PASTL'KES, MKADOWS, AND FORAGE I'Jl 



329. Other grasses, as sheep fescue, s'veet 

 vernal grass, and simihir «hvarl' grasses, are not 

 t<» b«^ reeonnnen<UMi for g»Mi«'ral use in AuM-rifa. 

 ()th<>r grasst's are adapted to sptvial l«)raliti«'S, 

 as harlcy and wild oats, which arc «'xtensively 

 usod in CaHt'ornia for liay. Tliero is a wrahli 

 of native grasses, but most of them give little 

 promise for upland meadows. 



4. Other I'onuic I'hints 



330. The plants already discussed, together 

 with other coarser plants of the farm which are 

 fed to domestic animals, are known collect- 

 ively as foi-age jilants ; although this term is 

 conunonly applied to such plants as are not 

 grown in |)ermanent meadows or pastures. l>y 

 recent common consent th<* term "roughage" has 

 been sul)stituted for them. P>oth terms are 

 somewhat indelinite. The words usually imply 

 somewhat unconccntrated, dried materials, to 

 which some c<tiicfntrated food niu>^t be acMed 

 if aiujile growth, development and surplus pro- 

 ducts, as milk, are .secured. 



331. When forage plants are cut and bd 

 green they are call«'<l soiling plants. There 

 are several species of plants, as, for instance, 

 the prickly comfrey, whiclu if fed irreen. inny 



