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Owing to the periotl of liiotatioii, lot 1 increased in milk -while in the stable and 

 lost very fast as soon as tbey were put in the pasture. Lot 2 had lost heavily ou 

 pasturage and gained in milk as soon as they were put on greeu feed. » » » 



The indications from this experiment are: 



(1) The average cow, when kept in the stable, will eat about 75 pounds of greeu 

 feed a day, with grain ration added. 



(2) Cows fed on oats and peas or clover and corn, fed green in the stable in mid- 

 sunnner, will give more milk than when feeding on a good blue grass pastnre. 



(3) A cow led on green feed in a stable darkened and ventilated will gain iu 

 weight more than she will in a well-shaded pasture. 



(4) The cow responds as promptly to a well-balanced ration of grain while eat- 

 ing green feed as she doea on dry feed. 



The yields per acre are given of green fodder from peas, peas aud 

 oats, fodder corn, and seeond-cnt clover 



Time of soaving gra^s seed, J. Wilson, 0, F. Cuetiss, B. S. A., 

 AND D. A. Kent, B. S. (pp. 284-288).— <' For the purpose of ascertain- 

 ing the best time to sow the seed of cultivated grasses, this station 

 soAved the seed of six diflerent grasses at eight different times, begin- 

 ning March 23 and ending JNlay 12, 1891. The varieties sown were red 

 clover, white clover, timothy, orchard grass, tall meadow oat grass, and 

 awnless brome grass {Bromns inermis). The plats were 1 rod square. 

 The soil was rolling prairie with black surface aud clay subsoil, fall- 

 plowed." The best results in every case were from the earliest sowing. 



'' Late-sown red clover maintained a stand better than any other late 

 sowing. The May sowings of all varieties were failures. Late-sown 

 varieties that looked well at time of cutting did not endure the subse- 

 quent drouth. The first-sown grasses were best in October." 



Test of varieties of winter wheat and oats, J. Wilson, C. 

 F. CuRTiss, B. S. A., AND D.A.Kent, B. S. (pp. 289-294).— Notes and 

 tabulated data for 14 varieties of winter wheat and 11 of oats. Turkish 

 Bed and Jones White Fife wheat, and Early Everitt and Giant side 

 oats gave especially good results. 



Barnyard manure, J. Wilson (pp. 295, 296).— A brief account of 

 an experiment with liquid barnyard manure on corn. The plants made 

 a vigorous growth aud the yield was materially increased. 



Iowa Station, Bulletin No. 16, February, 1892 (pp. 72). 



Flaxseed meal and oil meal, J. Wilson, 0. F. Curtiss, B. 

 S. A., AND D. A. Kent, B. S. (pp. 299-302).— A trial was made with 

 10 cows to ascertain how much ground flaxseed and how much liuseed 

 meal could be fed without noticeable injury to the animals. The cows 

 were divided into 2 lots, one lot receiving ground flaxseed and the 

 other linseed meal. Both lots received cut corn fodder ad J lb it urn and 

 small amounts of corn meal. The trial lasted from December 1, 1891, 

 to January 20, 1892, during which time the ground flaxseed and lin- 

 seed meal were both increased at the same rate to from 1 pound to 8 

 pounds i)er animal daily. From January 8 to 20 the cows in each 



