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the rate of 40 bushels of seed and 3 tons 532 pounds of 

 straw per acre. 



Japanese Millet (Panicum italicum). — The area of this 

 variety was .138 acres. It was planted and managed in all 

 respects like the preceding varieties. The yield was 305 

 pounds of seed and 519 pounds of straw, which is at the 

 rate of 41 bushels of seed and 1 ton 1,761 pounds of straw 

 per acre. 



6. Soya Beans, 



A small area of each of the three leadins; varieties of 

 Japanese soya beans was cultivated for seed. The yield 

 was at the following rates per acre : early white, 18.7 

 bushels; medium black, 16 bushels; medium green, 34.5 

 bushels. The last-named variety thus once more demon- 

 strates its great superiority as a crop-producer over either 

 of the other sorts under trial. 



7. Clovers. 



Tests were begun in 1895 for the purpose of comparing 

 four of our prominent clovers, viz., medium red, mammoth, 

 alsike and crimson. The result of the first year's test will 

 be found in our ninth annual report (pages 27 to 29). As 

 stated in that report, our results indicate that the crimson 

 will not prove valuable as a fodder crop in this locality. 



Medium Red Clover. — The crop of this variety com- 

 pared very favoral^ly with that of the mammoth clover in 

 the season of 1896, but during the winter of 1896 and 97 

 the plants of this variety were nearly all killed. The plots 

 were accordingly ploughed and sown with oats and vetch. 



Mammoth Clover. — This variety was somewhat injured 

 by the winter, but was allowed to stand. Bad weather pre- 

 vented its being harvested at the proper time, and it was 

 much damaged before it could be secured. It yielded at 

 the rate of about 11^ tons per acre at the first cutting. The 

 second growth was much mixed with weeds. It was cut 

 and weighed green, yielding at the rate of about 2,800 

 pounds per acre. 



Alsike Clover. — This variety, like the preceding, was 

 much injured by rain. It, like the mammoth, was found to 

 have suffered much during the winter. The crop cut was 



