sweet clover, yellow clover, Japan clover, sain- 

 foin, spurry, kale, w r hite mustard, lupines, sacaline, 

 peanuts, the velvet bean, beggar's ticks and Austra- 

 lian saltbush. Further experience is required in test- 

 ing these plants on our continent before it would be 

 possible to pronounce with even approximate cor- 

 rectness as to their value in providing pasture or 

 other food for live stock. But they should be tested 

 by the experiment stations rather than by the farm- 

 ers, since all experimentation is more or less costly. 

 This is a work which the experiment stations are 

 always ready and willing to take up, and carry on 

 until tangible results are obtained. One object sought 

 in referring to them here is to call attention to the 



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