1888.] 



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growth, from 28 to 30 inches high. None but No. 2 pro- 

 duced, to any extent, matured pods. 



The entire yield on Phit 15 (fertilized) amounted to 2,400 

 pounds of green crop, containing from 18 to 19 per cent, of 

 dry vegetal)le matter. 



Plat IC) (unfertilized) produced 1,300 pounds of green 

 fodder, — a difference of 54 per cent, in favor of the fertil- 

 ized plat. An analysis of No. 4, Clay variety of Southern 

 cow pea (Dolichos) will be found in a later chapter, on new 

 fodder crops. The crop was cut for fodder, Aug. 29 to 

 Sept. 3. 



ALFALFA (Luzerne; Hay). 



[Collected from Experiment Station Pints, Aug. 16, 1887, while in bloom. First 



Ciir.l 



ALSYKE CLOVER (Hay; Trifolium Hybridum). 

 [Collected from the Experiment Station Plats, Aus. 16, 18S7. while in bloom.] 



