40 



growth before injinious frosts is about 100 days from May 15. Exper- 

 iments iu 1890 witli different distances of planting iu liills and drills 

 and with deep and shallow 'jultivatiou, are briefly recorded. 



Tennessee Station, Bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 6, December, 1890 (pp. 14). 



This coniains an index to vols, i, ii. and iii of the bulletins of the 

 station. 



Tennessee Station, Bulletin Vol. IV, No. 1, January, 1891 (pp. 54). 



Craij GRASS UAY, C. W. Daunky, .JR., 1*11. D. (p[). 4-8, Jig. 1).— r.rief 

 descriptive notes on crab grass (I'ftnicnm mfujuinale), with tabulated 

 re.snlts of analysis of this and other plants. In a l)rief introduction to 

 the bulletin the director of the station makes the following statement 

 regarding this plant: 



Tlirongbont the Northern and Middle States cnib {jrass, or liiiKer gra.ss as it is 

 soinetiines called, is rof^arded only in tlio lij;bt of a weed and a post. In tlii.s State, 

 wliile often idavinj^ the jtart of a weed (and a very persistent one too) in {jardens 

 and hood crops, cral) j^rass nnder certain conditions becomes of nnich valne botli for 

 Biininier pasturaj^e and for liay. It sprinjjs np in corn and j^rain fiehlK after these 

 crops arc harvested, and frequently yields a larj^e ainonnt of hay, which tbon<^b 

 bniky, is, as determined by the chemist, more nntritioiis, weij;ht for weij^bt, than 

 timothy. 



The ri'suUs of analyses made at the station and elsewhere are 

 rei>orted in the following table: 



CuiiiiiOHiliou of varioiin kiiidn of hni/ itiid ijrass. 



Andriipoifon argyrceut. 



Tall ml top. 



Tiniotliv liay* 



Orchanigra.*."* hay* 



Cral)-};rans liav, oina, 



188i» ■- 



Crab urass liay, ours, 



18'.Ki '. 



Maturi' crab;;ia8.>»,t C. 



Iviclianlsoii 



Cral) j;raHst eiit Judo 



23, C. Uicliaril.sou 



Moi8- 

 turo. 



.S.40 

 8.74 



13. Gl 



14.30 

 76.50 



Iu 100 parts of dry matter there are— 



Protein 

 or nl- 

 biiiui- 

 uoi(l8. 



Nitro,:i'n 

 Ether | free ex- 

 extract tractor 



4.25 

 6. 62 

 8 62 

 9. 02 



9.25 

 10.12 



9.78 

 23.13 



or fals. 



2.00 

 2.45 

 3.02 

 3.85 



2.93 



3.68 



2.82 



4.84 



arlto- 

 hyilrateH 



58. 83 

 .■•.1. ►5 

 49.34 

 38.04 



45.84 



53.06 



42. 70 



37.09 



Criiilo 

 tiber. 



31.06 

 31.. 56 

 33. 92 

 41.07 



27.16 



26.82 



32.09 



19.03 



Crude 



u.sli. 



3.02 



4. .52 



5. 10 



6. 52 



8.82 

 7.32 

 12.61 

 15.01 



Total 

 iiitrn- 



0.68 

 1.06 

 1.38 

 1.56 



1.48 



1.62 



1.57 



3.70 



Albu- 

 luimiiil 

 uilro- 



0.06 

 1.00 

 1.21 

 1.29 



C) 



1.33 



1.06 



C) 



X 111 II- 

 tive 

 ratio. 



I to 1.5.0 



1 to ». 2 



1 to 6.4 



1 to 4.9 



1 to 5.7 



1 to 6.0 



1 to 5.0 



1 to 2.1 



*Nt'W York Statf Station Auiiuallteport for 1888. 



t U. S. Depaitiuuut of Agriculture, Division of Uotany, Special Bulletin on Grasses and Fora):e 

 riauta. 

 ♦ Not iU-1eriniiU'<l. 



Sorghum as a foragk plant, V. F. Kkfai vkr (pp. 0-14).— -Com- 

 piled notes on the advantages of sorghum as a forage plant, with brief 

 accounts of experiments by the author in raising this crop and feetling 

 it to animals. In the case of dairy cows it was found to be desirable to 

 coinl)ine trotton seed or cottonseed meal with the sorghum in order to 

 keep up the yield of butter. 



