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growth, from 28 to 30 inches high. None but No. 2 pro- 

 duced, to any extent, matured pods. 



The entire yield on Plat 15 (fertilized) amounted to 2,400 

 pounds of green crop, containing from 18 to 19 per cent, of 

 dry vegetable matter. 



Plat IG (unfertilized) produced 1,300 pounds of green 

 fodder, — a difference of 54 per cent, in favor of the fertil- 

 ized plat. An analysis of No. 4, Clay variety of Southern 

 cow pea (DoUchos) will be found in a later chapter, on new 

 fodder crops. The crop was cut for fodder, Aug. 29 to 

 Sept. 3. 



ALFALFA (Luzerne; Hay). 



[Collected from Experiment Station Plats, Aug. 16, 1887, while in bloom. First 



Cut.] 



ALSYKE CLOVER (Hay; TraroLiuM Hybkidum). 

 [Collected from the Experiment Station Plats, Aug. 16, 18S7, while in bloom.] 



