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especially legume hays and green pastures, are good sources of the vitamin, the natural supply<br />
is seldom insufficient. Although high in vitamin E, wheat germ oil may not increase<br />
productivity.<br />
8.1.1.3 Silvi pasture grazing<br />
<strong>Sheep</strong> throughout our country depend on meagre range vegetation, natural pasture grasses and<br />
crop residues on cropped lands. These natural range and common grazing land have generally<br />
been over exploited and are dominated by extremely poor and generally annual grasses and<br />
shrubby vegetation. The nutritive value of some important grasses is given in Table 8.1 and 8.2.<br />
There is great prospect of improving these pastures through reseeding with more productive<br />
and nutritious perennial grasses and legumes, and introducing fodder trees and shrubs.<br />
Table 8.1 Digestible nutrients of grasses<br />
Botanical Name Common Name DCP TDN SE References<br />
Tribullusterristriss Gokhru 3.2 12.9 8.9 Shukla and Ranjan (1969)<br />
Brachiaria mutica Para grass 1.2 18.0 13.5 Joshi and Ludri, (1967)<br />
Panicum Kabulabula 1.3 26.2 17.8 Joshi and Ludri, (1967)<br />
Brigival 2.1 12.5 11.5 Joshi, 1966<br />
Garthamus tinctorius Kerr 2.0 12.7 10.4 Ranjan et al., (1959)<br />
Ghiabate Ipomoea 1.5 10.3 9.0 Talpatra and Bansal, (1959)<br />
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