of cutting, and the pods had merely formed in the older 
bloom. The leaves were well preserved. The sample ob- 
tained for me, by Mr. Trimble, was of hay cut when the 
plants were quite mature and a goodly number of the pease 
were ripe. The hay, however, was in good condition. The 
samples were ground to a coarse powder, from which 
smaller samples were prepared for analysis. 
COMPOSITION OF PEA-VINE HAV. 
1 
< 'oiidition at time of C’nttiiiK, 
1 
Moisture. 
1 
Ash, 
Ether 
Extract, 
i Crude 
1 Protein. 
C 
® 
,0 
a 
5 
i Nitrogen- 
Free Extract. 
Total 
Nitrogen. 
(Uit at time of full bloom 
5.871 
11 . 27:1 
3.200 
20.200 
29. 128 
:10.028 
3 . 2:12 
Water free 
11.1*77 
3.398 
21.460 
31.264 
31.901 
3 . 4:14 
(^ut when in full pod 
rt.028 
7.135 
1.839 
16.581 
:10.013 
.38.404 
2.653 
Water free 
7.592 
1.957 
17.64.5 
:il.988 
40.888 
2.723 
We give, in the subjoined table, analyses of pea-vine 
ensilage, first cutting alfalfa, and clover hay. The analyses 
of the ensilage and clover hay are reproduced from Bulle- 
tin No. 35. 
%>JU(STO]\[ j 
< 
Ether 
Extract. 
i 
Crude | 
Protein, j 
Crude Fiber. , 
1 
Nitrogen- 
Free Extract. 
a 
® 
3 '^ 
Pea-vine ensilage 
4.710 
14.910 
3.240 
10.950 
:10.060 
:16.1:10 
1.7.52 
Water free 
15.6:50 
3.400 
11:100 
31.:i90 
:i8..540 
1.8:19 
Alfalfa, average of first cutting 
6.210 
10 . 0:10 
1..5.50 
14,8.50 
:16.280 
31.080 
2.376 
Water free 
10.694 
1.6.53 
15.8:13 
:18.682 
:5:i.i:i8 
2.5:i3 
Clover hay, water free 
10 . 6:10 
2.070 
14.180 
:10.520 
42.600 
The analyses show the pea-vine hay to be richer than 
either clover or alfalfa in proteids, the alfalfa containing 
2Q7 pounds, while the pea-vine hay, cut in full bloom, con- 
tains 404 pounds per ton ; and it is only a little higher than 
the clover hay in crude fiber. We also observe a decrease 
in the ash constituents and the proteids with the ripening 
of the plant, so that the pea-vine hay forms no exception to 
this rule 
It will be noticed that it removes a large amount of ash, 
the hay containing an average of 9.204 per cent, of ash or 
mineral matter. 
