GRAINS, GRASSES AND VEGETABLES. 
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63 pounds, of the second, 62 per bushel. Had the 
clover been irrigated, the yield would have been greater, 
but I doubt whether the seed would have been as good 
and heavy. The White clover, Alsike, Sapling, Crimson, 
Japan and Burr clovers, White and Yellow Bokhara, 
Spanish Trefoil and Sainfoin have all been carefully 
tested. The Bokharas and Trefoil are tine plants for bees, 
but poor for hay. 
MILLETS. 
From seed improved by careful selection, the Ger¬ 
man, Golden, Italian and Hungarian millets have given 
very satisfactory results this year, producing a large and 
greatly increased amount of hay and heavy seed. 
Yearly double the amount of hay and seed have been 
made by sowing the selected seed of the German and 
Hungarian. 
The Common, French Red and White, the Pearl and 
Evergreen have also been under cultivation with no 
uncommon results, the two last failing to succeed—one 
to mature, the other to live through winter. 
SORGHUM. 
Fourteen varieties of both native and foreign sor¬ 
ghum seed were received from various sources to be 
tested at the College. All kinds from Asia and Africa 
have so far failed to mature the seed. The Early 
Amber, Orange and Minnesota ripen both seed 
and stalk, the former being much the best. The 
stalks and seed of them all are found to be excellent-feed 
for cattle. 
THE CEREALS. 
BUCKWHEAT. 
Only the Common Black and the Silver Hull varie¬ 
ties of buckwheat have been raised. The demand has 
has not yet been great enough to give much attention to 
the improvement of this grain; however, these two 
kinds have been greatly improved by selection of seed 
