174 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



/Sulla (Hedysarum coronaria) and Lotus villosus have 

 for several years shown a healthy and vigorous growth on 

 our grounds ; they stand our average winter very well. 

 Both deserve a serious trial for stocking pastures with a 

 nutritious growth. The)' shade the ground more efficiently 

 in such localities than any of our coarser clover varieties. 

 Some subsequent statements of their composition illustrate 

 their high feeding value. 



Sugar Beets. — The seeds were sent on by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, for trial, accompanied by 

 the directions to return in due time average specimens of 

 roots of the live varieties for examination at the laboratory 

 of the department in Washington. 



They were planted in rows two feet apart, in a well- 

 prepared soil, May 5, each variety properly marked. The 

 young plants came up May 17 ; the)' suffered subsequently 

 somewhat from leaf-miners, but. soon recovered without 

 any apparent serious consequences. The crop was cleaned 

 twice with the cultivator, and the plants thinned out 

 to six inches apart Jul}' 8. They suifered during the latter 

 part of the summer here and there from brown spots on the 

 leaves. The pulling of the roots began October 2, with the 

 following. 



rounds. 



T. Florimond Desprez's richest, 760 



II. Bulteau Desprez's richest, 760 



III. Dope's Kleinwanzleben, 705 



IV. Dippe 1 s Yilmorin, 680 



V. Simon Le Grand's white improved, 865 



Total, . 3,770 



