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wheat grass, bine joint, and reed canary grass." Alsike and white clover 

 sncceeded, but scarlet and mammoth clov^er proved too tender. With 

 red clover success wa*-; variable. Alfalfa made a good growth, bnt suf- 

 fered severely from a fnngns disease. Other leguminous plants giving 

 l^romise of value for forage were goat's rue, sand clover, esparcet, 

 Hedysarum, and wild vetch {IIos((cli<( r^urshiana). 



Tlie bnlletin also contains explanations of chemical and botanical 

 terms and analyses of the seed of U varieties of millet and of roller 

 process wheat bran. 



Experiments with forage plants in Belgium, P. de Caluwe 

 {Expose Cult. Expi'r. Jard. amid, 1^92-^93, iri). 42-44, 47-59).— The 

 plants tested were prickly comfrey, hairy vetch, winter vetch, spring 

 vetch, Narbonne vetch, wliite vetch, millet, maize, oats; early, late, and 

 extra late crimson clover; red clover, wild chicory, cabbage, endive, 

 spnrry, bnrnet, kidney vetch, radish, alsike clover, sainfoin, serradella, 

 canary grass, white mnstard, English and Italian rye grass, and sorghum. 

 Of the 4 kinds of vetches, all sown July 27, hairy vetch yielded the 

 largest amount of green forage. Kidney vetch and burnet proved resist- • 

 ant to frost. 



Fertilizer experiments on Hungarian grass, C. S. Phelps {Con- 

 necticut Starrs ^Sta. Bpt. 1893, pp. 130-135).— T{\m experiment was made 

 on the same field as was used during the preceding 3 years for similar 

 experiments on mixed meadow grasses, Nitrogen, either in the form 

 of nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, or ''ammonite," was applied at 

 the rate of 25, 50, and 75 lbs. per acre in combination with 320 lbs. of 

 boneblack and IGO lbs. of muriate of potash. Two plats received no 

 nitrogenous materials, and 2 plats were unfertilized. 



"There was a gradual increase in yield with the iucreased quantities of nitrogen 

 used. The crop in t^eneral did not show a very marked increase from the use of fer- 

 tilizers. This was doubtless due in part to the severe drought during July and the- 

 greater part of August. The experiment confirms those made on the field with 

 meadow grasses in demonstrating the importance of nitrogenous fertilizers in the 

 growth of grasses." 



Analyses of the hay grown on the different plats are tabulated. 



"The average percentage of protein in the 'water-free substance of the crop on the 

 mineral plats was 8.87 per cent, on the plats with 25 lbs. of nitrogen 10.24 per cent, 

 and with 75 lbs. of nitrogen 12.72 per cent. This illustrates the double value of 

 nitrogen on the grasses. The yield has generally increased with the larger quan- 

 tities of nitrogen used, and the protein, and hence the feeding value of the crop is 

 considerably iucreased." 



Experiments with grasses, C. A. .Zavitz [Ontario Agl. Col. and 

 ExptL Farm Rpt. .1893, pp. 110-117).— From numerous experiments 

 with grasses and clovers sown alone, both for meadows and for pas- 

 tures, the following, in the order named, proved the most permanent 

 among the valuable species: 



"Meadow fescue, orchard grass, meadow foxtail, tall oat, and timothy. Those of 

 less imjiortance include hard fescue, red fescue, wood meadow, rough-stalked 

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