r | 80.64 | 83.65 | 77.57 | 76.67 | 81.30
| | | | |
Soluble in Water-- | | | | |
_a._ Organic substances | 6.35 | 4.98 | 8.26 | 4.91 | 6.80
_b._ Inorganic substances| 1.55 | 1.13 | 1.40 | 1.33 | 1.54
| | | | |
Insoluble in water-- | | | | |
_a._ Impure vegetable | | | | |
fibre | 11.04 | 9.80 | 12.17 | 16.36 | 10.01
_b._ Inorganic matters | | | | |
(ash) | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.35
+-------+-------+-------+---------+---------
|100.00 |100.00 |100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00
---------------------------+-------+-------+-------+---------+---------

ANALYSES OF LUCERNE, SAINFOIN, AND VETCH.

---------------------------------------+----------+-----------+--------
| I. | II. | III.
| Lucerne. | Sainfoin. | Vetch.
+----------+-----------+--------
Water | 73.41 | 77.32 | 82.16
| | |
Soluble in Water | | |
_a._ Organic substances | 9.43 | 8.00 | 6.07
_b._ Inorganic substances | 2.33 | 1.20 | 1.07
| | |
Insoluble in water | | |
_a._ Impure vegetable fibre | 14.08 | 12.95 | 10.23
_b._ Inorganic matters (ash) | 0.75 | 0.53 | 0.47
+----------+-----------+--------
| 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00
---------------------------------------+----------+-----------+--------

The artificial grasses are, on the whole, more nutritious than the
natural grasses; but I should explain that the analyses of the natural
grasses which I have quoted refer to those plants in what may be almost
termed their wild state: under the influence of good cultivation--when
irrigated or top-dressed wi