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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



23,997 lbs. of green fodder per acre, but it was not as palatable to 

 stock as green clover or alfalfa. Hairy vetch ( Vicia villoxa) was sown 

 with oats but made most of its growth after the oats were cut. 



Combining the results of 3 experiments with orchard grass and 

 timothy, there were obtained from an area, clipped frequently in imita- 

 tion of pasturing, 95 lbs. of hay; and from the same area left as a 

 meadow, at a single cutting, 384 lbs. of hay. Chemical analyses of the 

 hay obtained from both plats are given in tables. 



The foreign varieties of wheat grown comprised 10 crossbred sorts 

 from Australia, 13 varieties from Russia, and 3 from Germany. Only 

 small quantities of seed were sown. Each variety is described and the 

 description and history of 10 Michigan wheats are given. An experi- 

 ment with wheat on muck lands is reported. White Clawson and 

 Dawson Golden Chaff are considered best adapted to low soils. 



Experimental crop notes, 1896, C. F. Curti*s {Iowa Sta. Bui. 34, 

 pp. 703-713). — Tests were made of culture methods for winter wheat 

 and alfalfa and variety tests of corn, potatoes, and oats. Three plats 

 of Turkish Red wheat were sown at the rate of 1J bu. per acre on Sep- 

 tember 2, 1895. One plat was seeded with the press drill, one with the 

 common grain drill, and the other sown broadcast. 



Iiennlts from different methods of solving. 



Grain I Straw 

 per acre. '• per acre. 



Plat I (press drill) 



Plat II (common drill) 

 Plat III (broadcast) .. 



Bushels. 

 41.5 

 25.9 

 48.6 



Pounds. 



3,888 

 2, 569 

 2,387 



In previous tests the press drill has given the heaviest yields. It is 

 stated that the stand for this season was too heavy for a satisfactory 

 crop. On August 29 an acre of corn ground was sown to the same 

 variety by drilling both ways between the rows, applying oue-half of 

 the seed at each drilling. The corn was cut and removed, but no fur- 

 ther cultivation was given. The yield was 33.7 bu. per acre. The results 

 of the variety test were as follows : 



Variety test of com. 



Name of variety. 



Iowa Gold Mine 



Early Yellow Kose 



Mortgage Lifter 



Capital 



Golden Beauty 



Yellow Dent 



Nickel Plate 



Golden Cap 



Bloody Butcher 



Champion White Pearl 



