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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



None of the imported varieties exceeded our home Amber 

 wheat in any essential point. 



Vetch ( Vicia sativa) and Oats. — An area of a small frac- 

 tion over one-fifth of an acre was sown broadcast, May 16, 

 with vetch and oat seed, — one part of vetch to three parts 

 of oats. 



The soil was prepared for the crop in the same way as in 

 the case of wheat. 



On the 2r)th of May the young plants appeared above 

 ground. The first cutting was made July 8, the crop then 

 standinsT three and one-half feet hisrh, and the vetch beins: 

 in bloom ; the cutting was stopped July 26. Two hundred 

 pounds per day were cut, on the average, to serve in our 

 second feeding experiment with milch cows. It was relished 

 by them much more than during the previous year, when 

 the vetch was sown alone. 



The yield of the area was fully two tons of green crop, 

 which would give an estimated yield of 10.89 tons of green 

 fodder per acre. 



Composition of Green Vetch and Oats. 



The feeding ceased when the oats turned yellow. 



Analysis of Green Vetch and Oats. 

 [Collected from Experiment Station Field, July 8, 18S7.J 



Moisture at 100= C, 



Dry Matter, 



Ajiahjsis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude Asli, 



" Cellulose, 



" Fat, 



" Protein (\Xiti'ogenous Matter), 

 Non-nitro<^cnous Extract Matter, 



Tcr cent. 



8G.11 

 13.89 



i 



100.00 



12.37 



34.20 



2.74 



10.59 

 40.10 



100.00 



