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parts, and seeded down, one-half with Bokhara clover and 

 the other half with sainfoin, May 8. 



Plats 13, 14, 18 and 20 weve planted. May 27, with red- 

 cob ensilage corn, a dent variety sent on for trial by Messrs. 

 D. J. Biishnell & Co. of St. Louis. Nine quarts of corn 

 were used for that purpose. Phit 21 was planted on the 

 same day with two and one-half quarts of Clark corn, a flint 

 variety of me*dium size. 



The grasses and clover varieties were kept clean from 

 weeds by the use of the cultivator and the hoe ; a similar 

 attention was bestowed upon the corn-bearing plats. 



The Kentucky blue-grass, seeded down in 1888, proved 

 to be largely a mixture of other grasses, herd's grass in 

 particular. The grass on both plats was cut for hay June 

 24. Plat 11 (fertilized) yielded 520 pounds of hay, or 

 3,921 pounds per acre ; Plat 12 (unfertilized) yielded 280 

 pounds of hay, or 2,111 pounds per acre. The sod was 

 subsequently turned under, and both plats re-seeded with 

 Kentucky blue-grass, September, 1889. 



Meadow fescue. Plat 17, began to head out May 30; it 

 bloomed June 4 ; it was thirty-six inches high when in full 

 blossom. The cutting had to be deferred, on account of 

 rainy weather, to June 20, when it measured forty-four 

 inches in height. The first cut of hay weighed 560 pounds, 

 or 4,422 pounds per acre ; the second cut (rowen) of hay, 

 September 4, weighed 290 pounds, or 2,187 pounds per 

 acre. This grass compares well in quality and quantity 

 with herd's grass ; seeded down close, it forms a compact, 

 healthy-looking sod. 



Bokhara clover, Plat 15, was seeded May 8 ; it appeared 

 above ground May 16 ; was eight inches high July 3, and 

 thirty-two inches August 7 ; it was cut for hay September 

 9, and yielded at the rate of 3,090 pounds per acre. The 

 second year's growth is usually much heavier ; the plant 

 dies out with the end of the second year. The large yield 

 of vegetable matter, in particular during the second year, 

 renders further observation with this plant for feeding 

 purposes advisable. 



Sainfoin, Plat 15, was seeded May 8 ; the young plants 

 appeared above ground May 18 ; it measured four inches 



