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phosphoric acid, potassium oxide and nitrogen it contains has 

 been deducted. 



5. The soja bean exceeds in our case in live out of six 

 cases the vetch and oats in feeding effect. Vetch and oats 

 compare well with a good rowen. The latter leads the Eng- 

 lish hay thus far in all our observations with milk production. 



6. Judging from our own experience, we can only recom- 

 mend very highly the practice of raising any of the stated 

 new fodder crops, after due consideration of local circum- 

 stances, either alone or as mixed crops, for the purpose of 

 increasing the fodder resources of the farm during summer 

 and autumn. They may serve as green fodder as well as 

 hay ; most of them have a higher nutritive ratio than either 

 English hay, corn fodder or corn stover : they tend to im- 

 prove the soil chemically and physically, they yield liberal 

 returns, and are, as a rule, highly relished by cattle. 



