ALASKA ?:X1'EKIMKNT STATlO>fS, 335 



hay. 'Inly 15, in head, 3 feet lii<;h. Auj»*ust IT), .seed in d()n<ili. Sep- 

 tember 1, seed ripe. A\'liile it has done well, this popnlar grass does 

 not promise to be as valuable for this region as tall meadow-oat grass 

 or orchard grass. 



Red top {A(/ro.sf/s n(/(/(fris), June 15, 12 to 15 inches high, fair stand. 

 Jul\' 1, is inches high, just coming into bloom, good stand and color. 

 July 15, in head. August 1, no bloom \et. August 15, in Ijloom. 

 September 15, ripe seed. Only the earlier promises to mature seed. 



Tall meadow fescue {Kei^tuca elatior)^ June 15, wry thin stand. 

 July 1, "1 feet high, in head, poor stand. July 15, in head. August 

 1, in ))loom. August 15, seed in dough. September I, seed ripe. A 

 fairly i)romising grass. 



Kentucky l)lue grass {Poa 2>r<it< iisia)^ June 15, 12 inches high, very 

 poor, heading out. fluly 1, headed, fairly good, rluly 15. just past 

 blooming. August 1, seed getting hard, good heads. August 15, 

 seed mature. This plat hap[)ened to be seeded on a spot of poor soil. 

 The chief merit of blue grass is that it is read}' to cut for hay early in 

 the season before the unsettled weather begins. 



Tall meadow-oat grass {Avcna datior)., June 15, heading out, excel- 

 lent. July 1, 3 feet high, in full head, heads 4 inches long. July 15, 

 6 feet high, in Idoom, August 1, heads and seed well developed. 

 August 15, seed in dough. September 1, seed ripe. In point of 3'ield 

 a.u'ad of any here tested. This moist climate stimulates it to very 

 luxuriant growth. 



Meadow foxtail {Alopecurius fn^atensis)^ June 15, 2 feet high, in 

 bloom. July 1, 2^ feet high, in l)loom very good, heads 2^ inches 

 long. Julv 15, 3i feet high, in full Idoom. August 1, heads well 

 filled, beginning to rii:)en. August 15, seed mature. Will have value 

 as an earl}^ hay grass. 



COPPER CENTEE STATION. 



Last year a few acres of ground were cleared near Copper Center 

 and some winter grain seeded preparatoiy to opening an experiment 

 station in the Copper River Valley, and Mr. J. W. Neal, formerly con- 

 nected with the California Agricultural Experiment Station, was placed 

 in charge. This year more ground wa.s cleared in the spring, so that 

 an area of about nine acres was seeded to spring grain. 



The result this season has ))een quite encouraging, although as the 

 weather reports from the station indicate, there has been frost in every 

 month of the year, nevcM-theless Manshury, Lapland, Sisolsk, Royal, 

 Trooper. No. f)lT5, I^lack Ilulless. and No. !»133, barley, and Nameless 

 Beauty. Buit Kxtra Early, Sixty Day, Finnish Black, No. 28(K», and 

 Swedish Select oats matui-ed. llardv garden vegetables grew well, as 

 did also gi'asses and clover seeded tliis spring. Spring wheat did not 

 mature. A frost on August 27 killed it before it was fidly ripened. 

 Plate V shows samples of the varieties of grain which ri[)ened there. 



