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It includes all experiments made at this station to determine 

 the digestibility of the pentosans. 



Description of Feed Stuffs. 



English Hai/. — Ijargely Kentuckj^ blue-grass, with a 

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

 vernal orass, too:ether with some clover. 



Millet Hay. — Panicum crus-galli. The cultivated spe- 

 cies of barnyard grass from Japan, now known as bai-nyard 

 millet. 



Black Grass. — Juncus Gerardi. 



Fox Grass. — Spartina jyatens. 



Branch Grass. — Distichlis spicata. 



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



8alt Mixture. — A mixture of fox ijrass 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. 



Buffalo 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. 



JSfew 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 whiskey from the several cereals. 



Peanut Feed. — Ground peanut husks. 



