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acceptable fodder article for any length of time. The seed 

 was bought of Henry Nungesser, New York City, at twenty 

 cents per pound. 



Horse bean ( Mciafaba), five rows. The seed was sown 

 May 19 and came up May 29. The plants began to bloom 

 July 11. During the summer a blight attacked some of the 

 leaves, turning them black. The plant furnishes a good 

 green fodder when raised in connection with oats or barley 

 and vetch. The seeds are very nutritious. The plants were 

 cut September 28. The seed was ol)tained of J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Sons, New York, N. Y., at nine cents per pound. 



Kaffir corn, one row. The seed was sent on for trial from 

 Lawa'ence, Kan. It was planted May 19 and began to come 

 up May 30 ; August 26 the plants began to head out. They 

 reached a height of five feet, and were characterized by slender 

 but very leafy stems. No great agricultural merit could be 

 obtained in our section of the country, as the plant does not 

 mature. 



Common buckwheat (^Fagopyrurn ef^cKlejifiUJ/), five rows. 

 The seed was sown INIay 19. The plants broke ground May 

 27 and came in bloom June 24. This buckwheat made a 

 smaller gro^\i;h than either of the others. It was cut for fod- 

 der July 31. We have used common buckwheat with good 

 results as second crop after vetch and oats or summer grain, 

 to serve as green fodder for cattle during the latter part of 

 the season. 



Japanese buckwheat {Fagopyrum esculentum) , five rows. 

 The seed was sown May 19 and came up May 25. The plants 

 came in blossom June 24. The grow^th was very heavy, the 

 leaf development being greater than in the case of either of 

 the two other varieties of buckwheat. The plants were cut 

 for fodder, when beginning to form seed, on August 2. This 

 variety deserves the serious attention of farmers as a substi- 

 tute for our common buckwheat. The seed was obtained of 

 J. M. Thorburn, New York, N. Y., at six cents per pound. 



Silver-hull buckwheat {Fagopyrum esculentum) ^ five rows. 

 The seed was sown May 19. The plants broke ground May 

 27 and canie into bloom June 24. July 29 they were cut 

 for fodder. The seed was obtained of J. M. Thorburn, New 

 York City, at six and one-fourth cents per pound. 



