872 



Michigan Station. Bulletin No 84. April. 1892 (pp. 6). 



Roots vs. .sir>A<iE fou i-a'itkmn<; j.amij.s. P. M. Hai{w<><»d. li. S., 

 AND F, ]i. MuMi-OKD, B. S. — To test the relative value of sii^'ar beets 

 and sila;;e for fattening lambs. Hi jrrade Slirojisliire lambs were divid«'tl 

 into two lots and f«*d dnrin;r two sejiarate jteriods. L(»t 1 received 

 beets and clover hay «'/ llhifum and lot 2 silage and hay '/'/ liUitum 

 durin<^ <» weeks (first jwriod). In a transiti()n pn iod oi 1 week thr 

 lots were alternated, and for (• weeks Ibllowinj; (second jt«-rio<l ; lot 1 

 received silag*' and hay, and lot L* beets and hay. l>imn;r the whole 

 trial the lambs each received 1 pound per «lay.of a jxrain nuxture con 

 sistinj; of two ]>arts of oats and one of bran. The lambs were jiurchased 

 about Octol>er l."i, at 4.."» cents per jtound. The trial eonnneneed Decern 

 Itei- '.>. The amounts of food ernisumed, };ains in live wei<;ht, and the 

 linaneial results, based on oats at .'J- cents and bran at !"» inits jK-r 

 bushel, hay at "^T.^O, and silajre and roots eaeh at •'i'L'.."»i» \n-\- ton. are 

 tal>u!at<'(|. Tlieaveraj^e j;ain of the hnubs while on roots was ."» puuiids 

 jier we«'k and while on sila;;e -.5 p(Uinds per week. "This experiuunt 

 indi«'ates that (1) r<»ots are sui)erior to silage for fatt<*ning landts; 



(2) eithei- roots tu" silage ma> •■nter largely into the fattening ration, 

 and, alU)wing a ieasonai)le valuation i»n «'aeh. may be fed at a i»rotit; 



(3) lambs may I»e successfully laltcncd withoui the ust- <»f a heavy 

 giain ration: [\\ I'allening lambs under e\istingrondit ions in Mirhigan 

 is a profitable eiiterpi'ise ami is w ortliy ot the most «-areful thought and 

 study of all «Mii;agi(| in mixrd farming." 



Michigan Station, Bulletin No. 85. April. 1892 ,pp. 21 1. 



FlKM) i;\n:iMMKNTS Willi l'(»T ATnK.s. I,. |;. I Ml. M. S.— Tliesf 

 were in eontinuation of the expniini'iits leeoideil in I'lUlh-tius Nos. ."iT 

 and 70 ol the stafi(Ui (See I'xpeiimenl Slalion K'ecord. vol. ii. pp. •"»*< and 

 .')Sli aiitl iiicjinhil a test ol \ arieties and exi>eriments in ]»lauting ditfi'r 

 enf kinds and amounts of seed, in jdanting at dilVerenl distam-es, and 

 with fei tili/.eis. In 1S!)1 drouth «aused the eioji to rijten prematurely, 

 and reduced the yield, especially of the late varieties. 



7V-.S/ ill' ntrii'titx. — Tabulated data are given tor 140 varieties and 

 descrijjtive n«>tes on 40 varieties grown at the station lor the llrst tinu' 

 in IS'.M. 



As an extra i>iul\ sort lldwe I'rtMiiinni lias again shown itself nno nf llie lu'sl. 

 Althitngli only fairly jdodnelive. it is of i-xrellont (piality, an<l for Imnu' nso well 

 worth planting. 



()f the iH'W sorts We ean not make oxaet comparisons as to srason. on aeeonnt of 

 their jtrematnre rijiening. lint Mel"aiMen I'.arliost and (^n«'«'n of I'ai is show«'il little 

 signs of Might, were rijie on .Vngnst s. .mil ]>roilneeil l.':{7.."> Imshels .'ind :»;}«!. S Inishels. 

 res])eeti\ ely. They seemed to he nearly as early as I'reiiiinm. and were minh iiior«< 

 |irodii(tive. 



[The yields in hnshelf^per aero of some of the nu)re |)romising varieties were as fol- 

 lows:] NewC/neen -JS^.Tonhoeks-Jfi:?.?. .<ignal L'tJl.'J. l^arly Minnesota L' 10. F.arly White 

 Beauty of Hehron 2J0, Heauty of Helmm ■J\)\\, Karly Oxfonl '2\'A. Following within 



