216 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Summer rape (Brassica JVapus) , five rows. The seed was 

 sown May 19 and came up May 25. The plants were cut for 

 fodder August 7, at which date they showed no signs of 

 blooming. A second growth was cut early in the fall. Both 

 cuttings showed a healthy and abundant growth. The seed 

 was obtained of D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Carrots (Daucus carota). The seed was sown June 1, 

 appearing above ground June 10. The plat (.155 acres) was 

 weeded and hoed July 10. The crop was harvested Novem- 

 ber 2. Yield, 5,540 pounds, or 13-14 tons per acre. 



Analyses of Crops raised upon Field D {1 893) . 



[I., common buckwheat {Fagojjyrum esculentum) : dried; cut when in bloom 

 II , silver-hull buckwheat (Faffopi/ntin esculentum): dried; in bloom. Ill , Jap- 

 anese buckwheat (Fac/opf/rum escttlcntum) : dried; in bloom. IV., summer rape 

 {Brassica Napus) : dried; cut before blooming. V., prickley comfrey {Symj^hytum 

 ojficinale) : second growth ] 



Fertilizing Constituents. 



» Not determined. 



