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local. _ At present no trustworthy information is availab'e 

 regarding the feeding value of Indian grasses, nor will there 

 he untU systematic feeding experiments are undertaken 

 The results of a chemical analysis, by Mr. F. I. PW^en 

 o a few grasses will Be found in Appendix I. This analysis while 

 addmg noth.ng to our knowledge regarding the digestibility 

 of the grasses still shows that the Indian grasses are markedly 

 »nfenor to the English grasses in the necessary constituents 

 forfoodstu^. The comparative analysis of the'samree 

 grown ,n Bombay and the Central Provinces farther show 

 that there .s something from a chemical point of view to 

 support the popular idea, backed by the market prices of 



toItTrr ^^T*^^^' ^''^^ t'-e Bombay grass is superior 

 to that of the Central Provinces. 



parts'^7i!^P^'°"°'^''" -^""" '"' ^^^^-^ f-« other 

 parts of the Provinces .s due to these being common at the 

 10 ahfes quoted against them. It is hoped that their incTusion ' 

 w, make the list usefal to Agricultural Assistants throuTh: 

 out he Province. An appendix has been added to inckde 

 3pec,es determined since the completion of the list rtt 

 names will be found in Appendix n. ' 



References have been given as before to sir J. Hooker's 

 Dt"c ::'"'. K^^'" '' ^- "-=-' "Bengal Plants,'^ 



B.P.,F.B P. ^^' '^'^"*'--«ions..-F. B. I., 



R- J. D.GRAHAM, 



^^y ^m. . Economic Botanist, Central PrMnce.. 



