GRASSES FOR PASTURES AND MEADOWS. 75 



Nutritive Elements Contained Per Cent in the Following: 



AIR DRY PLANTS. 



Common Vetch 



Japan Clover.-- -- 



Red Clover in full bloom 



Red Clover in early blossom. 



Red Clover aftermath 



Red Clover in seed 



Alfalfa before bloom 



Alfalfa full bloom 



Peas, dry substance i 



Narrow-leaf Plantain - - ! 



Crow-foot Grass, Eleusine Indica 



Bermuda Grass 1 



Crab Grass 



Bainy'd grass Panicum crus-galli\ 



Fowl-Meadow Grass 1 



Wire Grass, Foa compressa j 



Quack Grass 



Kentucky Blue Grass - | 



Red-top, early blossom- .. .. 



Timothy, young - . 



Timothy, early blossom 



Timothy, seed ripe 



Orchard Grass, young 



Orchard Grass, early bloom.. 



Sweet Vernal Grass-. 



Rye Grass 



White Clover.--- -- 



■Salt Marsh Grass 



Hungarian Grass - - - 



14.30 

 14.30 

 8.55 

 9.45 

 6.00 

 8.15 

 8.28 

 6.55 



14.30 



14.30 



14.30 



14. 3U 



14.30 



14.30 



14.30 



14.30 



14.30 



6.65 



7.85 



5.60 



5.95 



5.75 



7.35 



6.45 



5.82 



16.50 



10.70 



13.40 



GrwEEN FODDER PLANTS. 



Good pasture. -- 



Fodder Corn 



Green leaves of trees. 



Oat Fodder 



Pea Fodder 



Corn Ensilage 



Clover Ensilage 



Mangels 



Sugar Beets 



Carrots -■ 



Parsnips 



Sweet Potato 



78.20 

 84.00 

 61.1 

 81.0 

 81.5 

 83.5 

 79.2 

 88.0 

 81.5 

 85.0 

 88.3 

 169.7 



7.71 



3.88 

 7.60 

 8.05 



10.55 

 6.75 

 8.92 

 6.25 

 4.01 

 6.42 

 6.49 

 8.49 



10.81 

 5.98 

 4.46 

 3.63 

 7.99 

 4.46 

 7.05 

 8.00 

 5.70 

 9.90 

 9.70 

 7.65 

 6.80 

 10.38 

 6.0 

 7.60 

 5.70 



2.20 



1.00 



4.00 



1.4 



1.5 



1.1 



2.1 



0.8 



0.7 



0.9 



0.7 



1.1 



4.53 

 3.76 

 4.38 

 5.25 

 3.72 

 3.65 

 3.95 

 2.63 

 2.52 

 3.82 

 1.83 

 1.83 

 2.42 

 1.84 

 2.95 

 2.43 

 3.02 

 2.45 

 3.38 

 4.20 

 3.63 

 3.20 

 3.88 

 3.03 

 4.55 

 2.18 

 3.50 

 2.45 

 2.20 



1.0 

 0.5 

 1.5 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 0.9 

 2.2 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.3 



1^ 



35.36 

 44.82 

 47.42 

 42.30 

 41.78 

 49.90 

 41.40 

 47.94 

 65.98 

 47.52 

 29.15 

 46.06 

 36.59 

 46.44 

 49.00 

 56.40 

 48.22 

 44.96 

 50.84 

 50.05 

 54.01 

 47.09 

 47.94 

 50.32 

 49.96 

 48.72 

 33.90 

 41.30 

 38.50 



10.10 



8.4 



15.2 



8.3 



7.6 



8.9 



6.4 



9.1 



15.4 



10.8 



10.2 



26.3 



13.06 

 23.32^ 

 14.55 

 11.85 

 13.10 

 17.55 

 17.85 

 20.78 

 7.58 

 18.82 

 26.58 

 20.16 

 27.50 

 24.78 

 21.73 

 17.87 

 16.63 

 23.94 

 20.20 

 18.35 

 21.43 

 22.48 

 17.68 

 23.78 

 19.80 

 19.25 

 25.60 

 31.90 

 29.40 



4.0 

 4.7 

 13.0 

 6.5 

 5.6 

 5.3 

 5.9 

 0.9 

 1.3 

 1.7 

 1.0 

 1.7 



25.14 



12.92 



17.50 



23.10 



24.85 



14.00 



19.60 



15.75 



19.91 



9.12 



11.65 



9.16 



8.38 



6.66 



7.56 



5.37 



9.84 



9.89 



11.88 



11.55 



9.63 



11.38 



15.05 



8.92 



12.44 



13.65 



14.50 



6.10 



10.80 



4.5 

 1.4 

 5.2 

 2.3 

 3.2 

 1.2 

 4.2 

 I.l 

 1.0 

 1.4 

 1.6 

 1.9 



The above table is most interesting and important. It 

 needs perhaps a few words of explanation. The valu- 

 able nutritive parts of the various substances mentioned 



