262 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



7. Experiments with Forage Crops (Vetch and Oats 

 FOR First Crop, Hungarian Grass for Second). 



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The field is 700 feet long and 75 feet 

 wide, and contains 52,500 square feet, 

 or 1^ acres. The field was ploughed 

 Oct. 25, 1893. April 17 the arti- 

 chokes were removed from the southern 

 end of the field (see preceding annual 

 report). It was fertilized with barn- 

 3^ard manure, applied at the rate of ten 

 tons per acre. The field was again 

 ploughed April 18. Vetch and oats 

 was the crop selected for trial, being 

 sown at the rate of forty-five pounds 

 of vetch and four bushels of oats per 

 acre. The field was seeded in two 

 portions. The seed was sown on the 

 northern portion April 20, coming up 

 April 28. The southern portion of the 

 field was seeded May 11, the plants 

 appearing above ground May 19. The 

 crop made a very satisfactory growth, 

 and on eJune 23 the feeding of the 

 green material from the northern por- 

 tion began (the vetch being in bloom 

 and the oats heading out), continuing 

 until July 2, when that remaining was 

 cut for hay. July 6 the cutting from 

 the southern portion l^egan, continuing 

 until the 18th, when that remaining 

 was cut for hay. Following is given a 

 statement of the j'ield from the field : — 



Pounds. 



Green material fed (19. 12 per cent, dry 



matter), 6,875 



Hay of vetch and oats (73. 6G percent. 



dry matter), i,980 



at the rate of 5,000-6,000 pounds of hay per acre. 



