18                             Carotene Content of Grasses

                                             TABLE I— contd.

                                           Grasses and fodders

No.

Name

Place

Carotene

in mg.
per kg.

Remarks

36

Fresh hay

Agric. Station,
Surat.

10

Representative sample from a
mixture of hay fed to dairy
cattle. The grasses were in
ripe seed stage.

37

Maize fodder (Zea
Mays
) .

Arbhari Farm

Trace

38

Rice straw (Oryza
sativa
) .

Ditto

Ditto

39

Shevari . . .

Ditto

140

40

Elephant Grass

Cuttack, Dir.

36

54 in. height. Growing stage.

(Pennisetum pur-
pureum
) .

of Agricul-
ture, Orissa.

Arrived infected with moulds.

41

Biri plants

Ditto

130

17 in. height. Flowering stage.
Arrived infected with moulds.

42

Cow pea plants
(Vigna Catjang) .

Ditto

140

19 in. height. Flowering stage.
Arrived infected with moulds.

43

Dolichos Lablab

Millets Spe-
cialist, Coim-
batore.

130

The plants were in flowering
stage. They were cut at
ground level. Cut up in
pieces. Arrived in slightly
mouldy condition.

44

Doliehos biflorus

Ditto

120

Ditto

45

Sorghum versicolor.

Ditto

76

Ditto

46

Sorghum purpureo-se-
riceum.

Ditto

90

Ditto

47

Pennisetum typh-
oideum.

Ditto

56

Ditto

48

Sorghum halepense

Ditto

32

Ditto

49

Selaria italica

Ditto

120

Ditto

50

Panicum miliare

Ditto

104

Ditto

51

Sesbania grandi-
flora.

Ditto

202

Ditto