.'Ur> UKl't^RT OV OFFTCE OK EXPEKIMKNT STATIONS. 



oTMin li:ir<l(MUMl mikI smI'c from I'l-osl. Mutiircd t'lilly. A siiiull |)liit 

 (liillcd lt\ hand .M:i\ '2'2 made Ix'ttcr i-rowtli and inucli lai't-'ci' heads, 

 l)iil only al)oiit hall' of this plat had matured August 'JT. when killin}:^ 

 frost came and damaged (h(> ivinainder of the t'ro[). The lar^c phit 

 all niaturi'd. The small plat stooled woll, 5 to 7 heads to the i)laiit. 



Odffi. — Sixty Dav. see(h'd hioadeast May 2(i, as the barley. C^ominir 

 up Jun(> ;■■). Stand jjfood. (iiowtli xciy (^ood on portions of the plat 

 \vh(M-e brush was burned. IJathei' poor elsewhere. .luly 1. !.; inches 

 hiuh. July l."), lio inches hioh and headino-. Auji'ust 10, the l)eststood 

 13 feet liiiih. heads well tilled, atid orain in the milk. Aufjust 25, if rain 

 niatui'ed and hai'd; yi(>ld <j;-ood. (PI. \'11I, lio-. 2.) 



No. "Jsoo (from liussia), scmmIccI May 20. Comini^- up.Iune T. Stand 

 only fair, (irowth poor. No l)rush burned on this plat, rluly 1, 

 inch(\s high. July 15, IS inches hio-h and heading-. Auo-ust 10, the 

 best was 2^ feet high and grain half formed. August 25, the greater 

 portion still green and grain in the dough. When killing frost came, 

 August 27, portions of the grain was yet soft enough to be frozen, but 

 the greater part matured. This yariet}' was the last to ripen. 



Nameless Beauty, seeded Ma}' 20. Coming up .June 0. Stand good. 

 Growth rather poor. No brush l)urned on this plat. Stoolcd yery 

 little. Jul}" 1, 8 inches high. July 15, 18 inches high and heading. 

 August 10, best portion 2^ feet high and grain nearly out of the milk. 

 August 25, grain nearly hard and straw quite yellow. Matured fully. 



Finnish Black, seeded May 20. Coming up June 6. Stand good. 

 July 1, 14 inches high. July 15, 2 feet high and heading, August 

 10, on all portions of the plat where brush had ])een burned the oats 

 stood 3i to 4 feet high, and long, heayy heads. August 25, grain well 

 matured and heads hard. 



Burt Extra Early, seeded j\Iay 20. Coming up June 0. Stand 

 good. July 1, 14 inches high. Juh' 15, 20 inches liigh and heading. 

 August 10, the best 3 feet high. August 25, matured and grain quite 

 hard. 



Swedish Select, seeded May 20. Coming up June 5. Stand good. 

 Growth poor. July 1, 6 inches high. Jul}' 15, 12 inches high. Not 

 heading. Two or three small spots, eyidently where stumps had been 

 burned, did nuich better. July 15, 20 inches high and well stooled. 

 Not yet heading. August 10, 3^ feet high. Had headed out well. 

 August 25, grain pretty well matured. Next to the last to mature. 



Of all the oats. Sixty Day and Finnish Black did the best. 



W/ieat. — Ladoga Spring, seeded May 20. Coming up June 5. Stand 

 good. Growth rather poor, except where brush had been burned. 

 June 25, 12 inches high. July 15, 20 inches high. Heading July 20. 

 August 10, 3 feet high and some patches oyer 4 feet high; heads large 

 and well tilled. August 25, grain nearly out of the dough. August 

 27, heavy frost damaged, preyenting the grain from thoroughly 



