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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION 



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sample No. 1 of both the green and dry fodder, the vetch 

 predominated. In case of sample No. 2 of the dry fodder, 

 the wheat was probably in excess. In fodder combinations 

 it is difficult to secure an even distribution of the several 

 plants. The mixture of 11-^ bushels of wheat and 1 bushel 

 of vetch per acre is satisfactory, does not lodge, and will 

 show from 12 to 15 per cent, of protein in a thoroughly 

 air-dry condition. 



Dif/esfibilift/ of Winter Wheat and Sand Vetch. — Five 

 digestion trials have been made with two different samples 

 of green fodder, and six trials with two samples of the 

 dried material : — 



The several digestion trials make it clear that the wheat 

 and vetch mixture is as digestible as either fodder corn or 

 oat and pea fodder. They also show this fodder when dried 

 under normal conditions to be as digestible as when fed 

 green. 



General Conclusions. 



1. Wlieat and sand vetch is a hardy fodder mixture. 



2. When sown the previous autumn, it will be ready to 

 cut the last of May, and is considered preferable to rye. 



3. It will yield about 10 tons of green material to the 

 acre under average conditions, and in composition, digesti- 

 bility and feeding value it fully equals peas and oats and 

 similar crops. 



