a fair quality and compares well with a medium good quality of 

 meadow hay. The rate of digestibility stated in connection with the 

 non-nitrogenous extract matter of the hay includes that of the crude 

 cellulose or raw fibre. Green Winter Eye in blossom may contain 

 from 20 to 26 percent, of vegetable matter, and from 80 to 74 per 

 cent, of water. 



102. HAY OF OATS. 



From one of the experimental plots of the Station. 



The sample was collected, when in full blossom ; its composition 

 can scarcely be called a fair one. The dry vegetable matter of oats 

 in blossom may vary from 15 to 20 per cent, of the weight of the 

 green plant. 



Actual field experiments have shown, that the condition and the 

 quality of the soil, aside of season and of climate, exert a decided 

 influence not only on the quantity, but also on the quality of the 

 crops raised upon it. This fact deserves particular attention in the 

 cultivation of forage crops. Oats raised during the same season 

 upon the same kind of soil, with the aid of manures and without 

 them, has been noticed to contain, in the latter case as low as five 



