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It includes all experiments made at this station to determine 

 the digestibility of the pentosans. 



Description of Feed 8tuffs. 



English Hay. — Largely Kentucky blue-grass, with a 

 sprinkling of timothy, red-top, meadow fescue and sweet 

 vernal grass, together Avith some clover. 



Millet Ilcnj. — Panicum crus-galU. The cultivated spe- 

 cies of barnyard grass from Japan, now known as barnyard 

 millet. 



Black Grass. — Juncus Gerai'di. 



Fox Grass. — Spartina patens. 



Brandt Grass. — DisticJdis spicata. 



Cove Mixture. — A mixture of black grass and red-top. 



Salt Mixture. — A mixture of fox grass and branch grass. 



Flat Sage. — Spartina stricta maritima var. A variety 

 of creek sedge or thatch. It rarely blossoms, and is easily 

 recognized by its pale-green color. 



Bi/falo Gluten Feed. — The residue in the manufacture 

 of starch from corn. It contains the gluten, bran and some 

 broken germs. This is an old-process meal. In the new 

 process the oil is largely removed. 



jVeiv and Old Process Linseed Meals. — Crushed flax seed, 

 after the oil has been expressed. The former is treated by 

 the naphtha process, and the latter by warm pressure. 



Atlas Meal. — The dried residue in the process of manu- 

 facturing alcohol, spirits and wliiskcy from the several cereals. 



Peanut Feed. — Ground peanut husks. 



