334 UKrnKT OK Ob'FlCK OK EXPKUiMKNT STATIONS. 



FOUACE PLANTS. 



Flat pea (Luf/ii/riis si/I rcxtrlf<)^ seeded »Iiino S. .Inly 1. no .si<;ii of 

 jicrminatioii. Aii<,nist l. very j^ood stand, plants small. ScptcHiher 

 1. inakin*'' slow j^rowtli. This is the second atteni])t we have made to 

 grow this foraj^e ])lant. It was iirst seeded in 1S|),S and sui-vived for 

 three years, hut at no time did it <^row vit^orously enouj^h to make a 

 promisino- forage croi) when compared with clover and vetches. The 

 present })ati-h is located where it is hoped it may do better. 



Kcd clover, seeded in the sprin*;- of l*J(>2. -luly 1, just comino- into 

 bloom, veiy ^ood, 20 inches hioh. 'lul}' 15, 2 feet high, tine, full 

 bloom. August 1, heads well filled with seed. August 15, seed yet 

 soft. September 1, early heads have I'ipc seed. 



White clover, seeded in the spring of 1902. July 1, (5 inches high, 

 tine, in bloom. July 15, in full l)l()om, growing rapidly. August 1, 

 heads well tilled with seed. August 15, seed ^et soft. September 1, 

 early heads have ripe seed. Both red and white clovei* have done 

 well at this station. The small patches on which they have been 

 tested would indicate that they may be counted on to yield a large 

 amount of i)asture on old ground. On new ground the growth is 

 spotted as in the case of grains. The summers are too wet, however, 

 to cure clover ha}' except now and then, when the season is dryer than 

 usual. 



CrllASSES. 



The following species were seeded in trial plats in the spring of 1002. 

 The ground was new and the growth uneven, particularly last 3'ear. 

 This year the difference in growth in the same patch was less notice- 

 able. None of them suffered in the least from winterkilling, and all 

 matured seed. Tall meadow-oat grass {Arena clatior) is so far the 

 most promising grass of the species here tested. In places it grew to 

 a height of (5 feet and covered the oround denselv with leafv forage. 

 None of the grasses were cut until fall in order to watch the develop- 

 ment of seed. 



Perennial rye grass {Lolium peixnne)^ eJune 15, 16 to 18 inches high, 

 fair stand, headed. July 1, 20 inches high, fully headed, too stemy 

 for hay. Juh^ 15, 2 feet high, in bloom, August 1, in bloom. August 

 15, seed matured. A lawn grass. The yield is too light for hay, but 

 it will furnish early and late pasture. 



Orchard grass {Dactylls gloiiierata), June 15, 2^ feet high, partly 

 headed out. July 1, in full head, well leafed, make good hay. July 

 15, -1 feet high, in full bloom. August 1, heads well developed, seed 

 in dough, August 15, seed in hard dough. September 1, seed ripe. 

 A leafy pasture grass and one which will also yield considerate ha\'. 



Timothy {FhJeum iwatense)^ June 15, 18 to 24 inches high, fair stand. 

 July 1, just in head, average 2 inches in length, well leafed, make good 



