MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I913. 2/1 



Plot Nos. 



Variety Name. 



American Clydesdale. 



Danish Island 



Kherson 



Irish Victor 



Early Champion 



Prosperity 



Silver Mine 



Lincoln 



Swedish Select 



President 



Senator 



Victor 



Imported Scotch .... 



Banner 



White Plume 



Rebred 60 Day 



Early Pearl 



Daubeney 



Gold Rain 



Siberian 



Minnesota, No. 26 . . . 

 Abundance 



L. L. Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wis. 

 L. L. Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wis. 

 R. L. Copeland, Brewer, Maine. 

 C. R. Gies, St. Jacobs, Ont. 

 Experimental Farm, Charlottetown, P. E. I. 

 Wm. Lewis, Dunsford, Ont. 

 Garton-Cooper Co., Chicago, 111. 

 James Ferguson, Dalmeny, Ont. 



Pure Line or Pedigree Oats. 



In 1910 about 500 of the best single oat plants to be found in the 

 plots of that year were selected. In 191 1 the 200 best individuals out 

 of these 500 were planted in rows in the oat garden. This year there 

 have been selected for further propagation the 83 best rows of last 

 year's planting. The seed from each of these rows will be separately 

 planted in two plots, each of which will be just 1-2000 of an acre in 

 area. These "two-thousandth" acre plots will be found in 4B. Each 

 plot represents a "pure line," all the plants on it being descended from a 

 single head grown in igio. Some of these pure lines give great promise 

 of being exceptionally fine oats. 



Work of Inspection. 



The inspections entrusted to the Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station include agricultural seeds, apple packing, com- 

 mercial feeding stuffs, commercial fertilizers, creamery glass 

 ware, drugs, foods, fungicides, and insecticides. In the course 

 of the year this work leads the deputies to visit practically 

 every town of importance in the State at least once and many 

 of them several times. 



The work of inspection comprises much more than the 

 actual collection of the samples. The deputy has constantly 

 to be on the watch for goods which are not registered in the 

 case of fertilizers, feeding stuffs, fungicides and insecticides ; 

 labels and tags have to be constantly examined in order to see 



