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after sowing. The rape grew to perfection, and I am still cutting it (November 10) and 

 have been for six weeks feeding it to our milch cows. It does not affect the butter and 

 is an excellent plant to bring them home before sunset. It is quite green yet and will 

 not ripen. If weighed as soon as cut, I should judge it would give about 20 tons to the 

 acre. Its value is incalculable. We began to give it to calves in the pen as soon as 

 the commencement of hay time. Everything appears to like it. Cows eat it with 

 avidity. It is quite the wonder of the neighborhood. I have been asked more than 

 forty times, ' ' What is that green stuff down there?' ' 



Mr. Will Crosier, St Edward, Boone County, Nebr. : 



The seed was sown broadcast May 30 on a well-prepared black loamy soil. It 

 kept growing until fall, and I think it would make an excellent forage plant for 

 pasturage. 



Mr. J. E. Krasomil, Atlanta, Phelps County, Nebr.: 



The seed was sown broadcast April 10 on a well-prepared moist, rich, black, loamy 

 soil. It did splendidly, but I did not do anything with it. It now stands 14 inches 

 high, and the frost has no affect on it. 



Mr, J. B. Nixon, Charleston, Franklin County, Ark. : 



A rich common prairie soil was used. The seed was sown in drills May 3. It 

 was well cultivated to keep the ground mellow and free from weeds and grass. The 

 quality of the product was good and the growth rapid. The leaves are large and 

 succulent and greatly relished by cattle and hogs. I consider it will be a most useful 

 green fodder and forage plant. 



STJLLA (Hedysarum coronarium) . 



A strongly rooted, vigorous, perennial legume with numerous very 

 succulent, radical, compound leaves, varying in height from 1 to 6 

 feet, according to soil and climatic conditions. It is a native of south- 

 ern Italy and was first introduced into cultivation in 1766. For the 

 warmer sections of the United States, subject to long-protracted 

 drought, sulla may prove a most valuable forage plant, and is worthy of 

 extensive trials in Texas, Florida, and other Gulf States. It will with- 

 stand slight frosts, but is killed if the roots are frozen. The practice 

 is to sow the seeds in September or October on land that has been 

 deeply plowed and thoroughly pulverized, either alone or with winter 

 wheat or oats. In feeding value it compares very favorably with red 

 clover and alfalfa. It is best adapted to tropical and subtropical 

 climates. 



Our special agent at Abilene, Tex., reports having had very fair 

 success with it. The seed was sown May 4. It grew vigorousl}^ from 

 the start, and by the time the hot and dry winds began, early in July, 

 it had reached a growth of from 6 to 12 inches. The long four months' 

 drought, however, caused the leaves to wither and die, but the roots 

 held their own and continued to grow down into the earth. On the 

 approach of rain in the fall the plat was soon green again. He believes 

 that it is going to prove of much v^alue and that it should be tested in 

 all sections of Texas. 



