No.

Name

Place

Carotene

in mg.
per kg.

Remarks

11

Silo (Panicum maxi-

mum) .

Bangalore

Dairy Farm.

4

Sample taken from the daily

feed.

12

Ragi (Eleusine cora-

cana) .

Cattle Breed-

ing Farm,

Bankapur,

Dharwar.

96

Flowering stage. Two months,

3 weeks old. Height when cut
2 to 1 ft.

13

Bajri (local) (Pennise-
tum typhoideum.) .

Ditto .

48

Grains were forming. Two
months 3 weeks duration.
Height when cut 4 to 8 ft.

14

Bajri (African
variety) (Pennise-
tum typhoideum) .

Ditto .

42

Height when cut 3 to 7 ft.
Grains were forming 2 months
3 weeks old.

15

Maize (American)
(Zea Mays).

Ditto .

40

Ripening stage. Height when
cut 3 to 5 ft. Two months 3
weeks old.

16

Kulthi (Horse (Gram)
(Dolichos biflorus) .

Ditto .

140

Flowering stage. Two months
old. Height 1 to 1½ ft.

17

Reana luxurians .

Ditto .

54

Grains developing. Three
months 3 weeks old. Height
3 to 8 ft.

18

Shevari . . .

Ditto .

158

Height when cut for sample was
2 ft. and is the second cutting
one month after the first
cutting done 3 months after
sowing.

19

Elephant Grass
(Pennisetum pur-
pureum).

Ditto .

70

Height when cut for sampling
was 6 in. to 1 ft. 6 in. Planted
5 months before and cut 4.
times.

20

Gordura Grass
(Brazilan. variety)
(Melinis minuti-
flora).

Ditto .

88

Plants were 4 months old, and
the samples are from the
second cutting: 1st cutting
was done 3 months after sow-
ing. Height 1 ft. only.

21

Garag way Grass
(Brazilian variety).

Ditto .

126

Plants were 4 months old, and
samples were from the 2nd
cutting, one month after the
1st cutting. Height 2 ft. only.