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will be seen by a comparison of tlie analysis of 

 Avena Flavescens wxtli tKat of tMs grass that one is 

 equally as good as tlie other. I am not aware of this 

 grass being cultivated to any extent in this country. 



CHAPTER XX. 



QUAKING GKASS. 



Briza Media — Specific Character. 



Panicle erect, the branches spreading ; spikelets 

 5 to 9 flowered (3-12 inch long) ; glumes shorter than 

 the lower flowers; root perrennial. Flowers in 

 June. 



WAY'S ANALYSIS. 

 100 parts as taken green from the field June 29th. 



•Water 51.85 



Albuminous, or fiesh forming principles 2.93 



IFatty matters^ 1.45 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc 22.60 



Woody Fibre ..;.. 1700 



Mineral matter, or Ash 4.17 



100.00 

 100 parts of the grass dried at 212° Fabr. 



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles OfOS 



JFatty matters , 3.01 



JHeat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc 46.95 



Woody Fibre 35 30 



Jklineral matter, or Ash " 8.66 



100.00 



Briza Media (Quaking grasss. ) Grows naturally in 

 light inferior or rather dry soils, and from a given 

 weight yielding more nutritious matter than any 

 other grass indigenous to such soils. Owii;g, how- 

 tever, to the seeds not retaining their vegetating 



