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acre, and the maximum yield of peas, 14.07 bii. per acre, were made by 

 the BUick variety. For forage the leading varieties ranked as follows: 

 Black, Matthews, Gourd, White, Taylor Prolific, Blue Hull, Speckled 

 Crowder, and Rice and Clay. In yield of peas the order was as follows : 

 Bkick, Matthews and Clay, Taylor ^^rolitic, Blue Hull, Speckled 

 Crowder, White Crowder, Mush, and Williams Hybrid. 



Experiments with grasses and forage plants, E. L. Bennett and 

 G. B. Ikey {Arl-ansa.s iSta. Bid. ;2'J, pj). 127-loG).—l\\ boxes 10 by 12 

 in. and 4 ft. deep filled with soil the relation between the dry weights 

 ot tops and roots of certain forage i)lants was as follows: 



Uclation Ijetwecn dry malicr of /ojjs and roots. 



With orchard grass 50 per cent of the roots was found in the first 12 

 in. of soil and DO per cent in the first 20 in. Of timothy roots 50 per 

 cent was found in the first 4 in. of soil, 95 per cent in the first Gin., and 

 none penetrated deeper than 12 in. Of millet roots 80 per cent were 

 found in the first 12 in. of soil and 15 per cent between 12 in. and 3 ft. 

 Clover roots were about equally distributed in the first, second, and 

 third foot of soil. The roots of cowpeas were more abundant in the 

 stratum of soil 12 to 18 in. below the surface and few cowpea roots 

 went deeper than 2 ft. 



Timothy and orchard grass were compared in a field experiment. 

 Timothy seeded in March was killed by the drought of the following 

 summer, while orchard grass made a good growth and a fair yield. 



Experiments with grasses and forage plants, J. W. Sanborn 

 {Utah Sta. Ept. 1893, pp. 44-52, 103-106). —The yields of hay for 2 and 

 3 years and the height of plants at different dates are tabulated for the 

 following forage plants: Orchard grass, timothy, tall fescue grass, 

 rescue grass, reed canary grass, Hungarian brome grass, kidney vetch 

 {Anthyllis vulneraria), tufted hair grass [Aira ccespitosa), burnet {Pote- 

 rium sanf/uisorba), English rye grass, sainfoin, alfalfa, alsike clover, 

 melilotus, goat's rue (Galena officinal is), red clover, wood meadow grass, 

 sheep fescue grass, meadow fescue grass, Italian rye grass, tall meadow 

 oat grass, red top, Johnson grass, meadow foxtail, rough-stalked meadow 

 grass, Kentucky blue grass, water meadow grass, various-leaved fescue 

 grass, meadow brome grass, and pea-vine clover. The yield in dry 

 matter was determined for most species. Among other forage plants 

 grown were crimson clover, spurry, sulla {Redysarum coronarium), Pan- 

 icum nigratum, Boutelotca racemosa, and Anclropogon halli. 



