756 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW- YORK 



A sample of long pod beans gave the following composition on 

 analysis by Professor Way : 



Moisture, _ 12.50 



Woody fibre, _ 4.35 



Albuminous matter, _ 28.25 



Oil and fatty matter, 4.05 



Starch, gum, sugar, 46 95 



Ash, 3.90 



100.00 

 On referring to the various analyses to which I have access, I 

 find the comparison favorable to the long pod, which has less of 

 woody fibre in proportion of 4.35 to 10.20, with more of starch 

 in proportion of 46.95 to 42, and more of oil in proportion of 

 4.05 to 2 per cent, than the common or field bean. The cultiva- 

 tion of the long pod is precisely similar to that of the common 

 kinds. The seed is strewed in drills or otherwise dibbled in rows 

 two feet apart. The horse-hoe is applied several times between 

 the rows, and every weed pulled up. 



With the view of comparison I give the proceeds of my wheat 

 crop of 1856. This is the third in my rotation, after which I 

 again cultivate turnips or other green crops : 

 Average, 5 qrs. (63 lbs. per bushel) of wheat of good 



quality, at 62s., _ _.. X15 10 



Inferior wheat, _ 12 6 



i:i6 2 6 

 Straw, 38 cwt. per acre, 35s. per ton, 1 13 9 



£11 16 3 



I state the price I pay for straw for fodder; every cwt. contains 

 about 40 lbs. of starchy matter available for respiration, which I 

 obtain, together with a small percentage of albumen, for Is. 9d. 

 per cwt. or 355. per ton. 



Treatment of Milk Fever. — Those of my milk cows w^hich I 

 retain for some time on hand are invariably in high condition, 

 and on this account more liable to milk-fever. I think it perti- 

 nent to explain the method I use to prevent this malady. It is 

 now six or seven years since I lost a cow from milk-fever. On 

 conversing on the subject with a gentleman who had been on a 



