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According to Collier, 100 lbs. of hay of genuine sheep's fescue contain 
81°7°/o of organic matter, composed of: — 
Nitrogenous matter (N > 6°25). ; ; 5.6 °/o 
Fat ' ; . : . 3.7 °/o 
Fibre and non- nit oeents extractives. , ’ 72.4 °/o 
According to Way, 100 lbs. of hay of hard fescue contain 81. \ °/o of organic matter, composed of: — 
Nitrogenous matter 4 . . . 10.4 Og 
Fat ; : ; : ; . 2.9 °/o 
Fibre. . ; : : : 33.3 °/o 
Non-nitrogenous extractives. ; ' ; 34,8 °/o 
In the first two analyses, the hay is poorer in albuminoids, in the last, richer, than 
meadow hay of medium quality. The proportion of fat and fibre is greater, while that of 
non-nitrogenous extractives is less than in meadow hay. 
ad. Warrask. Harvesting, impurities and adulteration of secd. Sheep’s fescue produces abundance of 
seed, easy to harvest, and, is therefore, comparatively cheap. ‘The seed is ripe about 
the end of June. or the beginning of July. If allowed to become over-ripe, it readily falls 
off and is thus lost. Mowing should commence when the spikelets readily break up, and when 
the grain has a leathery consistence. After drying, the seed is treated like that of perennial 
rye-grass, or the plants may be housed and dried. Threshing is very easy. A great deal 
of seed is obtained from wild plants, which abound on barren ground and on roadsides. 
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Fig. 39. Fig. 40. a 
Wavy hair grass. Molinia caerulea, Fig. 41. 
Aira flexuosa, L. Meench. Vulpia bromoides, 
False fruit. VA . Link. 
a. Natural size. False fruit, side-view. a. False fruit, natural size. 
b. Dorsal surface < 8. a. Natural size. b. Dorsal surtiace. : 
c. Side-view *« 8. b. ande & 8, c. Ventral surface < 5. 
Impurities and Aira flexuosa (fig, 59) is a common impurity which is easily recognised. At times, Molinia 
adulterations. capylea (fig. 40) is intentionally added; the absence of the awn, the swollen base, and 
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