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Glyceria nervata. (See Nerved Manna-grass.) 
Great Bulrush (Scirpus lacustris). 
Though sometimes eaten by stock, this plant is of little importance for forage, unless 
perhaps, in very marshy land. 
Green Foxtail (Chetochloa viridis). 
A weedy grass, becoming more or less abundant in cultivated lands. “It grows 
luxuriantly on rich ground, and may be used for hay with profit if cut early." 
Sereenings composed largely of the seeds of thi 
and other Foxtails are often fed to calves and 
poultry with most excellent results. if 
Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa), (See Sand Vetch.) 
Holy Grass. (See Sweet-grass.) 
Hordeum jubatum. (See Squirrel-tail.) 
Hordeum nodosum. (See Wild Barley.) 
Hosackia purshiana. (See Wild Vetch.) 
Hungarian Grass (Chetochloa italica germanica). 
(See Millet.) 
Indian Millet ( Eriocoma cuspidata). 
This 5 one of the bunch-grasses of the Bad Lands, 
re it is regarded as a good forage plant. 
1 fruiting, the stems and leaves become 
to be very nourishing. It usually occurs in sterile, 
broken soil where but few other grasses will 
grow. 
Indian Rice (Zizania aquatica). 
This ideam is quite plentiful in running water 5 
the region east of the Missouri Riv It 
po so abundant in the Sioux River as to cover 
the entire bed of the stream for long distances. 
All kinds of stock eat it with relish, and cattle 
and horses will wade out into the water and bite off the grass down to the 
surface of the water. In dry seasons when the water is low the grass is cut and 
used for fodder. The seeds are a favorite article of food of the Indians, and are 
also often used by the white settlers. During their fall migrations the wild fowl 
come to the rice-filled streams by thousands, for they are very fond of the seeds 
of this grass. It is a valuable plant for use in seeding down the waters of game 
preserves (fig. 5). 
Juncus spp. (See Bog-rush.) 
Fig. 5.—Indian Rice (Zizania 
aquatica). 
Kaffir Corn (Andropogon sorghum var.). 
This forage plant has received considerable attention in the Dakotas during the 
few years. The chief obstacles in the way of its culture have been the 
cold, often late springs, which kept the plants from making sufficient growth to 
allow the cultivation necessary to keep the weeds in check, and the short sea- 
sons, which do not allow many of the varieties to ripen seed. However, many 
farmers have succeeded in growing the hardier varieties with excellent resu lts, 
and it is not unlikely that Kaffir o id may soon become one of the principal 
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