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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



The elate of .sowing was necessaril}^ late, and the rye went 

 into the winter very small. There was no injury, however, 

 from winter-killing, and at the date of plowing last spring, 

 May 14, this crop had made considerable growth. The crop 

 of the past season was a mixed growth of Sibley's Pride of 

 the North corn and Medium Green soy beans for ensilage. 

 The corn, on account of seasonal peculiarities several times 

 alluded to in this report, germinated somewhat imperfectly, 

 and there was some damage due to pulling of the young 

 plants by crows. The proportion of corn to beans, there- 

 fore, was somewhat lower than is desirable. The date of 

 planting was June 13 and 14, the work having been impos- 

 sible earlier, on account of the wet condition of the soil. 

 Taking into consideration the condition of the soil at the 

 time of planting and the relatively low temperature of the 

 summer, the crop was fiiirly satisfactory ; but it was un- 

 doubtedly unfavorably affected in places because of faulty 

 soil conditions. It was judged that these conditions most 

 seriously afiected the several pairs of plots directly compared 

 in the following table as follows : in Plot 1, on the south 

 half; in Plot 2, on the north half; in Plot 3, on the south 

 half; in Plot 4, on the south half; and in Plot 5, on the 

 south half. These facts should be kept in mind in interpret- 

 ing the results. The rates of yield per acre and the relative 

 standing of the several plots are shown in the following 

 table : — 

 Actual and Relative Yields of Green Forage. — Corn and Soy Beans. 



Attention is called to the fact that the differences this 

 year, witli one exception, are not very large, and that with 



