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| pounds, the seed thus weighing twenty-three pounds per struck 
bushel. | 
From not having facilities at the station for expressing the oil, we | 
must be content with the results of analysis. Dr. S. M. Babcock 
found the seed to contain 20.52 per cent of the oil in the air-dry seed. , 
One hundred seed in air-dry condition weighed 187.7 grains, and con- | 
tained 49.1 per cent of husk, and 50.9 per cent of kernel. The com- 
plete analysis is as below: 
Air dry. Dried. 
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Pee o Velc sue eens s MEL UE ee er mle 3.00 3.43 
I MMAETER RPLCL. (CIN AXE OS 24/16 '.% ola.) s ca vw ats a /aye ey ooge t 15.88 18.19 
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UMD EEPEO OXITACT (02/0 oy sieve a S's o helen oh ae iber ial 21.43 
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100.00 100.00 
The sunflower crop, however, has difficulties in the way of curing. 
As the plant ripens late in the season, the heads must be placed under 
cover to prevent waste, and they contain at this stage much water. 
We dried our crop by spreading the heads upon a floor, without piling, 
and as soon as the seeds were sufficiently dry they were shelled out. 
As this has been a very late season, it is possible that in a more 
favorable year the seeds might be shelled off at the time of harvest. 
GRASSES. 
Our grass plats are not, as yet, in order. Through the difficulty of 
-obtaining pure seed of the varieties, it became necessary to sow such 
seed as we had in drills, and when the grass was in head and could be 
recognized, to weed out those plants not true to name. As we secure 
uniformity of variety to a plat, it is our intention to allow the drill 
intervals to be occupied, and thus to acquirea sod. On account of — 
the clayey character of the soil, this weeding can only be effected after 
a.rain while the ground is soft. 
The growing of grasses upon a small scale and without mixture 
affords insufficient data for the formation of an accurate judgment 
concerning values, and notes must be supplemented through the ex- 
perience gained from watching the species as growing in nature and 
under cultivation. The crowding of grasses seems to diminish the tuft- 
ing of those species which have a tendency thereto, but yet, as a matter 
- of common observation, the non-tufting species of grasses have ever 
been more popular for the purpose of cultivation than those which 
form tussocks. 
The value of grass for cultivation seems to depend upon the foliage 
and upon the roots. ‘To secure the greatest economy, species of grasses 
that root within different areas of soil should be grown in common, 
especially for pasture use. The June grass is able to withstand severe 
drought on account of its deep-rooting habit. The timothy grass seems 
only to be grown successfully by itself in rotation with wheat upon . 
our richer soils, as its roots occupy the same area as do the roots of the 
wheat plant. If a section be cut through rich, natural pasture, and 
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