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the Japanese seed. The product amounted to 162.5 pounds of straw 

 and 32.5 quarts of grain weighing 37.5 pounds, or at the rate per 

 acre of 5897 pounds of straw and 36.8 bushels of grain weighing 36.9 

 pounds per bushel. , 



Oats, Variety^ Black Tartarian. Seed from Japan where it had been 

 cultivated five years. 



This seed was imported into Japan from England, and at that time 

 weighed 38 pounds to the measured bushel. The seed was sown in 

 the same manner as the other variety of oats, and the area amounted 

 to .0677 acre. The yield was 415 pounds of straw and four bushels 

 and SIX quarts of seed, weighing 87 pounds. Per acre this yield 

 would amount lo 6130 pounds of straw and 60.9 Dushels of seed 

 weighing only 20.8 pounds to the measured bushel. This crop was 

 planted April 7th; cut Aug. 17th, and threshed Aug. 25th. 



Conclusions. None of our oat plots have given an altogether sat- 

 isfactory yield, but the Early Race Horse, American seed, has made 

 a fair yield of grain, while the Black Tartarian is api)arently a fine 

 variety for green fodder or hay on account of its vigorous grov^th 

 and heavy yield of forage. It should be remarked in passing, that 

 the Early Race Horse, " American seed," is only two or three gen- 

 erations from imported English seed which, although generally later 

 than American varieties, gives a more satisfactory yield of heavier 

 grain than varieties long cultivated here. 



Millet, ''■ Panicum crns-galli.'' This seed was imported from 

 northern Japan where this grain is considerably used as human food. 

 It was planted rather thinly, in rows one foot apart, the area planted 

 amounting to .0129 acre. The yield was 170 pounds of straw and 

 17 quarts of seed. This is at the rate of 13,177 pounds of straw, 

 and 41.3 bushels of seed, weighing 56.5 pounds per bushel. The 

 seed is much larger and heavier than that of ordinary millet, and 

 when ground into meal must make an excellent feed. It would also 

 (judging from the difficulty experienced in protecting it from birds) 

 seem finely suited for bird seed. It is probable that its chief value, 

 if further trial shall show it to be desirable, may be found to be in 

 its suitability for green forage or for the silo. 



I hardly think it will make good hay as it is coarse and rather 

 harsh, though, of course, if sown more thickly broadcast it would be 

 finer and more succulent. The bulk and weight produced are enor- 

 mous, as will be noted from the figures above given, viz. : straw, 



