34 AGlilCULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Analyses of Dry Matter. 



The composition of the dry vegetable matter of the mixed 

 ensilage, No. 2, compares well with that of a medium quality 

 of red clover hay. 



The successful cultivation of the soja bean upon the fields 

 of the Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station 

 has been repeatedly pointed out in previous annual reports. 

 The superior feeding effect of green soja bean as a coarse 

 fodder constituent in the diet of milch cows has been shown 

 in our summer feeding experiments of 1890. (See Eighth 

 Annual Report, pages 39 to 54.) Our experience this year 

 confirms our previous statement. The high economical value 

 of this reputed fodder crop finds again a striking illustration in 

 the experiment reported in detail upon some succeeding pages. 



The general character of the different coarse fodder arti- 

 cles used on this occasion will be seen from the subsequent 

 statement. 



