21 G AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATI(3N. [Jan. 



Summer rape (Bi^assica JVapus) , five rows. The seed was 

 sown ]\Iay 19 and came up May 25. The plants were cut for 

 fodder August 7, at which date they showed no signs of 

 blooming. A second growth was cut early in the fall. Both 

 cuttings showed a healthy and abundant growth. The seed 

 was obtained of D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Carrots (^Daucus carofa). The seed was sown June 1, 

 appearing above ground June 10. The plat (.155 acres) was 

 weeded and hoed July 10. The crop w^as harvested Novem- 

 ber 2. Yield, 5,540 pounds, or 13-14 tons per acre. 



Analyses of Crops raised upon Field D (1893). 



[I., common buckwheat {Fcujojjyrum esculentum) : dried; cut when iu ))loom 

 II , silver-hull l)uckwhcat {Faf/opi/nim escidentum) : dried; in bloom. Ill, Jap- 

 anese buckwheat {Fagopyrum esculentum) : dried; in bloom. IV., summer rape 

 {Brassica Napus) : dried; cut before blooming. V., prickley comfrey {S>/mphi/tii>n 

 officinale) : second growth ] 



Fertilizing Constituents. 



» Not determined. 



