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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



In the following tables -will be found data giving information as 

 to yield and composition of the crops. 



TABLE IT. 

 YIELD PER ACRE. 



^£ a 



Sunflower heads ... 

 Peas, whole plant , 



2,040 

 1,861 



TABLE V. 



COMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HEADS AND PEAS. 



Air Dry. 









































b£ a 





,2 



+3 







,0 



O d 



is °S 



£ 



< 



a 



&l 



Zzl 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 



7. "27 



6.78 



12.63 



24.4 



34.56 



7.57 



7.45 



17.19 



30.00 



35.18 



Water Free. 



S3 •" 



Ks3 



^ S3 ! 



H S3 



Sunflower heads . 

 Blackeye peas — 



Sunflower heads . 

 Peas, whole plant 



% 

 14.41 



% 

 13.62 



IS. 60 



% 

 26.30 



32.4- 



% 

 37.27 



38.04 



Fresh Plant. 



84 



86.1 



1.16 

 1.12 



2.18 

 2.59 



4.211 5.961 2.49 

 4.51 5.29 .39 



3> 



lo . 00 

 2.83 



TABLE VI. 



YIELD PER ACRE OF NUTRIENTS COMPARED WITH MAINE FIELD CORN AND RED 



CLOVER. 



>.2 





c 2 



Maine field com . 



Red clover 



Sunflower heads . , 

 Peas, whole plant 



4,224 

 3,400 

 2,040 

 1,861 



385 

 520 

 278 

 249 



3,469 

 3,150 

 1,296 

 1,312 



156 

 133 



317 

 53 



