FODDER PLANTS. 



63 



Water, 



Flesh-forming matters, 



Fatty and heat-producing matters, 



Inorganic matters, ... 



Chari. 

 85-17 



2-55 

 11-14 



1-14 



Turnips. 

 90-43 

 1-04 

 7-89 



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100-00 



100*00 



{See also Part I., p. 28). 



Trigonella Fosnum-grjEctjm (Methi).—*See Part III., p. 46. 



Triticum sativum {Wheat) is often cut green and given as fodder to cattle. The 

 chopped straw or blmsa is a very important cattle food in these Provinces. It is usually 

 given mixed with the chaff of gram and other pulse crops to render it more wholesome. 

 {See also Part I., p. 1). 



Vicia hirsuta {Masur-chand). — Natural order Leguminosa . Occasionally cultivat- 

 ed as a fodder crop during the cold weather months, and on the hills during the sum- 

 mer up to about 5,000 feet. 



Vigna catiang {Lobiya). — The leaves and stems are used as cattle fodder. 



Zea Mays {Indian corn). — If the outturn of grain does not promise well the crop 

 is cut while green and given to cattle ; or the leaves and stalks are dried and mixed 

 with other green fodder. The young esculent stalks contain much saccharine matter 

 and are relished by cattle. {See also Part I., p. 21). 



