.'M4 KEI'OHT (>K OFKICE OK F.Xl'KRIMENT STATIONS. 



wliic-li will lie )>rc)krn this l";ill and prcpiU'cil t'oi' spriijo- secdinj^. 

 IliiNf rcliiokcii '2 iU'ivs of the s})riM<^' cult i\:it ion and scodod the sanio 

 (() winter wheal witli a lo-pross drill. This j^Tuin is up and <j^row'ing 

 well. 



■NV E ATI I K K (:ON DITIONS. 



Oiiiinu' the tore })art ol' the seascjn the weather conditions proved 

 verv unfavorahle this year, there l)eing an excessive amount of snow- 

 fall all over the \allev and a late spring, togetluM- with a very lij^dit 

 rainlail during the early summer; the crops made a late start and 

 sutiered an early fall. 



The temperature fell below 30° F. every month during the sununer. 

 In May the mininunn temperature was 23' F., falling to 32^ F. 15 

 days ill th(^ month; in June* falling to 32° F. and under on 3 days; 

 July 12 to 21> F., killing some tendei- plants and rye then in blossom, 

 and August 30 to 24° F., falling to 30 F. on the 2(>th, frosting hard 

 ever}' night thereafter save one. and hard frost continued up to the 

 Gth of September. 



The barley and oats had matured l)efore these heavv frosts, l)ut the 

 wheat sufl'ered. With eight or t«Mi davs' more favora})le weather the 

 wheats would have matured fully. 



Comparing notes with last year, the minimum for July was 38° F. ; 

 August, 28° F. ; with no killing frost up to S(»ptember 15. Under these 

 conditions ever}' variety of wheat would have matured and been in the 

 sack before September 15. 



Barley and oats have matured at Copper Center every 3'ear since 

 1900, and while wheat had not been planted up to this year I saw one 

 head last season which, having escaped the loose stock on the trail, 

 matured plump, hard gi-ain. 



NOTES ON FIELD CIROPS. 



Barley. — Trooper (!-rowed, seeded broadcast May 20. Surface soil 

 dry and no rain until June 1. Coming up June 5. Stand good. 

 Growth slow and rather poor. June 25, inches high; a little irregu- 

 lar in growth, duly 15, 16 inches high and heading. July 20, a few 

 heads of smut a]jpeared. August 10, 2 feet high. August 24, fairly 

 matured or past danger of frost. The heads were small, but well 

 tilled. A small plat was seeded Ma}^ 22 in drills on moist soil. Came 

 up in 10 daj^s. In fidl head stood 3 feet high, and heads good size, 

 well filled, and matured by August 27. 



Sisolsk, seeded May 20. Coming up June 5. Stand good. Growth 

 rather poor. June 25, 8 inches high. July 15, 15 inches high and 

 heading. Jul}- 20, al)out all headed out. Growth very irregular. 

 August li>, 2 feet high and straw turning. August 25, well matured 

 and grain quite hard. On the portion of this plat where a brush heap 



