524 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. [Jun. 



running from south to north, three feet three inches apart, 

 with the exception of the carrots, which were planted in 

 rows fourteen inches apart. The crops were arranged in 

 the following order, beginning on the east end : — 



Danvers carrots, ninety rows. 



Welcome oats, three rows. 



Hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa), one row. 



Small pea (Lathy rus sativus), one row. 



Sulla {Eedijsartim coronarid), one row. 



Bird's-foot clover {Lotus corniculatus) , three rows. 



Lotus villosus, three rows. 



Sweet clover (Melilotus alba), three rows. 



Early cow-pea, one row. 



Teosinte {Euchlcena euxurians), two rows. 



Flour corn, one row. 



Pop-corn, striped rice, one row. 



Chinese sugar cane, seven rows. 



Early orange cane, fifteen rows. 



Early amber cane, fifteen rows. 



The seeds of the plants, with the exception of the carrots, 

 serradella, vetch and Southern cow-pea, were sent on by 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. 



Vetch and Oats. — Twenty-five pounds of vetch and fift^i 

 pounds of oats were seeded broadcast May 8. The oats 

 appeared above ground May 15, the vetch on May 17. 

 The oats began to head out and the vetch to bloom June 

 30. Both crops had reached a height of 28 inches July 5, 

 and of 32 inches July 12. The feeding of the crop began 

 July 7 and terminated July 23. The total yield of the 

 green crop amounted to 5,276 pounds, or 8.53 tons, per 

 acre. 



Southern cow-peas were seeded in rows, three feet and 

 three inches apart. May 14. They appeared above ground 

 May 28. The plants were six inches high June 27 ; twelve 

 inches high July 12; and twenty inches high August 3. 

 They began to fill out the space between the rows August 

 10 ; bloomed August 17, and formed pods August 23. The 

 feeding of the crop commenced September 4, and was 

 finished September 15. The crop had suffered somewhat 

 from frost September 7. The total yield amounted to 

 4,050 pounds, or 7.36 tons, per acre. 



