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Para grass {Panicum /nolle) is grown to some extent on nearly all 

 dairy ranches near Honolulu. When the growth is slow, the grass is 

 quite woody and not so readily eaten by stock as are more succulent 

 fodders. All of the samples analyzed were grown on Oahu. No. 1 

 came from the Kamehameha schools. No. 2 from Waialae. No. 3 from 

 Ahuimanu. and No. 4 from Nuuanu Valley. 



Both samples of water grass (Paspalum dUatatum) analyzed were 

 from Kamehameha schools. This grass under irrigation yields six to 

 eight cuttings per annum, each cutting averaging S tons of green fodder 

 per acre. 



Paspalum orbiculare and barnyard grass (Panicum crus-gaUi)^ also 

 cultivated grasses, were grown at the Kamehameha schools. The fol- 

 lowing eight grasses, namely, manienie or Bermuda grass (Capriola 

 [Oynodon] dactylon), Hilo grass (Paspalum conjugatum\ buffalo grass 

 (Stenotaphrum secrmdatum >, pilipiliuli ( Chrysopogon acicuJotus). kukai- 

 pua (Sy?itherisma sanguinalis), pili grass (Heteropogon contort u»). yard 

 grass (Eleuslm-e indica), and Cluoris degans, were wild grasses found 

 growing on the experiment station grounds. 



The following table shows the composition of the grasses analyzed: 



Table 2. — Co mposition of grasses. 



Proximate constituents. Ash constituents. 



Kind of feeding stuff. 



Water. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Fat. 



Xitrogen- 



free 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Ash. 



Potash. 



Lime. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Guinea grass (Pan i cum 

 jumentorum): 



Sample No. 1 



.Sample Xo. 2 



Average 



Para grass {Panicum 

 molle) : 



Sample Xo. 1 



Sample Xo. 2 



Sample Xo. 3 



Sample Xo. 4 



Per ct. 

 63.93 

 65. 02 



Per ct. 

 1.88 

 2. 03 



Per ct. 

 0.19 

 .43 



Per ct. 

 21.42 

 17.39 



Per ct . 

 8.29 

 11.68 



Per ct. 

 4.29 

 3.45 



Per ct. 

 0. 71 

 .90 



Per ct. 

 0. 22 

 .17 



Per ct. 

 0. 18 

 .15 



64. 48 



1.95 



.31 



19.41 



v. 98 



3.87 



. 805 



.195 



.165 



79.72 

 71. 42 

 71. 51 

 75. 75 



2.00 



1. 91 



2. 66 

 2.55 



.14 

 .30 

 .43 

 .30 



8. 18 

 12.56 

 11. 61 

 11. 32 



7.89 

 10.00 

 11. 6S 



6.85 



2.07 

 3.81 

 2. 11 

 3.23 



.41 

 .66 

 .79 



.06 

 .08 

 .09 



.15 

 .30 

 .08 



Average 



Water grass (Paspalum 

 dUatatum): 



Sample Xo. 2 



Average 



Paspalum orbiculare 



Barnyard grass (Panicum 

 crus-qalli i 



Manienie or Bermuda 

 grass (Capriola [Cy no- 

 don] dactylon) 



Hilo grass (Pasjjaium con- 

 jugatum) 



Buffalo grass (Stenotaph- 

 rum seat ndat urn) 



Pilipiliuli i Chrysopogon 

 acictdatus) 



Kukaipua ( Syntherisma 

 sanquinalis) 



Pi 1 i grass (Hete ropogo n 

 contort us) 



Yard grass (Eleusine in- 

 dirn ) 



Chloris elegans 













74.60 



2.2S 



.29 



10. 92 



9.10 



2. SI 



.62 



.08 



.18 



75. 77 

 71. 47 



2.82 

 3.09 



.65 

 .63 



10. 97 

 11.17 



7. 32 

 11.06 



2.47 

 2.58 



.60 

 .62 



.12 

 .10 



.11 



.26 



73.62 



2. 96 



.64 



11.07 



9.19 



2. 52 



.61 



.11 



.185 



57.13 

 84. 97 



45.49 

 70.07 

 63.09 

 41.02 

 58.96 

 45.32 



77. 77 



64.85 



2. 13 

 1.85 



3. 71 

 1.41 

 1.44 



3.09 



4.."0 



2.65 



1.87 

 2. 75 



.46 

 .33 



.32 



.81 



.38 



.36 



.53 



.76 



1.02 

 .51 



22. 93 

 5. 51 



32. 62 



16.28 



22. 73 



36.04 



19.99 



27.14 



9.17 

 16.44 



13. 65 

 5.80 



12.50 



8.% 



9.90 



16.26 



11.90 



17.80 



7.45 

 11.25 



3.70 



iu 



5.36 



2.47 



2.46 



3. 23 



4. 12 



6.33 



2. 72 

 4.20 



. 46 

 .26 



.67 



.52 



.35 



.63 



.70 



.48 



.52 

 .32 



. 17 

 .02 



.14 



.08 

 .06 

 .02 

 .06 

 .26 



.04 



.08 



.10 

 .21 



.49 



. 26 



.23 



. 36 



.30 



.40 



.23 

 .33 



