Root-Crops for Stock-Feeding. 



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soil. The experiment comprised 28 sections and 190 plats. Half of 

 these were sown early, May 8 and 9. 



The common turnips, all of the hybrid turnips except Pioneer, and 

 most of the cabbages were ready to harvest the first week of September 

 and were harvested as soon as possible after this date. Since the fall 

 was open, the remainder of the crops were left in the ground until 



Fig. 28. — Carter lighlnhis, hybrid turnip. A good yieJder, but the Jlcsh is not so 

 solid as that of Commonwealth and it is perhaps more subject to soft-rot. Easily 

 harvested. 



October, th.e carrots and parsnips not being harvested until the beginning 

 of November. 



Ten average specimens from each plat were used for analysis as in 

 1904, and all analyses were made by Dr. James A. Bizzell. 



During 1905 there were 91 clear days, 126 partly cloudy, 148 cloudy 

 days. It rained on 160 days. The total rainfall was 38.04 inches or 3.84 

 inches above the normal. The mean temperature was 46 or i.i degrees 

 below normal. The temperature of the months of March and December 

 and the important growing months for corn, — July, August, September 



