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reported the effect of subsoiling was unfavorable the first year, but 

 favorable afterwards, and in 4 cases the beneficial effect disappeared by 

 the third year. 



Fall plowing gave better results than spring plowing, but in 2 of the 

 4 tests made the results were nearly alike. On the soil at the station 

 plowing early in the fall or in the summer was more effective in increasing 

 the yield than plowing late in the fall. " If the plowing be done in the 

 tall the soil is well compacted by spring, which is doubtless the main 

 reason that fall plowing of this soil produces better results than spring- 

 plowing." Laud plowed 4 in. deep, both in the fall and in the spring, 

 gave a better yield than land plowed 8 in. dee]). It was found that 

 discing 3 in. deep for corn in the fall gave better returns than discing 

 6 in. deep, but it was not as effective as shallow plowing. 



Subsurface packing the soil at the station according to the Campbell 

 method of soil culture decreased the yield when it was done in the fall, 

 but produced an increase when done in the spring. The process of 

 subsurface packing is described. 



At the station corn planted in rows both ways on land plowed 8 in. 

 deep yielded 30 bu. per acre and listed corn yielded 18 bu., while on 

 light soil in the western part of the State listed corn yielded 40 bu. per 

 acre and corn grown by the other method 38 bu. Cultivating corn 

 during its growth to a depth of 3 in. gave much better results than 

 cultivating about 6 in. deep. 



Preservation of corn stover, D. O. ISTourse ( Virginia Sta. Bui. 73, 

 pp. 15-18). — This article is a brief discussion on the preservation of 

 corn stover, with directions for cutting, shocking, and storing. The 

 experience of the station has been that shocks made lli hills square 

 are most economical in every way. Fodder has been kept in the rick 

 ail winter covered with but a little straw and was found in perfect con- 

 dition when placed in the barn the following spring. " To keep it thus 

 . . . time must be allowed for the fodder to cure in the field and it must 

 be placed in the barn or rick entirely free from moisture." 



An experiment -with clover, F. W. Kane {New Hampshire Sta. 

 Bui. 48, pp. 122-125, jigs. 3). — In 1896 clover was grown from spring 

 seeding on 2 plats each located in a well- fertilized field. One of the 

 plats had been in corn the year previous, while the other had not 

 produced a hoed crop. The seed sown per acre consisted of 3 pk. of 

 barley, 5 lbs. alsike clover, 7 lbs. red clover, 5 lbs. redtop, and 12 lbs. 

 of timothy. "When the barley, which was used for the protective 

 crop, was cut for hay the clover had made an excellent growth." The 

 field which had produced corn the year before yielded at the rate of 

 8,835 lbs. of hay per acre, and the other field gave a yield of 9,360 lbs. 

 per acre. 



A preliminary report on the experiments with forage crops, 

 T, L. Lyon {Nebraska Sta. Bui. 53, pp. <i5-7G). — This bulletin discusses 

 the forage conditions of the State during the summer months and 



