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BULLETIN 201, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



pasturage. Like other species of the genus, however, the forage produced is of sec- 

 ondary quality. 



No. 8726 was collected near Tampa, Fla., June 12, 1907. The sample was in full- 

 blossom and was cut at the surface of the ground . 





Percent- 

 age of 

 moisture. 



Water-free basis (per cent). 



Material analyzed. 



Ash. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Protein. 



Pento- 

 sans. 



Our sample No. 8726 



7.07 



7.49 

 10.40 



2.42 

 2.77 



35.72 

 30.82 



45.60 

 48.11 



8.77 

 7.90 



22.83 

















9.82 



2.70 



31.80 



47.61 



8.07 











i Louisiana Bui. 114, p. 23; Mississippi Report, 1895, p. 92; Texas Report, 1888, p. 30. 

 PASPALUM STRAMINEUM Nash. 



Paspalum stramineum is a low, ascending, spreading species, of a great deal of 

 importance in some localities upon sandy lands. It has some value as a sand binder 

 and furnishes very early feed. It is found upon loose sands in circumscribed areas 

 from Nebraska to New Mexico and southward. 



No. 7078 {E. O. W.) was collected in the San Andreas Mountains, N. Mex., Septem- 

 ber 23, 1912. Its percentage of moisture was 4.72. Other constituents (on a water- 

 free basis) were as follows: Ash, 7.17; ether extract, 1.37; crude fiber, 34.31; nitrogen- 

 free extract, 52.73; protein, 4.42; pentosans, 24.83. 



PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA L. 



Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) is a common, stout, rank, smooth, leafy, 

 perennial grass, widely distributed from Nova Scotia to Tennessee and westward to 

 California. It inhabits marshes and low, wet meadows in general, often growing in a 

 foot of water for a considerable period. It is seldom that it forms pure growths, usually 

 being found scatteringly among other grasses and sedges in river bottoms and other 

 moist situations, where it is a valuable adjunct to the native hay and pasture crops. 



It adapts itself well to cultivation and, although growing in moist situations natu- 

 rally, develops well on dry cultivated uplands. The serious objection to it as a culti- 

 vated plant is its seed habits. It produces an abundance of fertile seeds, and they 

 are free from any wool, lint, or chaff which would make them objectionable in gather, 

 ing, but they are very loosely attached to the plant and drop off immediately when ripe, 

 Maturing as they do from the top downward, the upper seeds are often shed before the 

 lower ones are fit to harvest. 



No. 8323 was collected at Bakersville, Cal., May 27, 1906, when the seed was mature 

 but the entire plant was still green. It was cut 3 inches above the ground. 





Percent- 

 age of 

 moisture. 



Water-free basis (per cent). 



Material analyzed. 



Ash. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Protein. 



Pento- 

 sans. 



Our sample No. 8323... 



6.05 



8.04 

 8.34 



1.41 

 3.06 



31.09 

 30.20 



55.73 

 47.67 



3.73 

 10.73 



20.39 

















8.32 



2.97 



30.25 



48.12 



10.34 











i Canada Central Experiment Farm Bui. 19, pp. 28, 32. Colorado Bui. 12, p. 88. Connecticut Report, 

 1879, p. 153. Iowa Bui. 11, p. 457. Kentucky Bui. 87, p. 116; Report, 1902, p. 302. Montana Report, 

 1902, p. 66. North Carolina Bui. 90b, p. 4. New York Report, 1886, p. 342; 1887, p. 407. South Dakota 

 Bui. 40, p. 54. Vermont Report, 1889, p. 86. Washington Bui. 72, p. 15. 



