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as much value as the proteids in the pease them- 
selves. In this statement, the amount of amids which may 
be present in the pea vine is not considered. 
The crude fil3er of the pea-vine hay, sample in full 
bloom, was composed of 74.25 per cent, of cellulose, and 
25.75 per cent, of lignones. This is quite close to the com- 
position of the crude fiber from the alfalfa and clover hays 
in which the cellulose was 79.96 and 77.SS respectively. 
Whatever the value of the lignones may be, this seems 
tobetrueof these three leguminous hays, cut when the 
plants are in full bloom or earlier, i. e., that there is about 
six or seven per cent, of them present which resist the ac- 
tion of dilute acids and alkalies, even when the soluble por- 
tions of the hay have been removed by previous extractions 
with alcohol and water. In the sample of pea-vine hay in 
pod these lignones increased and the cellulose in the crude 
fiber amounted to 63.82 per cent. I have already suggested 
the presence of a large percentage of pods as a possible 
explanation. Tliis, however, only means a particular stage 
in the development of the plant. 
ri’LANl) AND MEADOW HAY. 
These names are applied to hay made from grasses 
growing for the most part on level grounds along streams 
or where water courses have been. 
rhe grasses making up this class of hay are numerous. 
Prof. C. S. Crandall, of the Department of Botany, kindly 
determined those present in the sample analyzed. The first 
two in the list made up the major portion of the sample. They 
were as follows: Ajid^vpo^on scopai'iics, J/u/i.; Carcx uiarcida. 
Booth.; ElyjjLus canadensis, L.; Panicnm vir^ahun, L.; Sporo- 
boliis asperifolins, TJinrb.; Sporobolnscryptandriis, Gray; Poa 
fcnniJolia, var. ri^ida, Idscy; Andropo^on pnrcatiis, MiihL; 
Chrysopooon avenaerns, Bcnth.; Calawovili a lon^ijolia. Hack.; 
A ^ropyrnm tenernm, Vasey ; Boutelona oli^ostachya, Tow. 
This hay was made in the latter part of August, 1S96; it 
was cut from land belonging to 31 r. j. j. Ryan, and lying 
close to the Big Thompson river, near tlie town of Love- 
land, this county. 
Phis hay was considered to be a good quality of this 
class which is in large demand, at all seasons. 'Fhe market 
value of such hay is always greatly in excess of that of al- 
falfa, usually a little less than twice that of alfalfa hay, and 
often fully twice. I am, myself, not in position to express 
an opinion as to what extent this difference in price is due 
to the difference in the supply of the respective hays, l.)Ut 
