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Meadow foxtail-grass (Alopecurus pratensis) - 96 grains. 

 Tall oat-like soft-grass (Holcus avenaceus) - 120 



Sweet-scented vernal (Anthoxanthum odoratum) - 52 

 Round-panicled cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata) 80 

 Perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne) - - 70 



Tall fescue (Festuca elatior) - 94 



Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis) - 96 



Crested dog's-tail (Cynosurus cristatus) - 88 



Woolly soft-grass (Holcus lanatus) - 80 



Creeping soft-grass (Holcus mollis) - 90 



Meadow cat's-tail (Phleum pratense) - - 80 



Fertile meadow-grass (Poafertilis) - - 70 



Nerved meadow-grass (Poa nervata) - - 76 



Smooth awnless brome-grass (Bromus inermis) - 84 

 Wood meadow-grass (Poa nemoralis) - - 68 



Smooth fescue (Festuca glabra) - 70 



Long-awned sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina hordei- 



formis) - 102 



Parnel-like fescue (Festuca loliacea) - 110 



Creeping bent or fiorin (Agrostis stolonifera Ri- 



chardsorna) - - 42 



Wood fiorin (Agrostis stolonifera, var. sylvatica) - 62 

 Yellow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) - - 40 



Rough-stalked meadow-grass (Poa trivialis) - 80 

 Broad-leaved red clover (Trifolium pratense) - 80 

 White or Dutch clover (Trifolium repens) - 64 



Common quaking-grass (Briza media) - 54 



Greater bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus major) - 60 



Long-rooted clover (Trifolium macrorhizum) - 76 

 Lucern (Medicago sativa) - 90 



Bunias (Bunias orientalis) - 100 



Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) - - 100 



Cow parsnip (Heracleum angustifolium) - 90 



Those of the indigenous grasses that afford the least nutritive 

 matter from their spring leaves are, the creeping bents, common 

 quaking-grass, and the sweet-scented vernal. The leaves that 

 contain the most nutritive matter are those of the foxtail, cock's- 

 foot, tall oat-like soft-grass, meadow fescue, tall fescue, crested 

 dog's-tail, woolly soft-grass, creeping soft-grass, meadow cat's-tail, 

 awnless brome-grass, darnel-like fescue, and rough-stalked meadow- 

 grass. The perennial rye-grass ranks with those that contain the 



