120 



& _ 



A 



^ 



As tlie leaves of grasses are the most valuable part of the plant for the purposes of 



a view of the quantity of nutritive matter afforded by the different species in the 

 assist in deciding on their comparative value. 



grazing^ 

 'P^i^g, will 



About the beginning, and middle of April, 1920 grains of the leaves of the following gra^^g^ 



and other plants, afford of nutritive matter ; 



Meadow foxtail-grass, (Alopeciiriis pratcjisis) 



Tall oat-like soft-grass, (Holcus auenaceits) 



Sweet-seented vernal, ( Antlioxanthum odoratmn) 



Kound-panicled cock's-foot, (Dactylis glomerata) 



Perennial rye-grass, (Lolium pereiine) 



Tall fescue, (Festuca elatm-J _ - ^ 



Meadow fescue, (Festuca pratensis) 



Crested dog's-tail, (Cynosurus cristatus) 



Woolly soft-grass, (Holcus lanatiis) 



CreepiDg soft-grass, (Holcus mollis) r 



^ledidiO\Y c^t'?>~Vd\\, (Fldeum pratense) - - - 



Fertile meadow-grass, ( Poa fertilis) - - - 



Nerved meadow-grass, (Foa nervaia) _ - - 



r 



Smooth awnless brome-grass, (Bromus inermis) 



Wood meadow-grass, (Foa nemoralis) - - - 



Smooth fescue, (Festuca glabra) - - . - - - 



Long-awned sheep's fescue, (Festuca ovina hordiformis ) 



Darnel-hke fescue, (Festuca laUacea) 



Creeping bent or fiorin, (Agrostis stolonifera Richardso7.iia) 



AVood fiorin, (Agrostis stolonifera, var. sylvatica) 



96 gr- , 



- 120 



- 52 



- 80 



- 70 



- 94 



- 96 



- 88 



- 80 



- 90 



- ,80 



- 70 



- 76 



- 84 



- 68 



- 70 



- 102 



- 110 



- 42 

 . 62 



Yellow vetchling, (Lathyrus pratensls) -_ - . _ _ -'_40 



Rough-stalked meadow-grass, (Foa trivialis) - - - . 



Broad-leaved red clover, (Trifolium pratense) - - ^ - , 



White or Dutch clover, (Trifolium repens) ,- - - , . . 



Common quaking-grass, (Briza media) - ^ - - . 



Greater bird's-foot trefoil, (Lotus major) - - - _ ^ . 



Long-rooted clover, (Trifolium macrorlnzum) - - - ^ _ 



Lucern, (Medicago sativa) ■ - . 



Bunias, (Bunias orientalis) , - . ^ 



Burnet, (Poterium sanguisorha) - - - ^ _ » 



Cow parsnip, (Herackum angustifolium) 



- 80 



- 80 

 - 64 



- 54 



^- 6.0 



' 76 



- 00 



- 100 



- 100 



- 90 



Those of the indigenous grasses that afford the least nutritive matter from their spring leaves, 

 , the Creepmg Bents, Common QualdnP:-OTass. pnd tl... Sw..t..n«.,to^ V.,..o1 TI.p leaves 



that contam the most nutritive matte, are those of the Cock's-foot, Tall Oat-like Soft-grass, 

 Meadow-fescue, Tall Feseue, Crested Dog's-tail, Meadow Cat's-tail, Darnel-like Fescue, and 

 Rough-stalked Meadow-grass. The Perennial Rye-grass ranks with those that contain the 



r\ ! *^7™^^^^ '^''-' ^'- --^ indigenous, the Long-awned or Barley-like Sheep's Fescue, 

 the Fertile and Nerved Meadow-grasses, stand the highest 



The composition of the nutritive matter of th 

 proportions of starch or mucilage, and the bitter extractive 



e leaves of these grasses, differs chiefly 



m 



the 



and saline matters; of which they are 



rr::: 1: rf rr " "'^" '""" '=" ^ -»" ?- °f ^^^ -po.uo.. compared » 



in the culms pr hay crop. 



that 



