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like those of the peanut. It is eaten greedily by all kinds of stock, 

 and adds materially to the value of woodland pastures. The under- 

 ground fruits are eaten by hogs. Honey Locust (Gleditschia tria- 

 canthus). A leguminous tree 30 to 60 feet high, native of the 

 Eastern United States. The pods are eaten by stock, and the young 

 growth is browsed by cattle. 



Horse Bean (Faba vulgaris). A coarse, erect, rank-growing 

 annual of considerable value as a forage plant, grown in the Eastern 

 States. The beans, which contain about 33 per cent of starch, are 

 used for fattening cattle, but their use, if long continued without 

 change or without proper admixture of other foods, often results 

 in paralysis on account of the bitter poisonous alkaloids which the 

 seeds contain. 



Hop Clover (Trifolium procumbens). In the Eastern and 

 Southern States, this is common on sandy fields and roadsides, and 

 furnishes scanty pasturage in early summer. Hottentot Fig 

 (Mesembryanthemum edule). A spreading plant with fleshy 

 foliage, adapted to introduction as a forage plant in the Mohave 

 and Colorado deserts and Africa. An authority says that a stretch 

 of land covered with Mesembryanthemum is as good as a pond of 

 water; these plants thrive along sea/coasts and in the driest sandy 

 deserts, withstanding extremely high temperature. Huajillo (Pithe- 

 colobium brevifolium). A spiny leguminous shrub in the lower 

 Rio Grande Valley; the persistent foliage is readily eaten by sheep 

 and goats in the winter time. Hungarian Clover (Melilotus line- 

 aris). A biennial sweet clover which succeeds in poor land, but es- 

 pecially on such as are fertile and humid, along streams and rivers ; 

 the quality of the forage is contested. 



Jesuit's Tea (Psoralea glandulosa) . A trifoliate, bushy, legu- 

 minous shrub which grows in gullies and water courses which are 

 dry in summer; it is eaten by cattle and horses and has been intro- 

 duced into California as a forage plant for arid pastures. Jimsedge 

 (Carex jamesii). A sedge which is abundant in the moist meadows 

 of northern Utah; it is pastured or mowed, and produces a fair 

 quality of hay. 



Lamb's Quarters (Chenopodium) . There are a large number 

 in the United States, all of which are eaten by cattle and sheep, 

 contributing much valuable forage when young. They are adapted 

 to arid and barren lands, as well as to cultivated fields. Late- 

 fruited Sedge (Carex retrorsa). A tufted, leafy sedge, growing 

 in boggy places in the lake region of Minnesota and the Dakotas; 

 it is readily eaten by stock. Analyses show that it contains nearly 

 16 per cent crude protein. Lavatera (Lavatera assurgenti folia) . 

 A shrubby, branching mallow 6 to 15 feet high and large rose-red 

 and crimson flowers on long downwardly curving flower stalks. A 

 native of the island off the coast of southern California; it has 

 become established there on the sand dunes and along the sea- 

 shore; the. mucilaginous leaves are eaten by stock. Lentil (Ervum 

 lens). The leafy stalks of this annual legume make good forage; 

 its seeds are palatable and nutritious as food for man and domestic 



