1891, 



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same manner as previously described in case of otlier plats, 

 for a reseeding during the succeeding September. 



Plat 21, a mixture of meadow fescue, two and one-half 

 pounds (=4 quarts), and herds grass, two and one-half 

 pounds (=2 quarts), was sown Sept. 25, 1889. The 

 plat looked well in the spring ; it proved in part a failure, 

 on account of the mixed character of the seeds, and of 

 the appearance of a brown fungus upon the plants. The 

 first cut yielded three hundred and ninety pounds of hay. 

 The sod was ploughed under soon after harvesting the hay, 

 and the land reseeded after a careful preparation of the soil, 

 Sept. 25, 1890. 



All plats reseeded during the late autumn have been 

 fertilized in a like manner, with the same mixture which has 

 been used for several years upon Field B ; namely, six hun- 

 dred pounds of ground steamed bones and two hundred 

 pounds of muriate of potash per acre. Extra precaution has 

 been taken to secure seeds fit for our purpose, which in this 

 connection consists in comparing single varieties of grasses 

 and other reputed fodder crops, regarding their nutritive 

 character and their comparative economical value, when 

 raised under otherwise corresponding circumstances upon 

 farms in jNIassachusetts. 



Some of the results of the analyses of crops raised upon 

 Field B, during 1889 and 1890, as far as they are not yet 

 published, will be found upon a few subsequent pages. 



Meadow Fescue. 



[In full bloom, June U, 1889. (Field B.)] 



Moisture at 100"' C 

 Dry matter, , 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 



Crude ash, . . . . . 



" cellulose, .....:, 

 " fat, ,....,. 



" protein (nitrogenous matter), . 



Non-nitrogenous extract matter, .... 



Per Cent 

 5.30 



94.70 

 100.00 



8.50 



39.65 



1.97 



7.85 



42.03 



100.00 



