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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



B. Fertilizer Ingredients of Fodder Articles.* 



[Figures equal percentages or pounds in 100.] 



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I. — Gkeen Fodders. 



(a) Meadow Grasses and Millets. 

 Hungarian grass, 



Japanese millet, 



Barnyard millet, 



Millet 



Orchard grass, 



(b) Cereal Fodders. 

 Corn fodder 



Oats 



Rye 



(c) Legumes. 

 Alfalfa, 



Horse bean 



Soy bean 



Soy bean (early white), 



Soy bean (medium green), . 



Soy bean (medium black), . 



Soy bean (late), 



Alsike clover 



Mammoth red clover 



Medium red clover 



Sweet clover, 



White lupine, 



Yellow lupine, 



Cow-pea 



Flat pea, 



Small pea, 



Sainfoin, 



Serradella 



0.38 

 0.33 

 0.30 

 0.29 

 0.43 



0.39f 



0.72 



0.27 



0.55 

 0.41 



0.71 

 0.70 

 0.88 

 0.75 

 0.66 

 0.63 

 0.59 

 0.54 

 0.45 

 0.40 

 0.36 

 1.00 

 0.53 

 0.68 

 0.48 



0.52 

 0.22 

 0.67 

 0.43 

 0.56 



0.27 

 0.56 

 0.57 



0.39 



0.21 



0.49 



0.69 



0.59 



0.62 



0.85 



0.62 



0.34} 



0.62 



0.50 



0.26 



0.44 



0.20 



0.43 



0.41 



0.57 



0.49 



0.15 

 0.10 

 0.10 

 0.11 

 0.13 



0.13 

 0.19 

 0.11 



0.14 

 0.05 

 0.14 

 0.16 

 0.17 

 0.20 

 0.18 

 0.19 

 0.15 

 0.12 

 0.15 

 0.05 

 0.09 

 0.11 

 0.13 

 0.12 

 0.20 

 0.16 



* Most of these analyses were made in earlier years by the Massachusetts State Ex- 

 periment Station. The percentages of the several ingredients will vary considerably, 

 depending upon the fertility of the soil, and especially upon the stage of growth of the 

 plant. In the majority of cases the number of samples analyzed is too few to give 

 a fair average. The figures, therefore, must be regarded as close approximations, 

 rather than as representing absolutely the exact fertilizing ingredients of the different 

 materials. (J. B. L.) 



t Too high; 0.26 nearer correct. J Evidently below normal. 



