879 



"Tlie former [grano gluten] promises to be a valuable addition to our 

 list, while the latter is ])O0y, containing a high percentage of crude fiber 

 largely indigestible. Its sale is not likely, however, to assume great 

 proi)ortions. Oat hulls are fre(juently used by millers to grind with 

 corn in the place of oats. * * * No evidence of injurious or willful 

 aduiteration was discovered." 



The average composition of each kind of feeding stuff analyzed is 

 compared with the average figures given in Jenkins and Wiuton's Com- 

 pilation of Analyses of American Feeding Stuffs (see Experiment 

 Station Kecord, vol. ii, p. 701). The article also includes popular dis- 

 cussions on the following vsubjects: Cost per pound of the food ingredi- 

 ents in the different feeding stuffs analyzed, illustrated by tables; eco- 

 nomical methods of using feeds, with formulas for rations for youug 

 stock, fattening animals, milch cows, and work horses; and the rela- 

 tive value of the fertilizing constituents contained in the different feeds. 



New Jersey Stations, Special Bulletin 0, April 6, 1892 (pp. 26). 



Experiments with nitrate of soda on tomatoes, E. B. Voor- 

 HEES, M. A. — Field experiments with nitrate of soda on tomatoes, 

 made in 1889-90 and reported in Bulletins ISTos. 63 and 79 of the station 

 (see Experiment Station Kecord, vol. i, p. 261, and vol, iii, p. 30), indi- 

 cated that this material, under proper conditions of use, is a valuable 

 fertilizer for tomatoes. To further test this matter experiments were 

 made in 1891 on two different farms, one (Mr. Gill's) having a sandy 

 loam soil in a good state of fertility, and the other (Mr. Housel's) a 

 light clay loam, " apparently deficient in all the essential plant food ele- 

 ments." Each exi)eriment included 12 twentieth acre ijlats, 2 of which 

 remained unman ured. The fertilizers were applied as follows: On 8 

 plats nitrate of soda 160 and 320 pounds per acre, alone and in com- 

 bination with boneblack 320 pounds and. muriate of potash 160 pounds 

 per acre, the nitrate being used all at one time or in two sejiarate por- 

 tions; on 1 plat boneblack and muriate of i)otash 320 and 160 pounds 

 per acre, respectively; and on 1 x)lat barnyard manure. p]arly varieties 

 of tomatoes were used in l)oth cases, the plants being started under 

 glass from seed sown in February. In Mr. Gill's ex]>eriment the plants 

 were set and the fertilizers applied on May 4, and in Mr. Housel's exper- 

 iment, May 11. The plants were checked 4.5 by 4.5 feet apart. The 

 second application of nitrate of soda was made in Mr. Gill's experi- 

 ment June 2, and in Mr. Housel's experiment June 12. The results of 

 both trials are fully tabulated, showing the yield and selling price of 

 tomatoes at diflerent pickings, the relation of the yield and value of 

 early tomatoes to the total yield and total value of the crop, the net 

 value of the crop jier acre on the different plats, etc. The results of 

 the two experiments are considered separately. 



