REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 



To the Director of the Cornell Tlniversity Agricultural Experiineiit 

 Station : 



SiK.— The work of the Agricultural Division of this Station 

 during the past year has been long the following general lines: 



Tillage and spraying experiments with potatoes. 



Variety tests of sugar beets. 



Variety tests of wheat. 



Fertilizer and variety tests of buckwheat. 



Soil renovation, 



Grass and forage culture. 



Feeding experiments with pigs and sheep. 



Some of the lines of work mentioned above have been in progress 

 for several years, and yet their importance seems to demand that 

 the work be continued. Four bulletins have been published giving 

 the results of experiments witli potatoes, yet the continuation of the 

 work is revealing something new each year, and emphasizing results 

 already obtained. We have at the present time twenty-three one- 

 twentieth acre plats u])on the University farm devoted to potatoes. 

 Under the University extension work in charge of Mr. J. L. Stone, 

 one hundred twenty-eight farmers are conducting variety tests of 

 potatoes, the seed tubers for which were furnished by the College 

 of Agriculture. Where reports have been received from those who 

 liave adopted the methods recommended by this Station the results 

 have in nearly every case been satisfactory. 



In cooperation with the U. S. Departnient of Agriculture we 



are growing one plat of sugar beets, variety Dippe's German Klein- 



wanzlebner Elite, No. 5,772. In addition to the above mentioned 



variety of sugar beets we are making tests of the following' varieties 



of sugar beets: Frederickswether elite, Strandes Klein wanzlebner, 



Dippes Kleinwanzlebner, Vilmorin, Utah grown, and Hoerning's 



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