24 HAY AND FODDER. 



Phleum pratense L. Timothy 



Poo, pratensis L. Kentucky Blue Grass 



Poa annua L. Low Spear Grass 



Calamagrostls canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. 



Blue- joint Grass 



Agrostis alba L Red Top 



Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br. Floating Manna Grass. 



Meadows infested with Ergot should not be cut for hay 



or pastured after sclerotia have formed. By cutting 



early, while the grass is in flower, the spread 



of the disease can be checked. Wholesome 



hay will also be obtained by this procedure. 



FORAGE POISONING. 



There have been very severe losses from forage pois- 

 oning in various parts of this continent, but although 

 much painstaking work has been done to 

 p " determine the cause of the disease, the 



results have been conflicting and unsatis- 

 factory. Horses and mules are the animals chiefly -at- 

 tacked, the disease following the feeding of mouldy silage, 

 spoiled hay, or immature mouldy corn. Cattle, sheep, 

 pigs and poultry are apparently very resistant if not 

 immune. 



Many have considered that the disease is due to poisons 

 secreted by moulds on the feed. Several species of mould 

 grow commonly on corn and hay and a great deal 

 of work has been done with a view to determin- 

 ing the particular one responsible. Efforts toward this 

 end have not been successful. From experience with 

 numerous cases of poisoning, evidence against a certain 

 mould or group of moulds has been built up. Later, 



