13 



American 



Average of 



Corn Silage* 



(per Cent.). 



Millet and 



Soya Bean 



Silage (per 



Cent.). 



Moisture, 

 Dry matter, 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude ash, 

 Crude protein. 

 Crude cellulose, . 

 Crude fat, 

 Nitrogen-free extract. 



77.41 

 22.59 



8.91 

 11.25 

 33.14 



3.71 

 42.99 



* Jenkins and Winton. 



It will be noted thjit the millet and soya, bean silage is con- 

 siderably richer than the corn silage in protein, which is the most 

 valuable portion of a fodder, — the nitrogenous portion. The 

 seed of this millet, Panicum crus-gaUi, is difficult to save on 

 account of the fondness of birds for it. It yields largely, but 

 there is much unavoidable loss. 



Of the other millets, I have to report that the Panicum milia- 

 ceiim will not probably prove valuable for fodder. Its seed is 

 large and nutritious, excellent for cage birds or poultry. The 

 Panicum italicum is somewhat like German millet, though in im- 

 portant respects it differs from that sort. In usefulness it will be 

 found about equal to the German, but it must not be sown too 

 thickly. 



Soya Beans. — We have continued to experiment with a number 

 of varieties of this crop. We find three of value, and these we 

 call "Early White," "Medium Green" and "Medium Black." 

 The seed of all was originally brought from Japan. The first is 

 the most reliable for seed production in this vicinity, though neither 

 of the others has failed to ripen every season during the last six 

 years. The " Medium Green " appears to be the most valuable for 

 ensilage. This has given a yield of rather over eight tons per 

 acre when ready for the silo. 



Sulphate has been compared ivith the muriate of potash for this 

 crop, and the results are largely in favor of the former. 



Different distances between the rotvs were tried the past season, 

 viz., thirty, twenty-seven and twenty-four inches. The first dis- 

 tance has almost without exception given the most satisfactory 

 crops. 



Pot experiments in the culture of three varieties of the soya 

 bean, employing for each, soil from our own grounds and soil from 



