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FORAGE LEGUMINOS^ 



100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 loooo 100-00 100-00 loo-oo 100-00 100-00 



The seeds are round and very small, tawny in colour, with a smooth 

 surface, and when chewed have the characteristic flavour of leguminous 

 plants. 



100 seeds weigh o''i67 grm. 



Water 



Ash 



Cellulose 



Fat 



Non-nitrogenous matter 



Nitrogenous matter ... 



100-00 



(Balland). 



Trigonella Foenum-grsecum (Herb). — An annual fodder plant culti- 

 vated in Abyssinia which has spread to a number of countries. Its 

 common name is Fenugreek; it grows wild in Asia Minor and in 

 Persia. 



According to M. Balland, this plant was cultivated by the ancient 

 Greeks. 



The seeds serve as condiments for man and some domestic animals. 

 In Algiers and Tunis the natives regard them as digestive, body- 

 building and aphrodisiac. 



I II 



1080 per cent. 



2-75 

 6-60 ,, 



6-65 



45-48 



27-72 



loo-oo 

 Average weight of 100 seeds 2*18 gr. 



100-00 

 2-03 gr. 



The genus Trigonella includes a few species that might also be used 

 as forage plants. T . hamosa is a plant occurring in Egypt, at the 

 Cape, and in India; T. occulta, found in Egypt and Northern India; 

 T. laciniata, an Egyptian species ; T. marginata. Northern Africa ; 

 T. siiavissima, a perennial species from New Holland which is eaten 

 by live stock in spite of its odour. 



