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protein iu the crop, the relation of corn to cob and to water, and tho 

 composition of corn and stover, in a few brief statements, among which 

 are the following : 



The i^erceutage of protein in the corn and stover was greater with nitrogen than 

 without it, and in general increased with the amount of nitrogen added. 



The addition of nitrogen in the fertilizers increased the total amount of protein in 

 the crop, even when it did not increase the number of bushels of corn or pounds of 

 stover per acre. Considering the value of protein for feeding, the use of nitrogenous 

 fertilizers for corn may thus be advantageous, even if the increase of crop is appar- 

 ently not enougli to warrant the use of nitrogen. » * » 



The variations in the proximate composition of the corn and stover are very wide. 

 This range is greatest in stover. In corn the proportion of protein varied from 8.9 

 per cent to 13.3 per cent; of crude fat, from 4.4 to 7.2; of nitrogen-free extract, from 

 76.9 to 81.9 per cent ; of liber, from 1.2 to 2.4 ; and of ash, from 1.4 to 2.4 per cent iu the 

 dry (water-free) substances. In stover the range of the protein was from 4.1 to 11.3 

 per cent; of fat, from 1.3 to 2.6; of nitrogen-free extract, from 45.9 to 57; of fiber, 

 from 27.9 to 37.3; of ash, from 4.4 to 9.5, on the water-free basis. The water in the 

 samples at the time of harvest varied from 22 to 30.3 per cent in the corn and from 

 32.4 to 71.4 per cent in the stover. 



Illinois Station, Second and Third Annual Reports, 1889 and 1890 (pp. 18 



and 24). 



These are by the trustees of the University of Illinois for the years 

 ending June 30, 1889 and 1890, and include brief statements about 

 the buildings, equipment, and publications of the station; a list of the 

 experiments completed or in i^rogress; brief abstracts of the bulletins 

 published in each of the two years ; and a detailed statement of the 

 receipts and expenditures. The numberof bound volumes and pamphlets 

 in the library has increased from 2,265 in 1889, to 3,034 in 1890 ; 11,000 

 copies of each bulletin were printed in 1889-90. 



Illinois Station, Bulletin No. 12, November, 1890 (pp. 34). 



Field experiments with oats, 1890, G. E. Morrow, M. A., and 

 T.F. Hunt, B. S. (pp. 353-370). — " This article gives a record of experi- 

 ments conducted during three years, in regard to the quantity of oats to 

 sow per acre, the time and depth of sowing, and the manner of prepar 

 iug the seed bed ; of experiments during two years in sowing oats and 

 spring wheat together ; and a test of a large number of varieties of oats. 



" It is the aim to report and interpret facts obtained ; no prophecy is 

 made with regard to the future. There are no means of determining 

 absolutely that tliese results will be obtained again. Where, however, 

 substantially the same results have been obtained during two or three 

 years, the i^robabilities are that in this locality similar methods will in 

 the future give similar results." 



Oats, quantity of seed per acre. — " Seven contiguous plats, each 2 by 

 4 rods, were sown broadcast with Welcome oats at the rate of from 1 to 

 4 bushels per acre, April 5, 1888, March 27, 1889, and April 2, 1890. 



