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No. 6418 from dairy herd test No. 65. Good growth, harvested in good 

 •season, well cured and in good condition. Sample taken March 12, 1901. 



No. 6424 from dairy herd test No. 66. Same lot of hay as that from which 

 sample No. 6415 was taken; rather poor, and not very uniform in quality. 

 Sample No. 6424 taken March 25, 1901. 



No. 6426 from dairy herd test not reported. Fair quality, and in medium 

 ■condition when cut; harvested in fair condition. Sample taken March 4, igoi. 



Oat mid pea hay. — No. 6428 from dairy herd tests not re- 

 ported. Heavy growth, good condition when cut, oats a Httle 

 past bloom; about one-quarter by weight of pea hay. The 

 sample was taken April 4, 1901. About 25-30 pounds was cut 

 into small pieces and thoroughly mixed and sub-sampled. 



Black grass hay. — No. 6412 from dairy herd test No. 63. 

 Sample taken Feb. 7, 1901. No. 6420 from dairy herd test 

 No. 65. Sample taken March 12, igoi. The growth was short 

 but extra heavy, cut when just past full bloom and harvested 

 in good condition. In sampling, small portions were taken 

 from different parts of the mow and cut into small pieces which 

 were thoroughly mixed and sub-sampled. 



Cor7i stover.—\]sQ6. in dairy herd tests. 



No. 6390 from dairy herd test No. 59. Stover of white flint corn, which 

 made a good growth of ears. Sample taken on Dec. 17, 1900, from a lot of 

 about 700-800 pounds which on December 14 had been cut into pieces about an 

 inch long; the stover was slightly mouldy and fairly dry. 



No. 6397 from dairy herd test No. 60. Stover of flint corn which had eared 

 ■well. Sample taken Dec. 31, 1900, from pile of 1200-1500 pounds which had 

 been cut into 6-inch lengths. From 30-40 pounds of this was taken from dif- 

 ferent parts of the pile, cut into smaller pieces and mixed and sub-sampled. 

 The stover was bright and quite dry. 



No. 6401 from dairy herd test No. 61. Stover from flint corn that had eared 

 heavily, was not harvested in good condition and was considerably mouldy. 

 Sample was taken Jan. 14, igor from pile of 800-900 pounds and cut into small 

 pieces which were mixed and sub-sampled. 



No. 6405 from dairy herd test No. 62. Stover of Canada flint corn. Small 

 growth of stalks, eared well. Stover well cured and harvested in good condi- 

 tion. Sample taken Jan. 28, igoi. Small quantities were taken from different 

 parts of the mow and 40-50 pounds was cut into small pieces and thoroughly 

 mixed and sub-sampled. 



