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stration is expected to accrue mostly to the person on whose place 

 the work is done. 



It will be impossible, of course, to serve anyone. We shall take 

 only as many experiments as we think we can handle satisfactorily. 

 Persons who desire to engage in this work must apply quickly. Full 

 instructions, together with blanks for the making of reports, will be 

 sent to appUcants. 



I. Agronomy or Field Crops. 

 (J. L. Stone.) 



No. 1. Alfalfa, (a) The experimenter to report the conditions 

 existing, the manner of treating the crop and the successes and the 

 failures met in his experience. The direct experiments suggested are; 



(b) Seeding with and without a nurse crop; 



(c) Treating a portion of the area with lime; 



(d) When nodules are not found on the alfalfa roots, obtain 

 some infected soil from a field where nodules are abundantly pro- 

 duced and scatter it over a portion of the area> 



(e) Apply stable manure to a part of the inoculated area and 

 also to an uninoculated plat. 



No. 2. Oats. A test of three varieties of oats from selected seed. 

 Seed of each variety sufficient for a plat one rod by two rods will be 

 sent to the experimenter. Weight of total crop and of grain to be 

 determined in each case. 



No. 3. Fertilizers. A test with nitrogen, phosphoric acid and 

 potash singly and in combination, eight plats 1-20 to 1-10 acre each. 

 The set comprises 260 lbs. of chemicals that cost the experimenter 

 four dollars. 



No. 4. Potatoes, (a) Test of varieties. Five pounds of each 

 of three selected varieties will be furnished by the college. To be 

 planted on a definite area and crop weighed. 



(b) Cultural experiment. A comparison of the Cornell method 

 with your own as described in Circular No. 18. 



No. 5. Sunfioiver in corn for silage. Seed will be furnished for a 

 test. 



No. 6. Soy beans. A test of several varieties with a view to deter- 

 mine 



(a) Their grain producing qualities, 



(b) Their forage producing qualities, 



(c) Their green manurial qualities, 



(d) Adaptation to growing with com to improve the quality of 

 silage. 



