34 Eeport of the Director. 



11. Rotation experiments. 



12. Ginseng. 



Culture experiments. 



13. Grass garden, 145 plats. 



Demonstration plats of grasses and clovers and used for experi- 

 mental purposes. 



14. Farm Mechanics. 



Trials of draft of implements. 



The policy of the Department of Agronomy has been to continue 

 the experiments previously begun and reported to you in my letter of 

 May 26, 1904, and not to take up additional lines of work. Slight 

 exceptions to this general policy may be noted as follows: No experi- 

 ments are being made this season with field beans or buckwheat. 

 Experiments with macaroni wheat have been replaced by an experi- 

 ment with common wheat. Five years' culture experiments with 

 sugar beets in co-operation with the United States Department of 

 Agriculture were completed last year and the co-operative experi- 

 ments Avith the bureaii of plant industry, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, in testing varieties of maize for northern latitudes 

 have been begun. Experiments upon the influence of lime when 

 applied to Dunkirk clay loam have been begun owing to a donation 

 of a carload of lime by M. E. Reeder, Muncy, Pa. 



As indicative of the character of the work and to show that it is 

 on lines which are of considerable importance to the livestock inter- 

 ests of the state, attention may be directed to the number of plats 

 under experiment. 



Grasses and clovers, with alfalfa, 1,025 plats, 



Root crops, 200 plats, 



Corn, 60 plats, 



Wheat, oats, soy beans, cow peas, etc., 100 plats, 

 or a total of 1,385 plats, almost all devoted to forage crops, out of a 

 total of over 1,500 plats. The grass problem is so complex that it 

 has not been considered an easy one to attack. It is important to 

 the state, and by placing the experimental work on a broad basis, 

 it is anticipated that results of some value will be obtained in the 

 not distant future. 



The folloAving bulletins have been prepared by the Department of 

 Agronomy during the year. 

 g No.^228, Potato Growing in New York. 

 i~ No. "230, Quality in Potatoes. 



PNo.f232, Experiments on the Influence of Fertihzers upon the 

 Yield of Timothy Hay when Grown on Dunkirk Clay Loam in Tomp- 

 kins County, New York. 



