13G AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



None of the imported varieties exceeded our home Amber 

 wheat in any essential point. 



VetcJi (Vicia sativa) and Oats. — An area of a small frac- 

 tion over one-fifth of an acre was sown broadcast, May IG, 

 with vetch and oat seed, — one part of vetch to three parts 

 of oats. 



The soil was prepared for the crop in the same way as in 

 the case of wheat. 



On the 25th of May the yonng plants appeared above 

 ground. The first cutting was made July 8, the crop^ then 

 standing three and one-half feet high, and the vetch beinij 

 in ])loom ; the cutting w^as stopped July 26. Two hundred 

 pounds per day were cut, on the average, to serve in our 

 second feeding experiment with milch cows. It was relished 

 by them much more than during the previous year, when 

 the vetch was sown alone. 



The yield of the area was fully two tons of green crop, 

 which would give an estimated yield of 10.89 tons of green 

 fodder per acre. 



Composition of Green Vetch and Ocits. 



The feeding ceased when the oats turned yellow. 



Anah/sis of Green Vetch and Oats. 

 [Collected from Experiment Station Fiolil. July 8, 1SS7.J 



JMoi.stiiro at 100^ C, 



Dry jSlattcr, 



Analysis of Dry Mailer. 

 Crude A-sli, 



" Cellulose, 



" Fat, 



" Protein (Nitrogenous INIatter), 

 N"on-nitro<^enous I'^xtraet Matter, 



Per cent. 



8G.I1 

 13.M9 



100.00 



12.37 

 31.20 

 2.74 

 10.59 

 40.10 



100.00 



