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VOELCKER on the Chemistry of Food. 

 Natural Grasses in a Fresh State. 



Natural Grasses in a Dry State. 



In explanation of these tables, it may be observed that most of 

 the grasses here mentioned were analysed when in flower ; they 

 were collected in 1849 from meadows in the neighbourhood of 

 Cirencester. 



Natural and artificial grasses are much more nutritious when in 



