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just before the discovery was made. The seed I brought 

 was from a crop that was pulled up. The seed we send out 

 from the college is produced in that way. We pull the crop, 

 and I think you will get the bacteria in most cases where a 

 crop is harvested in that way. 



Professor Phelps. I can do just as you have said, and 

 have done it, but it was a good deal cheaper for me to send 

 to you and get the seed and microbes. 



Professor Brooks. This year we have some soil that 

 we are anxious to give away, if you will pay the freight. 

 We have raised a large amount of seed of the soy bean. 

 We are threshing it, and are getting a tremendous amount 

 of this dust in sweeping the floor ; and if any of you want to 

 try this crop, I want to announce that we shall be glad to 

 send you a bagful of this material that you can scatter over 

 your field as you would .a precious fertilizer. It is right 

 from the threshing floor. 



Question. Which is better to feed green, corn or barn- 

 yard millet ? 



Professor Brooks. If I had to make a choice between 

 the two crops to feed green, I do not know which I should 

 take, but I think the millet. Mr. Clemence of Southbridge 

 told me last year that he raised thirty-five tons of millet to 

 the acre. I asked him if he weighed the whole of it, and 

 he said he took a few square rods and calculated the whole 

 from that, so I am a little doubtful whether he got thirty- 

 five tons to the acre. I know we have raised twenty tons, 

 weighing every load as it went into the barn. In changing 

 the feed of cows from corn to millet, the herd of cows im- 

 mediately commence to increase in the amount of milk. 

 If we change from millet to corn, the change is opposite. 

 The cows prefer the millet. I do not recommend millet for 

 dry land. It is a crop for strong, heavy soil, and it ought 

 to be sowed thinly. Many make the mistake of sowing a 

 bushel or so to the acre. That is nearly four times too 

 much. Twelve quarts is enough, evenly distributed. You 

 will get a better crop with this amount than you will with 

 more. The mixing of soy beans with millet I heartily 

 endorse. It is a splendid silage. It would generally be 

 best, no doubt, to use the silage moderately. I do not 



