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was reached and at Blue Rapids, Kansas, it was not yet in 

 full flower. I have recorded (Am. Mid. Nat., 5:102; 7:91) 

 a difference of 16 days at Blue Rapids and 12 at Fargo in 

 the appearance of the first flowers of the two species. 



As had been noted on previous trips, the condition of 

 the maize in the fields changed but little for some distance. 

 The unusually cool wet weather which had prevailed prob- 

 ably acentuated this condition. At the start it was but four 

 to six inches high and just being cultivated for the first 

 time. Beyond Lincoln, however, it was distinctly larger and 

 a foot or more high in northern Kansas. I believe it was 

 somewhere in Nebraska that we first saw the practice of 

 "listing" (planting in furrows), which is the usual one in 

 southern Nebraska and in Kansas. 



The first field of winter wheat was noted beyond Sioux 

 City soon after passing into Nebraska, and it became com- 

 mon around Fremont. At Blue Rapids a few fields were 

 just beginning to show signs of ripening, and harvesting be- 

 gan about July 1. At Akron, Iowa, the first crop of alfalfa 

 hay was being cut; in northern Kansas this was finished in 

 nearly all of the fields, even those where it had been delayed 

 by the rains. We arrived just in time for the first picking 

 of garden peas (June 20) and returned to Fargo to find them 

 on the same variety July 10. 



