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substance in Table 82 and for the water-free material in Table 

 83. Analyses of several samples of soy bean seeds and ensilage 

 corn fodder from field experiments are also given in these tables. 



According to the usual custom protein is given in the tables 

 as total nitrogen multiplied by the factor 6.25. As pointed 

 out elsewhere in the report (see p. 127), it is understood that 

 the results thus obtained are only approximately correct, but 

 they are believed to be sufficiently so for practical purposes. 



In all the tables of analyses two sets of averages are given, 

 the first set being averages of analyses here published for the 

 first time, the second set the averages of all analyses of similar 

 materials thus far made in this laboratory, including those here 

 reported. 



DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLES. 

 The conditions under which the crops of the field experi- 

 ments were grown are given in the discussion of the experi- 

 ments on pages 122 to 141 herewith. The following notes give 

 a brief description of the growth on the different plots, the 

 manner in which the different samples were taken, etc. De- 

 scriptions of samples of the various fodders and feeding stuffs 

 analyzed in connection with the dairy herd tests discussed on 

 pages 81 to 104 are also given here. 



GREEN FODDERS. 



A^os. 6252-6260. Ensilage com. — Grown in 1899 on a series 

 of plots similar to those in the regular special nitrogen plot ex- 

 periments; analyzed in 1900, but not previously reported. The 

 stalks and leaves were green and succulent; the ears were well 

 glazed. From the total crop on each plot a large sample of 

 about 30 pounds was taken by removing small portions as the 

 crop was being cut up for the silo. The whole was then care- 

 fully mixed and a sub-sample was taken and dried at once in a 

 steam drier. 



ENSILAGE. 



Nos. 6^1^ and 642J. Corn and soy bean ensilage. — Used in 

 dairy herd tests Nos. 64 and 66 respectively. In sampling, 

 portions were taken from different parts of the silo to the 

 depth of about a foot, and were thoroughly mixed, and from 



