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-Analyses of blue-grass hay by the author as compared with those 

 of timothy, redtop, orchard grass, aud " low meadow hay," compiled 

 from reports of the Connecticut Station, show that the blue-grass hay 

 analyzed was " much richer in protein than the timothy or orchard grass, 

 and somewhat richer than redtop and low meadow hays. It also has 

 another advantage in containing several per cent less of the iudigest- 

 ible crude fiber. In nitrogen-free extract it does not differ from red- 

 top, but is somewhat lower than timothy." 



The best time to cut blue-grass for hay is considered to be "about 

 the time of earl^^ bloom or shortly afterward, for at that time the total 

 amount of nutrients has reachedits maximum and the digestibility has 

 not been seriously impaired by the stalks becoming hard and woody." 



Corn fodder, R. P. Speer (pp. 438-440). — To impress upon farmers 

 the wastefulness of the practice of leaving corn fodder in the field, 

 which is common iu the West, calculations are given to show that corn 

 fodder is as valuable as a feeding stuff as timothy hay, and that the yield 

 per acre of the former in Iowa is greater than that of the latter. " We 

 should also consider the facts that corn is well adapted to our climate 

 aud not liable to suffer from fungous diseases, while timothy crops are 

 injured frequently by rust. Like timothy hay, corn fodder has a wide 

 nutritive ratio and should be feil with wlieat bran, oil-cake, or some- 

 thing which is rich in albuminoids." 



A "cheap, simple, and practical contrivance for loading and unload- 

 ing corn fodder" is described aud illustrated. Its essential features are 

 a post 6 or 7 feet long set up at the rear end of a hay-rick, and a pole 

 about 20 feet long, attached near its middle to the top of the post after 

 the manner of the old fashioned well-sweep. 



Kansas Station, Bulletin No. 11, July, 1890 (pp. 14). 



Experiments ^Y1TH wheat (pp. 15-26). — " The experiments re- 

 ported in this bulletin were planned and for the most part executed 

 under the direction of Prof. E. M. Shelton, who resigned at the close 

 of 1889." The general wheat crop grown iu a field of about 14 acres of 

 the college farm in 1889-90 averaged 30 bushels per acre. The variety 

 used was Zimmerman. 



Wheat confinnoush/.— The yields are reported for a measured acre of 

 upland, medium-heavy loam planted in wheat continuously for ten years 

 (1880-90). The yield in 1890 was 22.9 bushels, which is about one half 

 bushel greater than the average yield for the ten years, including two 

 seasons when the wheat was winter-killed. 



Listed wheat. — A half acre of listed wheat in 1890 yielded at the rate 

 of 35^ bushels per acre, while only 30 bushels per acre were produced 

 on an adjoining drilled plat. In a previous experiment the listed wheat 

 showed a tendency to lodge, but this was not the case this season, 

 which was comparatively dry. 



