Plat B (5, 6, 7, and 8).— Sown broadcast to Turkestan alfalfa {Medicago sa- 

 tiva var. turkestanica) at the rate of 35 pounds per acre. Seed from Section of 

 Seed and Plant Introduction, No. 991. Sown May 21. Sprouted and up May 27. 

 Made a fine growth up to July 4. Badly damaged by hot winds July 15 to 20. 

 Six to ten inches high July 1. Did not grow any taller. Still alive and fresh 

 October 24. 



Plat B (9).— Earliest ripe fodder corn. Seed from J. A. Salzer Seed Co. 

 Planted May 24, in hills 42 inches apart. Sprouted and up June 2. July 27, 

 three to four feet high. Thin stand. Cut September 11. Had quite a number 

 of small ears. Weighed October 20 ; weight, dry fodder, 310 pounds, or at the 

 rate of 1,240 pounds per acre. This fodder was badly blown about by the winds. 



Plat B (10). — Jerusalem corn. Seed from J. A. Salzer Seed Co. Half of this 

 plat was drilled and half sown broadcast. Stand was thin, seed did not germi- 

 nate well. Three rows on east side of plat were left to ripen seed and yielded 

 one peck. Ripened in September. The corn on part of plat sown broadcast 

 grew to be two or three feet high ; that drilled, three to four feet. Cut Septem- 

 ber 11. Weight estimated 300 pounds or at the rate of 1,200 pounds per acre. 



Plat B (11).— Salzer's Superior fodder corn. Seed from J. A. Salzer Seed Co. 

 Planted in hills 42 inches apart May 24. Sprouted and uj) May 31. Made a 

 good gi'owth. July 27 was four feet high. Cut September 12; five to six feet 

 high at time of cutting. Weight October 20, 500 pounds, or at the rate of 2,000 

 pounds per acre. The land being higher than plat B (4), this corn did not make 

 as thrifty a growth as on that plat. 



Plat B (12). — East half of plat planted to Wisconsin amber cane. Seed from 

 J. A. Salzer Seed Co. Drilled May 25 ; sprouted and up June 14. About 75 per 

 cent of a stand. July 27, two and one-half to three feet tall ; badly damaged by 

 hot winds. Cut September 13. Three rows left to ripen seed. About one-half 

 was badly affected by smut. 



Plat B (12). — West half of plat planted to hairy vetch {Vicia villosa) and 

 Jeriisalem corn. Sown broadcast May 25. Vetch sprouted and up June 2 ; corn 

 sprouted and up June 8. Badly damaged by drought in July ; very weedy. 

 September 1, corn and vetch dead except a little near the edges of the plat. 



Plat B (13). — East half of plat. Dwarf Victoria rape. Drilled in rows one 

 foot apart May 25 ; sprouted and up May 30. Seed so^vn too thick. July 27, one 

 to one and one-half feet high. Did not grow any after July. Yield, four to 

 five tons of gi-een fodder per acre. 



Plat B (13). — West half of plat. Dwarf Victoria rape and Wisconsin amber 

 cane. Sown broadcast May 25 ; rape sprouted and xrp June 2 ; cane sprouted and 

 up June 13. Plat was sown too thick; cane all died. Rape six inches high. 

 Rape did not grow any after July. 



Plat B (14).— Salzer's Superior sand vetch {Vicia villosa). East half of plat 

 sown in drills two feet apart ; west half of plat sown broadcast. Sown May 25 ; 

 sprouted and up May 31. July 27, drilled portion, one to one and one-half 

 feet long; did not grow any more. That sown broadcast died from hot winds 

 in July. 



Plat B (15). — Salzer's Superior fodder corn. Seed from J. A. Salzer Seed Co. 

 Planted in hills 42 inches apart May 25; sprouted and up Jime 4. July 27, 

 75 per cent of a stand; four feet high. Cut September 13; five to six feet 

 high. Weight, October 10, 500 pounds, or at the rate of 2,000 pounds per acre. 



Plat B (16). — Earliest ripe fodder corn. Seed from J. A. Salzer Seed Co. 

 Drilled May 25, in rows 42 inches ax)art; spfouted and up June 3. Tasseled 

 out July 27; three to three and one-half feet high. Cut September 11. A 

 few ears of com on stalks. Weight, October 20, 800 pounds, or at the rate of 

 1,200 pounds per acre. 



