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AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



The yields in 191 1 are shown in the following table. 



OAT VARIETY TEST. 

 1911. 



The breeding work with oats has consisted of the study of 

 individual pedigree strains to find what are most promising. 

 Several strains which appear to be very valuable will be pro- 

 pagated on an extensive scale in 1912. 



Corn. 



Work with sweet corn and with field corn (yellow dent) is 

 being continued. The field corn of the Cornforth strain, which 

 won the bushel shelling contest at the Portland Corn and Fruit 

 Show, has been now bred up to the point where it appears to 

 be a highly desirable sort for the Maine farmer. 



Entomology. 



Since the entomological work began at this Station in 1888, 

 a very considerable mass of important results has been ac- 



