56 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



PEARL MILLET. 



[From Unfertilized Plat of Experiment Station. Collected Sept. 10, 1885] 



The cultivation of the pearl millet will be eootinued dur- 

 ing the coming summer season, to test its economical value 

 as a green fodder at an earlier stage of growth. 



Grasses. — The character of the growth which had grad- 

 ually sprung up in four Plats No. 11, 12, 15 and 16, set 

 apart for the production of four single varieties of grasses 

 (see Second Report, pp. 84 and 85), — orchard, meadow 

 fescus, timothy and red-top, — rendered a change of cultiva- 

 tion desirable. These grasses had been seeded down broad- 

 cast, each separate from the other, in May, 1884, for the 

 purpose of studying their respective fodder value, etc. A 

 great variety of grasses, and of other species of plants, had 

 gradually made their appearance, which rendered a separa- 

 tion in the course of time impracticable. The unfertilized 

 Plats No. 12 and 16 were in a worse condition than the 

 fertilized Plats No. 11 and 15. As drill culture promised 

 better results, it was decided to turn the sod soon after the 

 first hay crop was removed, and to reseed subsequently in 

 drills two feet apart. 



The reseeding took place Aug. 26, 1885. The young 

 grasses looked well in the fall. They have been kept clean 



