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pounds. Six varieties yielded above 40 pounds ; six, from 

 30 to 40 ; seven, from 20 to 30 ; and eight, between 10 and 

 20 pounds. Four varieties, "White French," "broom 

 corn," "hog" and "California," appear to be identical. 

 The " pearl" millets are too late to perfect seed here. The 

 Japanese (italicum) excelled either the "golden" or the 

 "golden wonder." 



Variety Tests with Turnips. 



Preliminary tests have been made with thirty-two varieties 

 of turnips. There were among the number numerous kinds 

 which appear to differ from others only in name, and there 

 was a wide difference in yield and quality. Further work 

 must be done before reporting details. 



Soja Beans. 



Early White. — Grown for seed; area, .49 acre; yield, 

 18^ bushels per acre. This variety is too small for fodder. 

 It ripens as surely here as our common field corn. The 

 beans ground are slightly superior in feeding value, for 

 milk, cream or butter, to cotton-seed meal, but the yield 

 is rather small. The cultivation costs about the same as 

 that of corn for equal areas. The vines shed their leaves 

 before the pods are ripe, and hence they have very little 

 feed value. The manurial value of the straw is about $2.40 

 per ton. 



Medium Black. — This variety, though later than the 

 above, has ripened here every year for the last seven. It 

 has been grown this year both for seed and for the silo. 

 For seed: area, .6 acre; yield, 14 bushels per acre. This 

 variety rusted somewhat this year. We put the product 

 of .4.") acre into the silo, mixed with about two parts by 

 weight of barn-yard millet. The yield was at the rate of 

 12,922 pounds per acre. This crop stood about three and 

 one-half feet high. It is better for fodder than the early 

 white, but appears to be much inferior to the medium green 

 variety for that use. 



Medium Green. — This variety is a little later than the 

 last. It has ripened every year until this without injury. 



