INDEX 



609 



Mixtures, Continued. 



with vetch, 473, 474. 



with yellow trefoil, 437. 

 Moth bean, 551. 

 Mung bean, 551. 

 Murgantia histrionica, 592. 

 Mustard, white, 594. 



Natal-grass, 258. 



Net energy values, 62. 



Nitrogen-free extract, 56. 



Nodule organism, 16. 



Nodules, root, see Root nodules. 



Nonesuch, 435. 



Number of seed in pound, 80-82. 



Nurse crops, 90. 



for alfalfa, 329. 

 Nutrients, digestible, 59-62. 



Oat-grass, yellow, 234. 



false, 189. 



tall, 189-195. 



tall meadow, 189. 

 Ochrus, 484. 

 Onobrychis sativa, 559. 



vicisefolia, 559. 

 Opuntia, 572. 

 Orchard-grass, 176-188. 



adaptations to shade, 178. 



advantages and disadvantages, 

 179. 



agricultural history, 177. 



botany, 176. 



climatic adaptations, 178. 



description, 176. 



feed value, 187. 



harvesting for hay, 181. 



harvesting for seed, 183. 



importance, 180. 



improvement by selection, 188. 



life history, 181. 



mixtures, 186. 



pasturage value, 187. 



pests, 188. 



seed, 184. 



seeding, 180. 



soil preferences, 178. 



source of seed, 185. 



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utilization of stubble and after- 

 math, 186. 



value as a soil binder, 188. 



variability, 179. 



weeds, 183. 



yields of hay, 182. 

 Oregon pea, 551. 

 Ornithopus sativus, 488. 

 Overlook bean, 550. 

 Ozonium omnivorum, 356. 



Pacey's rye-grass, 215. 

 Pachymerus chinensis, 511. 



quadrimaculatus, 511. 

 Palatability of pasture grasses, 104. 

 Palea, 14. 

 Panicum barbinode, 253. 



maximum, 254. 



miliaceum, 285. 



texanum, 297. 

 Para-grass, 253, 254. 

 Paspalum, 251-253. 

 Paspalum dilatatum, 251-253. 

 Pasture, acreage of, improved in 

 United States, 102. 



area of wild, in United States, 

 102. 



definition, 4. 



grasses, palatability of, 104. 



mixtures, 105. 



plants, most important, 103. 



yield, 104-105. 

 Pasture value of alfalfa, 344. 



of alsike, 410. 



of Bermuda-grass, 240-242. 



of brome-grass, 202. 



of Canada blue-grass, 166. 



of common vetch, 462. 



of crimson clover, 432. 



of hairy vetch, 472. 



of Kentucky blue-grass, 157. 



of lespedeza, 542. 



of meadow fescue, 209. 



of orchard-grass, 187. 



of peanuts, 547. 



of peas, 448. 



of red clover, 384. 



of redtop, 172. 



of sorghum, 276. 



