41 



Test of fkkdinc vai.ue of fiksi- and skcond ckops of olover, 

 C. S. Plumi!, r>. S. (pp. Ifj-LM)). — The luUowiii-i- t^xpcriiiMMit to compare 

 the leediiiji \aliie of first and sccoimI crops of clover liay in fattening 

 steers was made diiriiii; tlie wiiilcr ol lS.S!)-0(>. I'oiir ;.;iade Slioitlioni 

 steers about li years old were divided into two e<iual lots, and fed lalions 

 (Containing- either tirstor second cuttings of clover, with wheat bran and 

 corn meal, during It ])erio(lH of 10 days each. The animals were fed 

 alternately on the two rations, lot! receiving lirst crop clover, while lot 

 li received second-croj) clover, and vice ver.sa. Cut wheat straw was led 

 to some extent with the second-cro[) clover. The composition of the 

 clover and straw is given as follows : 



Coinpoailion of ft r si and -levoiKt-i loji (.lurcr and nliral straw. 

 [Avvr.ijiiia for two iiu;ilyai\s iii;i(li: :it tliU'orcul ])t!rioil.s.l 



Moist iirp 



''iiKle asli 



Cnido celliiloso 



Crudo fat 



Criiile protein 



N)tio{;ou-fiuo extract 



AVh.Ht 

 Btraw. 



Per cent. 



4. -.a 

 38.54 



i.ta 



13 50 

 40.45 



100. 00 



The first-crop clover *' was well eaten," but the second crop clover 

 "was eaten reluctantly, and its use was accompanied with more or less 

 salivation." The food consumed and the gain in live weight of the four 

 animals while on each ration are calculated as follows : 



Food coHnttmed and live tcvii/ht tjaincd by four uteers. 



"According to these figures, it re(|uired of first cro]) of clover ami 

 grain 10 pounds of food to 1 ixnind of gain. It retpiired of second 

 crop of clover and grain 54.G pounds of food to 1 pound of gain." 



Pasture grasses, F. L. ScRll5^;ER, B. S. (pp. 21-25, plates 3).— 

 Descrii)tive notes on Texas blue grass (Poa ^o-rt(7<»//t';7/), velvet grass 

 {Holcns I((nntu.s), and Tennessee fescue or glaucous creeping fescue 

 {Fesiuca rubra, var. f/Iaucesccns). Of the three ])lates with which the 

 article is illustrated, two are from Real's Grasses of North America, but 

 the third is original. Tennessee fescue is the name given by the author 



