234 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



Forage crops, J. S. Moore {Mksxiftsiitpi Sta. Rpt. 1899, pp. 29, 30). — Data on the 

 yield I >f sorghum, velvet beans, and Dwarf p]ssex rape grown at the station. Sor- 

 ghum planted in rows 3 ft. apart yielded at the rate of 8.95 tons of tield-cnred hay 

 per acre; planted broadcast with peas, 5.86 tons per acre; and planted broadcast 

 alone, 4.24 tons per acre. When planted September 15 in rows 3 ft. apart sorghum 

 yielded at the rate of 5.65 tons of hay, containing 10 per cent moisture, 2 months 

 from date of planting. 



Analyses of sorg-lium and forage plants, W. R. Perkins and E. B. Ferris 

 {Mi.^i<i.ssi]>pi Sto. Rpt. isn:),pp. ,')9, 40).— Analyses with reference to the sugar content 

 of 23 samples of sorghum and food analyses of carpet grass; kidney bean; sorghum 

 hay; rape, sun dried; corn and cob, glazed stage; corn fodder; corn tops; prepared 

 feed; velvet-bean hay; Johnson grass hay; peavine hay; cotton seed; cotton-seed 

 meal; wheat shorts; wheat bran; corn-and-cob meal; corn. silage; rape, winter growm ; 

 and sorghum silage. 



Sundry forage crops, J. L. Hills {Vermont Std. Rpt. 1899, p. ,?C<?).— The rela- 

 tive productiveness and composition of 6 nonsaccharine sorghums, soy beans, and 2 

 vetches grown from seed imported from Russia by this Department are shown in a 

 table. The sorghums tested were not thought adapted to Vermont. The soy bean 

 was considered a promising forage crop. The vetches from imported seed did no 

 better than crops grown from domestic seed. 



Forage plants in Washington, W. J. Spillman ( Washington Sta. Bid. 41, pp. 

 60, map 1, iig^t. iO).— Part 1 of this bulletin discusses the climatic divisions of the 

 State, giving notes on the wheat -growing, grazing, and alfalfa sections; and part 2, 

 - the leguminous grasses and other forage plants which may be grown in the State, 

 with cultural notes and the results that have been thus far obtained with some of 

 different species at the experiment station. Part 3 classifies Washington farm crops 

 with especial reference to the different sections of the State, and part 4 g!\'es sugges- 

 tions with regard to the seeding and management of pastures and meadows. A 

 rainfall map of the State concludes the bulletin. 



Conversion of arable land to pasture, W. J. Malden {London: Kegan Paul, 

 Trench, Truhier & Co., 1898, pp. 190). 



Lupines and vetches for winter growth {California Fruit Grower, 25 {1900), 

 No. 638, p. 5).— Notes on the different varieties of lupines and vetches which have 

 been grown at the State agricultural experiment station and substations, wath 

 recommendations as to seeding and directions for obtaining seed. 



Varieties of oats compared {Queensland Agr. Jour., 7 {1900), No. 1, p. 12). — 

 An account of some experiments with oats conducted by R. P. Wright at the West 

 of Scotland Agricultural College is given. Tam Finlay was the l)est all-romid 

 variety grown, so far as yield of straw was concerned. It tillered best and Avas the 

 latest variety grown. Tartar King was the earliest variety grown, while Pioneer 

 gave the largest yield of grain. 



The selection of potatoes for seed purposes, II. L. Bolley {North Dakota Sta. 

 Rpt. 1899, p. 28) . — The work of testing the value of lai ge and small potatoes from 

 the same vine for seed purposes was continued for the sixth season (E. S. R.,9, p. 

 942), using 5 varieties of potatoes. The seed tubers used were selected from the pre- 

 ceding year's pedigreed crop. 



"The results again aftirm those of previous years. A mature bud from one vine 

 thus proved to be as good as any other from the same vine when furnished with the 

 same weight of tuber piece. During six seasons of continuous selection of a small 

 potato from the same vine or strain the work has not tended to 'run out' the crop. 

 The products from this sort of selection seem to have been each year neither better 

 nor worse than those from the line of selection in wliich the biggest and best tuber 

 was always taken. Soil and cultivation seem to be the main elements in causing a 

 variation in tlie standard of a potato strain." 



