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so low that it cannot be cut with a machine or a scythe. Its special 
use is as fall, winter, and spring pasture, and as such it bids fair to 
find a large usefulness in this State. 
In Germany it is sown with grain, and after the wheat is har¬ 
vested it covers the stubble with the finest of feed. In this State, 
where winter wheat or rye is sown, it should do well, as it does not 
winter-kill and seems to be able to grow with very little water. It 
also belongs to the class of plants that can draw from the air part of 
the nitrogen they need and store some of it up in their roots for the 
use of a crop of wheat. When sown in the spring with oats, sand- 
wick makes an upright growth and can be cut and cured for hay. 
The oats and the sandwick together make a well-balanced feed for a 
milch cow. 
Seed of the sandwick will be distributed next spring to many 
parts of the State for trial. 
ANALYSIS OF HAY OF SANDWICK. 
Water.10.00 per cent. 
Ash. 8.31 “ “ 
Crude fibre.23.05 “ “ 
Fat (Ether extract). 3.96 “ “ 
Albuminoids.15.25 “ “ 
Starch, sugar, etc.,.39.43 “ “ 
This analysis would indicate that sandwick is about a fifth more 
nutritious than an equal amount of alfalfa hay and also better pro¬ 
portioned, being almost a perfectly-balanced food for a milch cow. 
CORN VERSUS ALFALFA. 
Throughout the northern half of the Mississippi Valley corn is 
the great crop. It produces more feeding material per acre than 
anything else that can be grown. In Colorado it meets a worthy 
rival in alfalfa. Both these crops were grown side by side in acre 
plots on the Station farm in 1893 . The land was in good condition 
and in addition a very heavy application of stable manure was given 
to the corn ground, so as to show it at its best, Colorado is not so 
well adapted to corn culture as are Kansas and Nebraska, owing to 
the cool nights that result from its high altitude and the near 
presence of the mountains. But the crop of corn to be described 
would compare well with crops of the Eastern and Middle States, 
being equivalent to one of their crops of 14 tons of green fodder per 
acre. It is also fully up to the average of the great corn States of 
Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. 
The variety was the Golden Beauty, planted May 16 th in hills 
three feet apart each way, harrowed two times, cultivated four times, 
and irrigated once. It was harvested September 21 st and the entire 
