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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Com (Clark varietj-). 



Corn (Clai'k A'ariet}'). 



Italian Rj-e Grass (Lolium Italieum). 



Englisli Uye Grass (Lolimii pevenne). 

 i Italian Rj'e Grass (Lolium). 

 ! Englisli 113-e Grass (Lolium). 



5 varieties Soutliern Cow Pea. 



6 varieties Southern Cow Pea. 

 IMcadow Fescue (Festuca pratcnsis). 



\ Als3'ke Clover. 



! jMedium lied Clover. 



1 Alsyke Clover. 



! Medium Red Clover. 



') IMammotli Red Clover. 



! Alfalfa (Luzerne). 



) Mammotli Red Clover. 



! Alfalfa C Luzerne). 



The re.sults regarding the yield of the annual plants — 

 corn and cow peas — are stated below ; while the record of 

 the comparative yield of the perennial plants — grasses and 

 clovers — are reserved for another year. The majority of 

 these plants show their respective values as fodder plants 

 better in the second year, when seeded somewhat late in the 

 spring. Our present communication is, for this reason, con- 

 fined to some analyses of the first cut of Alfalfa, and Alsyke 

 clover. 



Plat 11 (fertilized) yielded 3,910 pounds of green fodder 

 corn; Plat 12 (unfertilized) yielded 2,890 pounds of green 

 fodder corn, — a diflerence of thirty per cent, in favor of 

 the fertilized plat. The plant-food coming from the disin- 

 tegration of the sod of the preceding grass crop has evidently 

 favored an increased production upon the unfertilized plat. 



Plats 15 and IG were each planted May 18, with five 

 different varieties of Southern peas, the seeds of which were 

 secured of J. J. Wolfenden, provision dealer in Newberne, 

 N. C. 



1. Sug.ar Crowdcr. 



2. Plack (I'allack). 



3. '\\'liip2^oor\vill Cow Pea. 



4. Clay Cow Pea. 



5. Crowder. 



The entire lot grew slowly at first until the season turned 

 warmer. The vines of No. 5 became disea.sed, and dried up 

 prematurely. Nos. 2, 3 and 4 produced a voluminous 



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