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It will be noticed that the two varieties of rape gave exceptionally 

 low results in 1904. Among eighteen varieties of rape, kale, cabbage, 

 etc., which have been grown for less than six years, the greatest yields 

 in 1904 were as follows : Sutton's Giant Drumhead Cabbage, 24.4 

 tons; Large Seeded Common Rape, 20.8 tons; Large Seeded Umbrella 

 Rape, 20.6 tons; Hammond's English Rape, 20 tons; Carton's Im- 

 proved Thousand Headed Kale, 19.3 tons; and Buckbee's Wonderful 

 Dwarf Bonanza Rape, 18.5 tons per acre. For a free donation of seed 

 of several new varieties of rape, we are indebted to Mr. Dicks, of the 

 Cooper-Taber Seed Growers, England. 



Green Fodder Crops. 



Fifteen varieties of leguminous crops, including vetches, Soy 

 beans, Cow peas, etc., have been grown in the experimental plots for 

 four years in succession. As much interest has been taken in recent 

 years in some of these crops, a table, giving the results of all the differ- 

 ent crops which were grown under similar conditions, furnishes both 

 interesting and valuable information. 



The Medium Green Soy beans, which stood first in the accompany- 

 ing table in yield per acre, are an exceptionally fine variety, and, we 

 believe, will be grown more and more for the production of fodder for 

 feeding in the autumn or for mixing with corn when filling the silo, in 

 order to increase the quality of the silage. If the Medium Green Soy 

 beans are sown in rows 30 inches apart with the beans 8 inches apart 

 in the row, at the time when the corn is planted, the crop will usually 

 be ready for mixing with the corn for putting in the silo when the corn 

 is in the best condition. The Hairy Vetches, as a rule, produce fully 

 4 tons per acre more than the Common Vetches, as shown by the re- 

 sults of these varieties which have been grown side by side for eight 



