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as they were grown on different kinds of soil 

 the results are by no means conclusive as to 

 which was realh' the best. The first, "roww 



were almost unaltered at seed-ripening, while 

 the latter-math, consisting exclusively of green 

 root foliage, was 15,654 lb. per acre. The 

 fertile variety, grown on a black sandy loam,, 

 incumbent on clay, gave at flowering 54,450 

 lb. per acre, which lost in drying 30,628 lb., 

 its hay thiK Aveighing 23,821 lb., while that of 

 the first was only 17,866 lb.. When the hay 



Calyx magn 



Seed, natural size. 



is considered too coarse, it may be much im- 

 proved by the aid of the straw-cutter, and mix- 

 ing with other feeding substances. 



SEED AND SOWING. 



About 14 lb. per bushel is an ordinary 

 average weiglit for the seeds, of which fully 

 20.000 are contained in a single ounce, the- 



ng habit of gr 



on a black rich loam, produced when flower- 

 ing at the rate of 51,047 lb. per acre, which 

 lost 33,180 lb. in drying; and these results covered by only rolhng them in, or by passing 



Fl'Tct magiiilied. Spikelet magnified. 



number varying, however, in the different vari- 

 eties. The greatest quantity of these come up 

 when the earth covering does not exceed half- 

 an-inch, about half as many when the covering 

 is from i to iX inch, and none when it is 2'% 

 inches in depth; so that the soil should be well 

 prepared before sowing, and the seeds then 



