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barn August 3. "When threshed, Sei)tcni])er 15, it yielded 

 430 pounds of grain and 1,795 pounds of straw and chaff, 

 which is equal to (JIO pounds of grain and 2,531 pounds of 

 straw and chaff, per acre. 



The ground which was used for the production of the 

 barley was ploughed August 2. After being fertilized with 

 225 pounds of fine-ground steamed bone (one-half of our 

 customary annual dressnig of bone), it was planted with 

 turnips and ruta-l)agas, in rows two feet apart. The crop 

 was thinned out in the rows and twice cleaned with the 

 cultivator. It was harvested November 5. The turnips 

 came to a good average size, and the ruta-bagas only to a 

 small medium size. Both were of excellent quality for 

 family use, selling in our local market at fifty cents per 

 bushel. The entire crop amounted to 7,715 pounds. 



EngltsJt Hye Grass { Loliuni j^erenne) . — This was sown 

 May SO. The young plants appeared above ground June 

 5. They made a good growth, yet did not head out during 

 the season. The grass was cut at the customary time for 

 second cut of upland meadow grasses, and the sod left over 

 winter, to nofice the efiect of that season on the crop. In 

 one of our preceding experiments the plants were winter- 

 killed. The main ol)ject of this trial was to secure addi- 

 tional facts regarding that point. 



Early Southern White Corn. — The corn was planted 

 May 23. The young plants were noticed alcove ground June 

 2. It made a very heavy rank growth, yet proved much 

 too late for maturing in our locality. 



Horse Bean (^Vkia faba). — This was planted ^lay 23, 

 appeared above ground June 2 ; reached a height of twenty- 

 five inches before it began to bloom, July 9. It suffered 

 temporarily somewhat from drought ; recovered, however, 

 subsequently. The roots of the plants, when thirty-one 

 inches high, July 18, showed a remarkably large number of 

 tubercles. The plant keeps on blooming until a killing frost 

 destroys it. This plant has served us well on former occa- 

 sions for oreen manuring. 



Soja Bean (Soj'a hispida). — Two varieties, white and 

 black, were planted May 23 ; they came ai)ove ground 

 June 2. The white variety began to bloom August 9, and 



