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6. Experiment with Vetch and Oats 

 FOR Green Fodder and Hay (1892). 



Field G. 



This field i.s 700 feet loni^ and 75 feet 

 wide; area, 52,500 square feet, or 1^ 

 acres. The hind is nearly level and the 

 soil a loam several feet in depth. No 

 nianurial matter has l)een applied since 

 181>0, the o])ject l)eing to reduce the 

 stored-up plant food, and thereby pre- 

 })are the soil for future held experiments 

 with special fertilizers. 



The tield was ploughed April 18, and 

 subsequently thoroughly harrowed. The 

 northern half of the field was sown to 

 vetch and oats April 2 1 . Two bushels of 

 oats and thirty-five pounds of spring vetch 

 were used for seed. The southern half of 

 the field was sown Juno 1, four bushels 

 of oats and thirty-five pounds of spring 

 vetch being used for seed. The plants 

 came up May 3 on the northern half and 

 June 6 on the southern half of the field. 



We commenced cutting the crop for 

 green fodder June 28, when the vetch 

 was beginning to bloom and the oats to 

 head out, beginning at the north end. 

 The portion of the northern half cut over 

 in this manner Avas 109 by 75 feet, or 

 8,175 square feet. The yield was 3,020 

 pounds (rate of 8 tons to the acre). The 

 remainder of this half was cut and dried 

 for hay. Yield of well-dried hay, 1,195 

 pounds (rate of 2,900 pounds to acre). 

 The cutting of the southern half of the 

 field was commenced July 12. The total 

 yield of green fodder amounted to 3 

 tons 1,148 pounds (rate of 5 tons 1,900 

 l)ounds to the acre). 



