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vines ceased growing and began dying out August 7. Three 

 rows forty feet long yielded twenty-five pounds of air-dried 

 vines and three and one-half pounds of air-dried peas. 



The weights of the vines and peas were taken on the same 

 day, three to four months after storing. 



5. Cleveland's Improved Valentine Beans (Phaseolus) . — The 

 seeds were planted May 8 ; they appeared above ground May 

 22, and began blooming July 5 ; the beans reached their full 

 size and the pods turned yellow August 10. The air-dried vines 

 weighed twenty-six and one-half pounds ; the air-dried beans 

 twelve pounds. 



6. Horse Bean (Vicia faba) . — Three varieties of this fodder 

 plant were raised during the past year with much success. A 

 description of some varieties of this reputed fodder plant has 

 been published in our previous report. Its adaptation to our 

 soil, as w^ell as its special agricultural value for green manuring, 

 and for the production of a valuable bean for feeding purposes, 

 has been discussed in that connection. Our attention during 

 the past season was mainly directed towards the question. 

 What proportion of the entire matured crop consists of straw 

 and empty pods, and what of beans? The results of this in- 

 quiry are stated below. 



Small horse bean. The seeds were planted May 12; the 

 young plants appeared May 22 ; they began to bloom July 10, 

 w,hen two and one-half feet high ; the first seeds formed August 

 13 ; the matured plants were cut and stooked September 13. 

 Three rows forty feet long produced twenty pounds of air-dried 

 straw and pods and twelve pounds of beans. The Jaeger bean, 

 apparently but another name for small horse bean, yielded from 

 the same area twenty pounds of air-dried straw and pods and 

 fourteen and one-half pounds of air-dried beans. A larger 

 variety of horse bean yielded, under similar circumstances, yet 

 upon a larger area, two hundred pounds of air-dried beans and 

 two hundred and seventy-five pounds of air-dried straw and 

 pods, or for every ten pounds of dry beans thirteen and one- 

 quarter pounds of dried straw and pods. 



7. Lupine. — The white lupine (Lupinus albus) has been 

 raised successfully for several years upon the fields of the 

 Station. Its particular value as a green manure has been illus- 

 trated by experiment. During the last season two varieties 



