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Setaria ftalira.\ Hungarian grass; German millet; Belgium 



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This grass lb an annual. The leaves are very long and the spikes 

 are close together, with the Bpikelets containing many florets. The 

 culms grow from 8 to 10 feet in height, and are smooth and branch- 

 ed. The grass flowers from July to September. It makes an excel- 

 lent green food for cattle. The leaves are sometimes as much as 18 

 inches long and rather Ivoad. The ligule is beard like. The pani- 

 cle is densely contractad. The bristles are yellow and sometimes 

 longer than the spikelets. In cutting this grass for hay, care must 

 he taken not to let rain fall on it after it is mowed It should be 

 cut as soon as it begins to bloom-because after the seed are formed 

 the stem makes inferior food and the land is considerably exhaust- 

 ed. When the -eed are fed to stock a qmantity of indigestible 

 food accumulates in the stomach and the animals are sometimes 

 injured thereby. The seed, therefore, should not be allowed to ma- 

 ture if hay is desired. 



Analysis: 



Water 14.30 per cent 



Ash 6.43 •' 



Fat 2.32 " " 



Nitrogen free extract 47.80 " 



Crude fibre 21.02 " •■ 



Albuminoids 8.13 " 



Plate *. 



- vria Glauca. (Bristly fox-tail grass-Bottle grass). 

 The spike is cylindrical and in color it is a tawny yellow. The 

 culms are 2 to 3 feet high and are sometimes branched. The stem 

 and branches are smooth. The leaves are about 12 inches long 

 with a few long slender hairs at the base. The ligule is small and 

 beard-like, or in other words, contains around its margin a decid- 

 ed fringe. This plant is found in cultivated fields, and flowers from 

 July to August. The stem is erect and somewhat compressed. 



The awns or bristles are 6 to 10 in a cluster. This grass is met 

 with after wheat is mown, and generally appears in abundance. 



The plate does not represent enough bristles. The grass is rank- 

 ed equal to Hungarian grass in nutrition, and should be cut early, 

 before tbe bristles become too hard and stiff. Fowls are very fond 

 of the seed after they mature. 



Analysis: 

 Water 14.30 per cent. 



