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each year on the same day and under similar conditions. The seed was 

 sown in May in each of the four seasons. The three sets were handled 

 in each year as follows : 



Set. I. The crops on all the plots in Set i were cut at the end of 

 six, nine, twelve, fifteen, and eighteen weeks after the seed was sown, 

 thus making- five cuttings for each crop. Each cutting was weighed in 

 the green state, and also after it was dried in the form of hay. 



Set 2. Each crop was cut when it was thought to contain the 

 greatest bulk of best quality of green fodder. In order to ascertain the 

 aftergrowth, another cutting was also made from each plot later in the 

 season. 



Set 3. A hurdle fence was placed around the set of eighteen plots, 

 and cattle were turned on the plots daily until the pasture was all eaten. 

 The first pasturing took place in the latter part of June and the early 

 part of July. Careful notes were taken of the amount eaten of each 

 crop each day. After the crops were pastured the first time, they were 

 allowed to remain undisturbed until the autumn, when the cattle were 

 again turned on, and the second growth was eaten off. 



The average results for the four years, representing the yield of 

 pasture for each of the five cuttings for the various crops under experi- 

 ment, are here presented : 



Crops. 



1. Hairy Vetches 



2. Common Red Clover 



3 . Siberian Oa ts 



4. Crimson Clover 



5. Early Amber Sugar Cane 



6. Spring Rye 



7. Common Vetches 



8. Dwarf Essex Rape 



9. Mandscheuri Barley 



10. Hungarian Grass 



11. Compton's Early Corn ... 



12. Grass Peas 



13. Wild Goose Spring Wheat 



14. Soy Beans 



Total 



number 



of tons 



per acre 



per 



annum 



in five 



cuttings. 



Tons. 

 7.93 

 7.36 

 7.31 

 7.21 

 6.69 

 6.15 

 6.05 

 5.85 

 5. 38 

 5.36 

 4.81 

 4.77 

 4.48 

 3.21 



As the result of experiments previous to 1904, six different mix- 

 tures were formed and sown on different plots in the spring of the 

 present year. The experiment was conducted in duplicate. The 

 average yield of pasture produced from the five cuttings of each of the 

 duplicate sets of the six mixtures are as follows : (i) Crimson Clover, 

 Hairy Vetches, and Siberian Oats : — 8.2 tons ; (2) Hairy Vetches, Si- 

 berian Oats, and Early Amber Sugar Cane: — ^.o tons; (3) Siberian 

 Oats, Early Amber Sugar Cane, and Common Red Clover : — 8.0 tons -,(4) 



