erent seasons.

_Green Rye_ is employed as a forage crop, for which purpose it is well
adapted. It is about equal in nutritive power to clover. According to
Dr. Voelcker its composition is as follows:--

Water 75.423
Flesh-formers 2.705
Fatty matter 0.892
Gum, pectin, sugar, &c. 9.134
Woody-fibre 10.488
Mineral matter 1.358
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100.000

_Buckwheat_ is occasionally cut in a green state and used as food for
stock. Its composition, according to Einhof and Crome, is as follows:--

Water 82.5
Nitrogenous compounds 0.2
Extractive matters 2.6
Starch, &c. 4.7
Cellulose 10.0
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100.0

Rape is one of our most valuable plants for stock feeding. Two varieties
are cultivated in these countries--the summer rape (_Brassica Campestris
oleifera_) and winter rape (_Brassica rapus_). The great utility of
rape arises from the circumstance of its being generally obtained as a
_stolen_ crop; for otherwise it is not quite equal to other plants that
might be substituted for it--cabbages, &c. This plant is very rich in
oily matters, and has been found well adapted both for the feeding of
cattle and the fattening of sheep. Its composition, according to
Voelcker, is shown in this table:--

COMPOSITION OF GREEN RAPE.

Water 87.050
Flesh-formers 3.133
Fatty matters 0.649
Other respiratory substances 4.000
Woody fibre 3.560
Mineral matter (ash) 1.608
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