210 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The oats began to head out June 25, and the crop was cut 

 for hay July 2, the vetch being then on the point of bloom- 

 ing. The yield of hay was as follows : — 



Pounds. 



Plat 15, 

 Plat 16, 



8,051 

 7,088 



Analyses of Vetch and Oats. 

 [Equal number of plants of each ; collected Jul}- 5, 1894.] 



Pi;u Cent. 



riat 15. 



Plat 16. 



Moisture at 100° C, . 



Dry matter, ...*.. 



Analysis of Dry Matter 

 Crude ash, 



" fibre, 



" fat, 



" protein, .... 

 INitrogen-free extract matter. 



100.00 



100.00 



Vetch, Oats and Horse Bean. — Plat 11, which was used 

 for growing the above crop, was fertilized at the rate of 400 

 pounds of muriate of potash and 600 pounds of ground bone 

 per acre, the preparation of the plat for the seed being the 

 same as for the other plats. May 8 the seed was sown, at 

 the rate of 60 pounds vetch, 60 pounds horse bean and 136 

 pounds of oats per acre. On May 16 the vetch and oat 

 plants were coming up, and the horse bean appeared on 

 the 21st. 



