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BOARD OF AGRICULTUKE. 



SERRADELLA. 



[Grown at the Experiment Station. Collected when in bloom, Aug. 4, 1886.] 



Analysis of Serradella, with Reference to Fertilizing Constituents. 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 10.54 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound) , .90 



Potassium oxide (4^ cents per pound), 2.60 



Magnesium oxide, • .39 



Calcium oxide, . . 2.63 



Sodium oxide, .55 



Niti'ogen (17 cents per pound), 2.54 



Insoluble ISIatter, . . • .21 



Valuation per 2,000 pounds, $11 93 



This plant has been described in previous reports as a 

 vahiable fodder plant, adapted to moist, sandy lands. Its 

 feeding value has been tested at the Station during the past 

 year. 



