244 AGRICULTUKAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Moisture at 100° C, . 



Dry matter, 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude asli, ..... 



" fibre, ..... 



" fat, 



" protein, .... 

 Nitrogen-free extract matter, 



August 28 

 (Per Cent.). 



70.91 

 29.09 



100.00 



10.34 

 21.09 

 3.11 

 27.49 

 37.97 



October 28 

 (Per Cent). 



68.11 



31.89 



100.00 



100.00 



8.43 

 21.20 



2.34 

 23.16 

 44.84 



100.00 



Fertilizing Constittients. 



Dry matter contains : — 



Nitrogen, 



Potassium oxide, 



Phosphoric acid, 



3.70 



* Not determined. 



The above samples were raised on Field A, in 1892, in 

 drills two and one-half feet apart, using seventy pounds of 

 seed per acre, and securing on an average nine to ten tons 

 per acre, which served as mixed ensilage with corn. The 

 addition of leguminous plants, as clover, soja beans, serra- 

 della, etc., to corn for silage tends to counteract the acid 

 reaction of the corn silage and furnishes a most acceptable 

 article for feeding. 



Silver-hull buckwheat {Fagopyrum esculentum) , eight 

 rows. The seed was sown ]\Iay 9, the young ])lants appear- 

 ing above ground May 16. It came into bloom June 18, 

 and was cut for feeding out July 14, when about three feet 

 in height. The seed was purchased of J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., New York, at ten cents per pound. An analysis of the 

 dried crop, cut when in bloom, gave the following results : — 



