FIELD CKOPS. 



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especially when exposed to the solution for iis long ii tinio as 24 hours before 

 sowing. 



Wyoming forage plants and their chemical composition, II. G. Knight, 

 F. E. Hefner, and A. Nelson (Wyoniiiuj ,Sta. Bui. 10, pp. 7.T. pi. 1. figs. 31). — 

 The woi'k here presented is in continuation of that reported in a previous bulle- 

 tin (E. S. R., 17, p. 240). 



The description and analyses of the following plants are recorded: Mountain 

 wheat grass {Afiropyron violaceum), rough hair grass (Agrostis hyemalis), 

 Canada bent grass (Calamagro,<itis canadensis), marsh foxtail {Alopecurus 

 fiilrus), slough grass {Bcckuiannia crucuforniis), gramma grass {Boutelona 

 oligostachya), short awned bronie grass (Bronvus marginatus). Porter's brome 

 grass (B. portcri), drop seed {Hporoholus hrerif alius), reed meadow grass or 

 manna {Panicularia amcricana), nerved manna grass (P. nervata), giant rye 

 grass (Elymus conjiensatus) , King's fescue (Festuca kingii), meadow barley or 

 slender squirrel-tail (Hordeitni nodosum), prairie June grass (Koeleria cris- 

 tata), timothy (Phleuni jwatense), mountain timothy (P. alpinum), Nevada blue 

 grass {Poa nevadensis), field sedge (Carex marcida), Liddon's sedge (C. 

 liddoni), Nebraska sedge (C. nebraskensis), spike rush {Eleocharis palustris), 

 long-styled rush (J uncus Joiigistylis). thernio])sis {Thennopsis divaricarpa) . 



Forage crops grown at Coast Land Experiment Station, W. D. Garrison 

 {South Carolina Sta. Bui. 123, pp. 15). — This bulletin gives the date of planting 

 and harvesting and describes briefly the forage crops tested. The results are 

 summarized in the following table : 



Yields of forage crops at the Coast Land Experiment Station in 190.5. 



Crop. 



Date of 

 planting. 



Date of harvesting. 



No. of 

 cuttings. 



Yield per acre. 



Green. Dry. 



Alfalfa 



Cat-tail millet 



Teosinte 



Florida beggar weed 



Berseem or Egyptian clover 



Mangel wurzels 



Early amber cane and Florida beggar 

 weed. 



Early amber cane and Iron cowpea 



Early amber cane and Newman bean.. 



Crirrison clover 



Rescue grass 



Wheat and hairy vetch 



Hal ry vetch 



Dwarf Essex rape 



Barley , 



Rye. 



Wheat, in beds 



Wheat, planted on level. 



Apr. 6 



Apr. 17 



Apr. 21 



Mar. 22 



Mar. 25 



July 18 



Mar. 2.5 

 ....do... 

 Oct. 31 

 Oct. 24 

 Oct. 31 

 ....do... 

 Nov. 2 

 Oct. 31 

 Nov. 10 

 Oct. 24 

 ....do... 



May30-Sept.4.. 

 May 30-Sept. 28 . 

 June6-Sept.29.. 

 July 1 -Sept. 28.. 



Junes 



July 31 



Sept. 19 



June 23, Sept. 4.. 



June, Sept. 4 



May 2 



Apr. 20-June 17 . 



May 13 



Mayll 



May 1 



Mar. 15, Apr. 6 .. 



do 



Jan. 17- Apr. 19.. 

 do 



Lhs. 

 12, 196 

 94, 424 

 43, 923 

 23, 147 

 8, 512 

 20, 790 

 20, 520 



81, 238 

 72, 226 

 14, 8.50 

 25, 025 

 16, 329 

 15, 838 

 11,161 

 8,695 

 12,712 

 16, 120 

 12, 524 



Lbs. 

 2, 905 



4,630 

 1,836 



5,760 



37, 097 

 33,500 

 3,600 

 6,386 

 7,732 

 3,184 



Several varieties of cowpeas were planted June 3, 6, and 21. The yields 

 varied from 8 to 15.9 bu. per acre. Iron cowpeas planted in rows 3 ft. apart 

 yielded from 2,395 to 4,882 lbs. of hay per acre. A plat sown broadcast June 22 

 and harvested September 28 gave a yield per acre of 14.1G3 lbs. of green sub- 

 stance and 2,535 lbs. of hay. 



Farm practice with forage crops in Western Oregon and Western Wash- 

 ington, P.. Hunter (f7. <S'. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant. Indus. Bui. 9.'i. pp. 39, figs. 

 Ji). — This bulletin describes the methods of growing and handling forage crops 

 in the Pacific Northwest by farmers who have been most successful in this line 

 of work. A description of tlie region is given and notes on haymaking, the silo, 

 and the value of leguminous plants are also presented. The crops discussed have 



