from cane 18 months old. In the case of sample No. 2 the top was cut 

 low enough to include a portion of the stalk. 



Millet {Sorghum Jvalepense) and Kafir corn are cultivated to some 

 extent on dairy ranches in Hawaii, and two samples each of these 

 crops were analyzed. Millet No. 1 was obtained from Ahuimanu and 

 Millet No. 2 from Kamehameha schools. Both samples of Kafir corn 

 were from Wahiawa. 



The composition of the various sorghums is shown in the following 

 table: 



Table 1. — Composition of nonsaccharine and saccharine sorghums. 



Kind of feeding stuff. 



Proximate constituents. 



Ash constituents. 



Water. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Fat. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Ash. 



Potash. 



Lime. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Sorghum: 



Sample No. 1 . 



Sample No. 2 



Sample No. 4 



Average 



Sugar-cane tops: 



Sample No. 1 



Sample No. 2 



Sample No. 3 



Average 



Millet: 



Sample No. 1 



Sample No. 2 



Average 



Kafir corn: 



Sample No. 1 



Sample No. 2 



Average 



Per ct. 

 78. 12 

 62. 56 

 79.10 

 74. 43 

 81.50 



Per ci. 

 1.28 

 1.98 



. 77 

 2. 15 



.78 



Per ct. 

 0.36 

 .38 

 .76 

 .39 

 .19 



Per ct. 

 12. 72 

 22. 05 

 . 8.98 

 11.11 

 9.33 



Per ct. 



5. 75 

 10. 15 



8. 23 

 10.17 



6.60 



Per ct. 

 1.77 

 2. 68 

 2. 16 

 1.75 

 1.60 



Per ct. 

 0. 42 

 .70 

 .51 

 .41 

 .45 



Per ct. 

 0. 05 

 .15 

 .05 

 .05 

 .05 



Per ct. 

 0.15 

 .19 

 .15 

 .12 

 .14 



75. 14 



1.39 



.42 



12.84 



8. 18 



2. 03 



.50 



.07 



.15 



71.12 



75. 98 



76. 30 



1.60 



1. 78 

 1.23 



.35 

 .46 

 .45 



18. 09 

 12.51 

 13.54 



7. 20 

 7. 75 

 6.98 



1.64 

 1.52 

 1.50 



.59 

 .55 

 .62 



.01 

 .04 

 .04 



.11 

 .17 

 .17 



74.47 



1.54 



• .42 



14.71 



7.31 



1. 55 



.59 



.03 



.15 



75. 53 

 80. 82 



2. 81 

 2.07 



.37 

 .08 



12.05 

 8.44 



7.45 

 6. 79 



1.79 

 1.80 



.65 

 .37 



.11 

 .04 



.14 

 .13 



78. 18 



2.44 



.22 



10. 25 



7.12 



1.79 



.51 



.075 



.135 



79. 69 

 87.13 



1.65 

 1.63 



.» 



.23 



10. 86 

 2.60 



6.66 

 7.05 



.97 

 1.36 



.40 

 .44 



.01 

 .04 



.07 

 .02 



83.41 



1.64 



.20 



6. 73 



6. 85 



1.17 



.42 



.025 



.045 



From the nVures in the above table it will be seen that the nonsac- 

 charine and saccharine sorghums analyzed, like all green forage crops, 

 contained a fairry large but variable percentage of water, the average 

 being not far from 75 per cent. The fodders therefore contain on the 

 average only about 25 per cent of nutritive material, carbohydrates 

 (nitrogen-free extract and crude fiber) being the principal constituents, 

 Considerable range in the proportion of the several nutrients in differ- 

 ent samples of the same feeding stuff is noted, the analyses here reported 

 corresponding in this respect to what has been noted by other observers 

 elsewhere. 



WILD AND CULTIVATED GRASSES. 



Samples of thirteen varieties of wild and cultivated grasses were 

 analyzed. Of the two samples of Guinea grass (Panicum jummtorum), 

 which is raised to some extent on Hawaiian dairy ranches as a feed for 

 milch cows, one sample, No. 1, came from Waialae, and the other, No. 

 2, from Ahuimanu. 



