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is thus far somewhat conflicting. At the Oklahoma 

 Experiment Station the cattle ate the straw readily after 

 the seeds had been thrashed out, notwithstanding that it 

 was decidedly coarse and the leaves had fallen. Most 

 experimenters report that their mules and cows eat it as 

 well as cowpeas. G. A. Schattenberg, of Boerne, Texas, 

 found that his sheep ate it readily, and he regards it 

 as an exceedingly valuable plant for pasture. A few 

 experimenters have had less satisfactory experiences, in 

 some cases the animals absolutely refusing to eat it. 

 The mixed results would lead to the belief that most 

 animals will acquire a taste for it, as animals commonly 

 refuse a new forage at first. Its use in India certainly 

 confirms this idea. 



