96 AGRICULTURAL EXPERn^IENT STATION. [Jan. 



SERRADELLA. 

 [Grown at the Experiment Station. Collected when in bloom, Aug. 4, 1886.] 



Analysis of Serradella, ivith Reference to Fertilizing Constituents. 



Per cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 10.54 



Phosphoric acid (6 cents per pound) , .90 



Potassium oxide (4:\ cents per pound) , 2.60 



Magnesivim oxide, • .39 



Calcium oxide, 2.63 



Sodium oxide, .55 



Niti-ogen (17 cents per pound), 2.54 



Insoluble Matter, . . • .21 



Valuation per 2,000 pounds $11 93 



This plant has been described in previous reports as a 

 valuable fodder plant, adapted to moist, sandy lands. Its 

 feeding value has been tested at the Station during the past 

 vear. 



