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after tbe cultivated crops 75.^ per ceut; after millet 41i per cent; aud 

 after timothy aud clover 33 i)er ceut. 



After sowiug' G diflereut mixtures of oats and peas for forage the 

 author recommeuds i)er acre j| bushel of oats to 2 of jjeas. Directions 

 are given for the culture of Dwarf Essex rape. After tests of Kafir 

 corn, millo maize, duria, and Jerusalem corn during 2 years the author 

 recommends gio\ying Indian corn instead. 



Kafir corn, C. C. Georgeson, F. C. Bfrtis, and D. H. Otis {Kan- 

 sas /8'^a. Bui. o6,2)p. 161-168). — The authors review previous work of the 

 station with Kafir corn. The largest yield so far obtained was in 1891 

 with red Kafir corn, 98.7 bu. of seed, aud 12.29 tons of fodder i^er acre. 



Planting at different distances (pp. 162, 1G3). — On 48 trial plats the 

 rows varied from 10 to 32 in. and the plants from 4 to 8 in. in the row. 

 The largest yield of grain was obtained with plants 4 in. apart iu 32- 

 inch rows. The authors state that experiments have shown that when 

 corn and nearly all other crops are complete failures, Kafir corn will 

 yield a fair cro]) of forage. 



Varieties (pp. 104,165). — Eed, white, and black-hulled white Kafir 

 corn (African millet) are described. IJed is prefeired to white; it grows 

 6 to 9 in. taller, ripens earlier, does not shell in handling, has a 

 juicier stalk, and the head always pushes clear of the upper sheath. 

 The seed of white Kafir corn is liked better by stock. The black-hulled 

 white has been grown the past season only. It is very promising, and 

 may surpass the red. 



Culture (pp. 107, 168). — Full directions for the culture of Kafir corn 

 are given. It is adapted to all soils, and to regions too dry for corn. 



The manuring of irrigated meado^vs, Streker {Sachs, landw. 

 Ztschr., 1S96, Ko. 23, pp. :267-26U).—ln 1894 on land which had been 

 used for meadow 9 years in the district of Vaucluse, France, 5 plats 

 were laid out containing 158 square rods each. To 1 plat was applied 

 superphosphate, to another urine, and to another barnyard manure, to 

 another nitrate of soda, nniriate of potash, and phosphate of lime, and 

 1 plat received no fertilizer. This experiment was repeated in 1895. 

 The yields for the plats where phosphoric acid or a complete commer- 

 cial fertilizer had been applied were largely in excess of the unnmnured 

 plats. The barnyard manure and the urine were used either at a loss 

 or at a very small profit. 



Experiments in manuring meadows {Selsl-oe Khozyaistvo i 

 Lyesorodstro, 1895, JVb. 153, pp. 229, 230). — The agricultural experiment 

 station of the Polytechnic School at Ifiga carried out a series of experi- 

 ments for the purpose of investigating the influence of artificial manures 

 on the improvement of meadows. Ou the Ebelshof estate 10 plats, 

 3,920 sq. ft. each, were laid out. Two plats were manured with Thomas 

 slag, 2 with bone meal, 2 with kainit, aud 2 with a mixture of Thomas 

 slag aud kainit. There were s check plats. Twenty-four jiounds of 

 fertilizer was api)lied to each of the 8 jilats iu the fall of 1890, 48 lbs. 



