490 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



HAY OF OATS. 



[From Plats of Station, cut while in Mills, July 9, 1885.] 



Vetch (Vicia sativa) . — The seed was imported to secure the 

 same variety of vetch which had been tried here in previous 

 years. It was sown May 14, and made its first appearance 

 May 19. The growth was kept clean by frequent use of the 

 cultivator. The latter was first used May 24, when the young 

 plants had reached a height of two inches. The first signs of 

 blooming were noticed July 6. The feeding of the green crop 

 commenced July 20, and was continued until August 2. 

 Twenty-five pounds were used in the daily diet per head. A 

 second crop was cut September 13. The vetch yields a large 

 and valuable growth, yet seems best adapted for green fodder 

 when raised as a mi.Kcd crop with oats, barley or rye Clear 

 green vetch is not as much relished at the beginning by dairy 

 cows as the mixed crop. 



Composition of Oreen Vetch. 

 [July 19, 1886.] 



Moisture at 100^ 

 Dry Matter, 



C, 



Per cent. 



82.97 

 17.03 



The subsequent copies of two analyses of vetch raised on our 

 own grounds in previous years may convey some more definite 

 idea regarding the composition of this reputed fodder crop : — 



