400 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A test w<is made of 05 varieties of potatoes in which 3 lbs. of each 

 variety of seed was planted. Detailed results are not given, as the 

 test is to be continued. 



An application of (3 cords of barnyard manure was compared with one 

 of 4 cords of manure and 160 lbs. of muriate of i)otash on 4 (juarter- 

 acre plats i)lanted to corn. The average difference in yield in favor of 

 barnyard manure alone was not sufficient to cover its extra cost. In 

 another experiment with corn a special fertilizer furnishing- the ingre- 

 dients found in 1,200 lbs. of commercial fertilizers of average ccmiposi- 

 tion, amounting in the case of potash to 108 lbs. of muriate per a('re, 

 was comjiared with another complete fertilizer supplying muriate of 

 potash at the rate of 300 lbs. per acre. The yields in favor of the spe- 

 cial fertilizer were 2.2 bu. more of grain and 408 lbs. less of stover per 

 acre, but the net financial gain was $3.02 per acre in favor of the fer- 

 tilizer furnishing the larger amount of potash. 



Corn was planted in 3^-foot rows in hills containing- 3 plants each at 

 distances of 3 ft. in the row; also in drills, single ijlants being grown 

 at a distance of 1 ft. in the row. Averaging- 2 experiments the drill 

 system i^roduced the more valuable total crop. 



Corn grown where white mustard had been sown in the standing- 

 corn in July of the previous year, and plowed under in the fall, yielded 

 452 lbs. more stover and 5.4 bu. more grain per acre than the plats 

 without green manure. 



In trials of forage crops the Japanese millet {Panicum cru.s-ijaUi) 

 grown on well-manured soil of moderate fertility yielded at the rate of 

 11,297 lbs. of straw and 00.7 bu. of seed per acre. This millet grew to 

 an average height of about ft., and produced from 12 to 15 tons of 

 green forage per acre. When cured for hay, it yielded on good land 6 

 tons per acre. Panicum miliaceum, which the author desiguates as 

 Japanese i)anicle millet, sown on well-fertilized soil, yielded at the rate 

 of 5,850 lbs. of straw and 34.1 bu. of seed per ata-e. Panicum ifalicum 

 yielded at the rate of 3,830 lbs. of straw and 60.4 bu. of seed. The 

 author regards Panicum cnis-gaUi as the most valuable of the three. 



A variety test was made with 27 varieties of millet grown on a small 

 scale. The author states that pearl millets are too late to mature seed 

 at the station. Japanese millet {Panicum italicum) excelled both the 

 Golden and Golden Wonder. 



The Early White, Medium Black, and Medium Green varieties of soja 

 beans were grown. The first yielded at the rate of 18.25 bu. and the 

 second and third 14 bu. each of seed per acre. The author regards 

 the last-mentioned variety as a very valuable one for fodder, either for 

 feeding green or for the silo. 



Tabulated analyses and food constituents per acre are given of 

 Medium Green soja beau and Longfellow corn fodder. 



Notes are given on the following miscellaneous crops: Cytisvs pro- 

 liferous albus, yellow millo maize, white dent corn, sirring wheat, black 

 barley, horse bean, sachaline, flat pea, and mummy field pea, 



