242 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Southern cow-pea {Dolichos sineni^is), five rows. The 

 seed was sown May 9, the young plants appearing above 

 ground May 19. The crop made a good growth, and was 

 sampled for analysis on August 28 and October 2. The 

 seed was purchased of D. Landreth & Son, Philadelphia. 

 The analysis of the crop showed the following composi- 

 tion : — 



Aiigrnst 28 

 (PcrCVnt.). 



October 2 

 (Per Cent.). 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Dry matter, . 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude ash, 



" fibre, . 



" fat, . 



" protein, 

 Nitrogen-free extract matter, 



• • 



81.81 

 18.19 



100.00 



11.20 

 17.87 

 4.63 

 17.19 

 49.11 



100.00 



80.60 

 19.40 



100.00 



9.96 

 20.52 



3.81 

 16.41 

 49.30 



100.00 



Two prominent varieties (Clay and Whippoorwill) have 

 been raised successfully for a number of years, and have 

 served us well as fodder crops either green or in the form 

 of silage. None of these varieties mature seed in our sec- 

 tion of the country. 



Horse bean ( Vicia faha), five rows. The seed was sown 

 May 9, and first appeared above ground May 21. The 

 plants first began to blossom June 28. July 10 the plants 

 had reached a hcio-ht of twentv-one inches. Below is ftiven 

 an analysis of the crop with pods forming : — 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 84.83 



Dry matter, 15 . 17 



100.00 



