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prasa, and Kentucky blue grass, and meadow fescue, tall oat grass, 

 and wood meadow grass. 



Cooperative experiments. — Abridged reports are given of cooi)erative 

 tield experiments with fertilizers for oats, and on dilferent modes of 

 cultivating corn. 



In the experiments with fertilizers for oats, snper[>hosi)liate 400 

 j)ounds, dried blood and scrap iOO pounds, and barnyard manure 14 

 tons per acre, were each applied to 1 fortieth-acre plat; a fourth plat 

 received no fertilizer. The aveiage yield with each fertilizer is tabu- 

 lated. The fertilized [ilats all gave an increased yield over the unferti- 

 lized plat, but the increase was nearly the same with each fertilizer, 

 except that barnyard manure gave about 300 pounds more straw per 

 acre than either of the other two. 



Each experiment with corn was made on 4 tenth-acre plats. The 

 corn, presumably for fodder, was planted on two plats in drills 3i feet 

 apart, with the Iceniels dropped in one case 2 and in the other 12 to 

 the foot; and on the other two plats it was broadcasted at the rate of 

 one half and 3 bushels per acre respectively. According to the average 

 yield per acre, the largest yield occurred where the corn was broadcasted 

 at the rate of 3 bushels per acre, and the next largest where it was 

 sown in drills with 2 kernels to the foot. 



Live stock experiments^ C. A. Zavitz {\}^.\^(S-20\). — Corn silage as a 

 food for maldng beef. — In this experiment three lots of grade steers, 

 two steers in each lot, were fed from December 31 to April 20, the 

 following rations daily: 



Lot I. 12 pomiils meal ami silage ad libitum. 



Lot IL 12 pounds meal, 45 pounds silage, and hay ad Ubiiiim. 



Lot in. 12 pounds meal, 45 pounds turnips, and hay ad libit am. 



The meal consisted of equal parts by weight of peas, barley, and 

 oats. 



The gains in live weight during the 119 days are tabulated as follows: 



Lot 1: :^o. 1, 217 i)ounds; No. 2, 103 pounds. Lot 11: No. 3,222 

 pounds; No. 4, 220 pounds. Lot 111: No. 5, 210 pounds; No. G, 185 

 pounds. 



The pecuniary results are not calculated. 



Fattening lambs. — Forty-eight lambs, nearly all Cotswold and Oxford- 

 Down grades were pastured in a field of rape from October 10 to 

 December 10, and fed in a shed from December 10 to February 10 on 

 slicetl turnii)s, whole oats, and hay. One of the lambs died during the 

 exi)eriment. The lambs gained 804 pounds in live weight in the 2 

 months while at pasture and 544 pounds while fed in the shed. The 

 lambs were sold for o'{ cents per pound, realizing 8185.00 over the 

 first cost of the lambs October 10. 



Corn silage and roots as food factors in sicine feeding. — An experiment 

 was made with pigs averaging 204.5 pounds each to test the value of 

 corn silage and turnips. Three lots each containing a barrow and one 



