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crop, in this part of our experimental field, was 101.5 feet 

 long and 80 feet wide ; it yielded 3,705 pounds of green fod- 

 der, with an average of from 12 to 18 per cent, of dry vege- 

 table matter. The rate of production per acre, calculated 

 on the basis of our own observation, would be 91 tons of 

 green fodder. A few weeks more of growth would have 

 materially increased the yield. The course adopted in our 

 feeding experiment obliged us to use the Southern cow pea, 

 as the serradella was not yet far enough advanced in growth. 

 Southern observers obtain from 20 to 25 tons of green crop 

 per acre. The cutting of the pea vines for fodder began as 

 early as Aug. 1, and lasted until Aug. 23. A new growth 

 had started from the roots again Aug. 25 ; it proved, how- 

 ever, of but little value for feeding purposes, on account of 

 the lateness of the season. 



Analysis of Southern Cow Pea. 



[Collected from Experiment Station Fields, Sept. 2, 1887.] 



Per cent 



Moisture at 100*^ C, 78.81 



Dry Matter, 21.19 



100.00 

 Analysis of Dry Matter. 



Crude Ash, 5.97 



" Cellulose, 23.02 



" Fat, 1.81 



" rvotcin, 8.28 



Non-nitrogenous Exti-act Matter, G1.92 



100.00 



