suffered little. Rains in the first half of Julj" were followed b}^ a 

 period of hot, drj^ weather, accompanied b}' hot winds, which produced 

 serious injur}^ and was fatal to corn which was drilled or planted 

 thickly. Corn in hills and well cultivated resisted the drought, 

 which fact shows that methods of culture tending to conserve the soil 

 moisture are of great importance. There was a rainfall of 7.2 inches 

 in August and 4.39 in September. 



The report includes a record by plats, following the S3^stem pre- 

 sented in the first report. 



Plat A (1). — Smooth bunch grass {Poa hrvigata). After the June rains the grass 

 resumed its growth, interrupted by the spring drought, and formed quite a sod, but 

 did not get over 6 inches high and did not form heads. 



A part of the plat was plowed up and sown to the seed of this grass, but the young 

 plants were all killed by the drought. 



Plat A (2). — East half. Bunch grass (a form of Poa Ixvigata). Good growth in 

 May, but did not head out. Formed a good sod latter part of summer. 



The west half, in Canadian olue grass {Poa compressa), made a good growth early 

 in the season and headed out June 1, but formed no seeds. 



Plat A (3). — Nevada blue grass {Poa nevadensis) . Condition similar to the 

 preceding. 



Plat A (4). — Oregon blue grass {Bromus unioloides). Eesown. Seems to be a 

 winter annual. Self-sown seeds germinated in the fall, survived the winter, and 

 headed out in June. 



Plat A (5). — Short-awned brome grass {Bromus breviaristaius) . Poor stand. 



Plat A (6). — King's fescue {Festuca kingii). Fair growth, but did not head out. 



Plat A (8). — East half. Bearded wheat grasa {Agropyr on caninum). Did no; 

 head out, but grew fairly well. 



Most of the west half in feather bunch grass {Stipa viridida), but growth poor. 



Plat A (9) . — Giant rye grass {Elymus condensatus) . Growth poor. 



Plat A ( 10) . — Six lots of slender wheat grass {Agropyron tenerum ) . Made a growth 

 of about 6 inches. 



Plat A (11). — Slender wheat grass {Agropyron tenervm). This plat, which was 

 drilled, stood the drought better than the preceding, which was sown broadcast. 



Plat A (12). — Wild timothy {Muhlenbergia racemosa). Growth poor, but headed 

 out in Sejitember. Killed by frost September 20. 



Plat A (13).— A mixture of curly mesquite {Hilaria cenchroides) , blue grama 

 {Bouteloua oUgostachya) , and King's fescue {Festuca kingii). Growth poor. 



Plat A (14) . — Blue grama {Bouteloua oUgostachya) . Growth poor. 



Plat A (15) . — Mixed grama grasses. Growth poor. 



Plat A (16, 17, 18). — Sown to Bromus inermis, B. erectus, B. kalmii, B.tectorum, 

 Agropyron pseudorepens, Dactylis glomerata, Muhlenbergia racemosa, and Poa nevadensis, 

 but all failed to germinate. 



Plat A (19,20). — Turkestan alfalfa {Medicago sativa turkestanica) . Grew well 

 except during the midsummer drought. 



Plat A (22,23,24). — Western wheat grass {Agropyron spicatum). Growth fair, 

 but did not form heads. 



Plat A (21,25 to 29). — Smooth brome grass {Bromus inermis). Growth good 

 except during summer drought. 



Plat B (1). — Planted to potatoes in preparation for next year. 



Plat B (2). — Planted in sugar corn. 



Plat B (3). — Planted to millets; west side to Japanese barnyard millet. Growth 

 good, nnally reaching a height of 4 to 5 feet. One of the best forage plants tested 



