Analysis of Hay with reference to Fertilizing Constituents. 



Per Cent. 



Moisture, 7.24 



Phosphoric acid, 6 cts. per lb. .5G 



Potassium oxide, 4^ cts. " 1.44 



Magnesium oxide, 0.09 



Calcium oxide, 0.99 



Sodium oxide, 0.37 



Nitrogen, 17 cts. per lb. 1.31 



Insoluble Matter, 1.33 



Valuation per 2000 lbs., $6.35 



465, 



CARROTS. 



Raised at the Experiment Station, 188G. 



The average amount of dry matter in well grown carrots is usually 

 stated {E. Wolff) to be 15 per cent, of the weight of the fresh root ; 

 in otir case it varied from 9 to 12 per cent, according to the size of 

 the root tested. Large specimens of roots contain frequently a 

 smaller amount of dr}' vegetable matter, than smaller ones, equally 

 matured. Cultivation, manuring, season and time of seeding, aside 

 from fitness of the soil, affect seriously the general character of the 

 root crops. In our case, soil and state of fertilization were favora- 

 ble, — freqvient rains towards the close of the summer season had fa- 

 vored apparently in an exceptional degree the growth of the leaves 

 at the expense of a timely maturing of the roots. 



