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but as no sample really consisted of pure or even nearly pure 

 timothy or clover, the results of these analyses have no value 

 except in coiniection with the experiments concerned. 



The method of analysis follow^ed was in all cases the latest re- 

 commended by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 



In the case of the fodder corn, some of the very noticeable 

 differences in the percentages when reckoned to dry substance, 

 may be explained by the fact that the plots from which these 

 samples were taken were treated difFerentl}', for purposes of exper- 

 iment. By referring each sample, as designated in the table, to 

 corresponding numbers in Bulletin No. IV, December 1888, pp. 

 50, 51, 52, the data in regard to treatment of these plots may be 

 found. The most marked of these differences, the lower per cent, 

 of protein in numbers 3 and 4 seems to find an explanation in the 

 crowded stand of the plants that is usual when the seed is sown 

 broadcast. 



W. p. CUTTER. 



