REPORT OF MR. WM. M. BLAIR. 



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Beoom Corn. 



Three varieties of broom corn were sown on May 20, and grew well and just 

 began to tassel out when killed with frost. 



Names of Varieties. 



Improved Dwarf ...... 



California Golden 



Long Brush 



Long Brush Evergreen 



Remarks. 



Season too short for it to mature, but it 

 reached a good growth. 



Beans 



Seven varieties of beans were planted in small plots, with results as given below. 

 The Early Dun Coloured has proved to be one of the best ripening sorts, and yield- 

 ing heavy, while the Seville Long Pod ripened and yielded the best of the several 

 sorts tried. 



Names of Varieties. 



Early Dun Coloured . 

 Crystal White Wax 



Best of All 



Golden Wax 



Common Long Pod . . 

 Seville Long Pod . . . 

 Early Mazagan 



Condition when pulled. 



Very early ; all ripened. 



Medium early ; one-half ripened. 



Only part ripened. 



Fairly early ; not one-half ripened. 



Three-quarters ripened. 



Nearly all ripened welL 



One-half ripened. 



Millet. 



Three varieties of millet were sown, but failing to get well started before the 

 drought, in the early part of the season, which seemed to affect it, it failed to mature. 

 The varieties sown were Pearl, White French and American. 



Hemp. 



One variety of hemp was sown on May 20th and grew remarkably well, reaching 

 a height of 3 J feet; the seed ripened and was secured. 



Flax. 



One half bushel of Eussian flax was sown on May 24th and cut on August 22nd 

 from which 6 bushels of good seed was obtained. 



Buckwheat. 



Silver Hull buckwheat was the only kind grown this year, 3 acres were sown 

 which gave a return of 104|^ bushels. This has proven to be the most profitable 

 buckwheat grown here. It was sown on May 27th and cut August 27, and filled out 

 well. 



