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consisted of a good loam, and was in a fair state of cultivation. 

 The fertilizers used consisted of six hundred pounds of fine- 

 ground bones and one hundred and fifty pounds of muriate of 

 potash per acre. The ditferent crops were cultivated in drills 

 three feet three inches apart; they proved, without exception, 

 a success. 



Oats. — The variety raised in this connection was secured in 

 our vicinity. Its particular name is somewhat uncertain ; it 

 grows quite tall, and forms thickly-leaved stems ; the grain 

 is of a good average size and weight. The oats were sown 

 May 3 ; the young plants appeared May 12 ; they began to 

 bloom July 5. The feeding of the green oats commenced that 

 day, and was continued for about two weeks, until July 20, 

 when the plants turned yellowish. Forty pounds were fed per 

 day to each cow. 



Composition of Oreen Fodder Oats. 



The composition of our variety of oats at the time of feeding 

 may be inferred from the following analysis of a sample raised 

 on the same ground in 1885 and published in the last annual 

 report ; — 



