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III. MILLET — Setaria Italica, or Panicum Italicum, Jap. Awa. 

 This variety in appearance resembles our ordinary millet, but seems 

 much more vigorous and productive. It was planted in the same 

 manner as the others and was similarly treated. It was in blossom 

 July 27th, and the seed in the large drooping heads was perfectly 

 ripe Sept. 7th. when it was cut. The height is not quite equal to 

 that of the preceding variety, neither are the heads as large. The 

 area was 616 sq. ft., the yield of seed 45 lbs. and of dry straw 50 

 lbs., being at the rate of about fifty-five bushels of seed and nearly 

 two tons of straw to the acre. Both this and the preceding variety 

 give promise of proving very valuable either for seed production or 

 for fodder. 



IV. VARIETIES OF BEANS— All of these were planted 

 thinly in rows two feet and a half apart. In the furrow before 

 planting a small quantity of a fertilizer containing available nitrogen, 

 potash and phosphoric acid, was scattered. All varieties came up 

 quickly and grew rapidly, i>i-eseutiug a remarkably health}' appear- 

 ance throughout the season. 



SojA Bean, Medium Early — Glycine liispida, Jap. Daidzu.. 



This variety showed its first flowers July 28th, and the crop was 

 fully mature Sept. 25th, when it was pulled. The area was 880 sq. 

 ft. and the yield 30 lbs. of cleaned beans, which is at the rate of 25 

 bu. per acre. Should this class of beans prove desirable here this 

 variety will be superior to most of the kinds offered under the same 

 name because so much earlier. It is well known that the beans of 

 this class are of remarkable richness, containing a very unusual 

 proportion of nitrogen, and it certainly seems desirable to give them 

 a fair trial. 



SojA Bean No. 2, Very Early Variety. — Glycine hispida. Jap. 

 Kurakake Maine. 



The Japanese name means '' Saddled Bean," and is given because 

 of the peculiar disposition of black .-iround the eye and on the sides 

 of the bean, for all the world to their I'tuicy like a saddle on the back 

 of a horse. The first blossoms were noticed July lOth and the crop 

 was pulled fully ripe on Aug. 31st. The weather was thereafter for 

 some weeks so bad that a large share of this seed was damaged. The 

 yield was good, but not as heavy as was that of the preceding variety. 

 In Japan I have cultivated this variety side by side with soihe of our 

 earliest sorts and found it to excel them in earliuess, but no com|)ar- 

 ative test was made here this year. 



