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through its ability to collect nitrogen from the air aud soil, is urged. 

 It is also recommended as affording excellent pasturage for animals, 

 especiallj' sheep. " In the spring of 1889 experimental plats of Lespe- 

 deza and all of the common clovers were sown on the North Carolina 

 experiment farm. The soil was a very poor, stiff clay. The only fer- 

 tilizer applied to the plats was a light dressing of phosphate at the time 

 of sowing the seed. All the true clovers, lucern, and serradella did very 

 poorly, but the plat of Lespedeza presented a most luxuriant appearance 

 throughout the season. While all the other plats were more or less 

 infested with crab grass aud weeds, not a weed nor a blade of grass 

 could be found in the Lespedeza plat." 



]^orth Carolina farmers are recouynended to sow Japan clover in 

 fields which are now unproductive, and by this means secure pasturage 

 for sheep, aud at the same time increase the fertility of the soil. 



Ohio Station, Bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 3, March, 1890 (pp. 42). 



Experiments with corn, J. F. Hickman, M. S. A. (pp. 75-96). — 

 These include (1) test of varieties; (2) planting at different depths and 

 dates ; (3) distribution of seed; (4) planting of seed from different parts 

 of the ear ; (5) different amounts of cultivation ; (6) deep vs. shallow cul- 

 tivation ; and (7) test of varieties of silage corn. The experiments were 

 made on a fertile soil in a season which was rather dry, but not dry 

 enough to prevent yields of from 60 to 90 bushels of corn per acre. 



Corn, test of varieties (pp. 75-84).— The fifty-six varieties tested in 

 1889 are classified, according to the color of the grain and the size of 

 the ear, into large yellow, medium yellow mixed, large white, aud me- 

 dium white dents ; yellow, large white, aud mixed or red flints ; and soft 

 or flour corn. The tabulated data for each variety include weight when 

 husked, .shrinkage in drying, weight of shelled corn, per cent of cob, 

 color of cob, yield per acre of grain and fodder, date of cutting, number 

 of days from planting to cutting, and state of maturity. Averages of 

 yield, etc., are also given for the classes indicated above, and the rela- 

 tive yields of the different classes are shown in a diagram. Dui)]icate 

 tests are reported for eight varieties. The differences between yields 

 of the same variety on duplicate plats were generally less than the dif- 

 ferences between the yields of different varieties. 



Corn, planting at different depths and dates (pp. 84-88). — Tabulated re- 

 sults of planting at depths of 1, 2, 3, and 4 inches, aud at intervals of 

 ten days from April 26 to June 23, inclusive, for 1889, and for seven 

 years (1883-89), together with the rain-fall and mean temperature at 

 the station for the five months (April-August) of the corn season for 

 seven years. 



Corn, distribution of seed (p, 89). — Tabulated results of planting 

 kernels from 6 to 72 inches apart and dropping from one to four grains 

 at a time. 



Corn, seed from different parts of the ear (pp. 90, 91).— The yield per 

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