NATIVE PASTURE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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most of them being still green. They were harvested 2 to 2^ inches high, and all dead 

 herbage was excluded. No. 8834 was collected near Havre, Mont., August 13, 1907. 

 This sample was cut 2 inches high and consisted of large mature plants growing in a 

 favored locality where they had received some cultivation. 





Percent- 



Water-free basis (per cent). 



Material analyzed. 



age of 

 moisture. 



Ash. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Protein. 



Pento- 

 sans. 



Our sample No. 8340 



G.72 

 5.51 



14.72 

 4.47 

 7.76 



1.31 

 2.35 

 2.31 



32.25 

 36.52 

 31.69 



45.16 



52.66 

 48.17 



6.56 

 4.00 

 10.07 



10.59 



Our sample No. 8834 



29.03 

















8.09 



2.22 



32.19 



48.30 9.20 















I Colorado Bui. 12, p. 92. 

 ming: Bui. 65, p. 18; Bui. 



Montana Repoit, 1902, p. 66. 

 '6, p. 11,40; Bui. 87, p. 50. 



Nevada: Bui. 62, p. 19; Bui. 66, p. 46. Wyo- 



FESTUCA CONFINIS Vasey ( Festuca kingii) . 



Festuca confinis is a characteristic and valuable species of fescue of the Rocky Moun- 

 tain and Sierra Nevada regions. It seldom, if ever, makes pure growths over any 

 extended areas, but, on the other hand, grows in large bunches scattered among other 

 species of Festuca and Agropyron. It is a rather coarse grass — indeed, one of the 

 coarsest of the genus — of about the same texture and stature as the common cultivated 

 English bluegrass. It is readily grazed and constitutes a valuable adjunct of the 

 pasturage, especially of the Rocky Mountain region. 



No. 8849 was collected at Summit, Mont., August 15, 1907. The sample was cut 4 

 inches high when the seed was in stiff dough. 





Percent- 

 age of 

 moisture. 



Water-free basis (per cent). 



Material analyzed. 



Ash. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Protein. 



Pento- 

 sans. 



Our sample No. 8849 



6.51 



7.48 

 6.13 



2.79 

 2.80 



34.69 

 36.81 



47.65 

 45.91 



7.39 

 8.35 



24.28 

















6.40 



2.79 



36.39 



46.26 



8.16 









i Nevada Bui. 62, p. 14. Wyoming: Bui. 70, p. 40; Bui. 87, p. 51. 

 FESTUCA MEGALURA Nutt. 



Festuca megalura, sometimes called squirreltail fescue, is one of the characteristic 

 introduced weedy annuals of the California region and may be found at altitudes of 

 6,000 or 7,000 feet in the mountains. As a filler in the native pastures it is of some 

 importance early in the season. Like all other annual species of this group, it pulls 

 up readily by the roots and is consequently objectionable to stock. After the seeds 

 become mature it is not relished, and it never gets large enough to be cut for hay. 



No. 8700 was collected at El Toro, Cal., April 16, 1907. The sample was in blossom 

 and was cut off at the surface of the ground. No. 7108 (Wooton) was collected at 

 Willows, Cal., April 8, 1913. Sometimes known here as poverty grass. 





Percent- 

 age of 

 moisture. 



Water-free basis (per cent). 



Material analyzed. 



Ash. 



Ether 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Protein. 



Pento- 

 sans. 



Our sample No. 8700 



6.53 

 5.69 



6.82 

 5.66 



1.33 

 2.01 



35.23 

 27.12 



50.34 

 56.66 



6.28 

 8.55 



27.79 



Our sample No. 7108 (E. O. W.) 



24.84 



Average of both 



6.11 



6.23 



1.67 



31.17 



53.50 



7.42 



26.32 







