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taking hay as a standard, is shown by the following figures, 
which also indicate the comparative value per cwt. : — 
Per cwt. In 
Hay as 
Shillings. 
Stiindard at 1^0. 
•90 
•29 
116 
•38 
■85 
•28 
•70 
•23 
•61 
•20 
Tares 
■90 
•30 
Rye as 
Standard at 1*0. 
•63 
•12 
•50 
•10 
•79 
•16 
Professor Lecouteux divides the constituents of sorghum, and 
shows its nutritive relative value as follows :- — Water, 76^95 ; 
nitrogenous matter, 2-34; non-nitrogenous matter, 13-71 ; rela- 
tive nutritive value, 5"9. Hay — nitrogenous matter, 9*7 ; non- 
nitrogenous matter, 48"8 ; relative nutritive value, 5'0. 
A careful series of experiments was made during the past 
year by Professor Cselko, at the model Dairy Farm of Altem- 
bourg, in Hungary, with the view of determining the feeding 
value, as regards milk production, of various forage crops. 
The cows were of the Algauer breed, a famous mid-European 
variety, and they numbered from 35 to 40. They were fed in 
the stables during the whole of the summer, and averaged 
1070 lbs. in weight. Maize promoted the largest yield of milk, 
but sorghum produced milk of the richest quality, two varieties 
being used, Sorglium saccharatum and Sorghum vulgare. The 
figures showing the results obtained is of such value in con- 
nection with the forage plants treated in this paper, that I give 
a condensed translation of them (page 139). 
Dr. Sturtevant, director of the New York Experimental Sta- 
tion, has kindly sent me his report upon his experiments with 
sorghum. He says it is an important question to the farmer how 
to adapt sorghum to the latitude in which he lives ; and with a 
view of gathering evidence towards answering the question, a 
number of varieties were grown, and their conditions noted. 
One season's working, however, was not considered sufficient 
to establish conclusions which might serve as a future guide. 
The unusual rainfall was injurious to the best results ; but the 
late warm autumn was conducive to the maturing of the plant. 
Notes were taken upon 14 varieties having a direct bearing 
upon their application to the economic purposes of the farm. 
