Grass 
experiments. That is not the case, for scientific opinion 
is very much divided even now as to such common 
plants as the foxglove. 
In one of the best text-books on Agricultural Botany * 
we find this: “The fruits” (of the Darnel) “are said 
to be poisonous.” Not, they are poisonous, for the 
question is not decided. 
II, The second point is the relative value of the 
different grasses considered as food for stock. 
The following table shows both how varied is the 
nutritive value, and also how different are the views of 
various authorities on this essential point. 
One hundred pounds of hay of the following grasses 
will contain as follows :— 
Perennial ryegrass . 10.2 lbs. albumins after Wolff. 
Italian ryegrass . IL2 "3 ” ” 
11.6 3 3 Way. 
Cocksfoot . { 1.2 . - Collier. 
10.2 ‘ Ks Wolff. 
Meadow fescue { 6.4 2 . Arendt. 
Yellow oatgrass 6.4 x Way. 
5 9-7 5 i Wolff. 
Timothy . . { 5.9 a 4 Frey. 
. 10.6 ” ” Way. 
Meadow foxtail ‘ { 6.9 . Frey. 
8. Way. 
Sweet-scented vernal { ie : : Wook 
{ Io 5 4s Collier. 
Smooth-stalked Poa . | 6.4 is ij i 
8.9 ” ” Way. 
J Ritthausen 
Rough-stalked Poa . 9 * \and Scheven. 
{ 6.1 5 a Barbieri. 
; 13.7 9 9 Wolff. 
Sheep’s fescue . . { 5.6 ; is Collier.t 
* Percival, ‘‘ Agricultural Botany,” 1900. 
t Stebler and Schroter, ‘‘ The Best Forage Crops,” 1889. 
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