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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



sample No. 1 of both the green and dr}^ fodder, the vetch 

 predominated. In case of sample No. 2 of the dry fodder, 

 the wheat was probably in excess. In fodder combinations 

 it is difficult to secure an even distribution of the several 

 plants. The mixture of P/^ bushels of wheat and 1 bushel 

 of vetch i)er acre is satisfoctory, docs not lodge, and will 

 show from 12 to 15 per cent, of protein in a thoroughly 

 air-dry condition. 



Di<jeslibilitij of Winter Wheat and /Sand Vetch. — Five 

 digestion trials have been made with two difierent samples 

 of green fodder, and six trials with two samples of the 

 dried material : — 



The several digestion trials make it clear that the ^vheat 

 and vetch mixture is as digestible as either fodder corn or 

 oat and pea fodder. They also show this fodder when dried 

 under normal conditions to be as digestible as when fed 

 green. 



General Conclusions. 



1. Wheat and sand vetch is a hardy fodder mixture. 



2. When sown the previous autumn, it Avill be ready to 

 cut the last of Ma}^ and is considered preferable to rye. 



3. It will yield about 10 tons of green material to the 

 acre under average conditions, and in composition, digesti- 

 bility and feeding value it fully equals peas and oats and 

 similar crops. 



