744 



Co-effieients of Mgesiihility. 



Conclusions. — The experiments with sorghum lead the author to the 

 following conclusions : 



(1) It is better, so far as nutrition is concerned, to let it nearly mature before cut- 

 ting, but if intended for hay it should be sown thicker and cut earlier. 



(2) The saccharine varieties are to be i)referred to the non-saccharine, but between 

 the saccharine there seems to be but little diifereuce in nutritive ratio. 



(3) It is an exhaustive crop, removing more mineral matter from the soil than is 

 removed either by corn or wheat. 



(4) It is a good milk producer when fed in the green state with other dry feed. Its 

 digestibility compares favorbly with that of corn except for the nitrogenous matter. 



Teosinte (p. 38). — Analyses with reference to food ingredients are 

 given of samples of this plant collected every ten days, from August 1 

 to October 20, and again November 10 ; and for comparison analyses of 

 sweet, yellow, yellow dhoura, and Mosby corn grown the same season. 

 It is believed that " about the last of September in this climate would 

 be the best time for harvesting the crop." 



Miscellaneous analyses (pp. 39, 40). — Tests of meal from spoiled cotton- 

 seed revealed no ptomaines, '' but in many instances we believe these 

 to be present, and it is quite probable that the bad effects following the 

 use of meal are sometimes due to their poisonous influence." Analyses 

 are tabulated for cottonseed hulls, muck, greensand marls, brick, iron 

 ore, and water. 



Vermont Station, Bulletin No. 23, March, 1891 (pp. 15). 



Analyses of fertilizers*" licensed for sale in the State 

 IN 1891, J. L. Hills, B. S. — The bulletin contains the trade values of 

 fertilizing ingredients, remarks on tlie valuation of fertilizers, analyses 

 of 33 samples of commercial fertiUzers collected within the State in 

 1890, and a comparison of the average composition and value of fertiliz- 

 ers licensed in 1890 and 1891. "A comparison of the average compo- 

 sition of the two years shows that there is no appreciable change in 

 the character of the fertilizers sold in the State during the past two 

 years." 



West Virginia Station, Bulletin No. 11, September, 1890 (pp. 6). 



Meteorological and crop reports, J. A. Myers, Ph. D. (pp. 

 262-2G7). — Reports of meteorological observations made at the station 

 and of correspondents on meteorology, and the c^oudition of live stock 

 and crops, for September, 1890. 



