ALASKA EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 30)3 



J//7/i'^— nuMOiirian.— Sown Afay 22, 20, and Juno 2, and has done 

 no o-ood. A tVw spoars may l)o found 4 or T) inches hioh. 



(^((ts. — Several expernncMits were uiad(> with oats. The results were 

 fairly favorable. Oats will be counted one of the most satisfactory 

 crops. 



niack Finnisli, homc-fri"<>\vii seed, sown May 1 1 on land broken last 

 fall, made a jjfood jrrowth and will Ix- cut for liav. 



Swedish Select, Dakota seed, sown May .") on old land, now stand 2^^ 

 feet high, are well Invaded, and will mature. On new land they were 

 sown May 11 and will l)e cut for feed. 



Thousand to One. home-ufi'own seed, sown May 1 1. made good gi-owth 

 and will be <-ut for hay. 



Right Side, home-grown seed, sown Ahiy »'.. stand 8^ feet high, are 

 well headed, and will mature. Sown on new land May 11, the result 

 was the same as oth<'r vaiic^ties. 



Seattle seed oats on n(^w land gave same results. 



Sixtv Day, Sitka seed, sown Ma}^ 5, are 2i feet high, but badly 

 lodged by storms the early part of September. They are well headed 

 and will matui'e, if not beaten down again by the winds. 



Mixed \\'hit(\ home grown, and will also mature. Th(\v now stand 

 ;H tVot. 



/V//.S'.— White Canadian and Blue Prussian ])eas were sown with oats 

 for feed. TIk^ lesult was favorable, luit the yield was not large, 

 probably S tons green feed to the acre. On sandy land they did no 

 good. 



A*///.- Experiments with rye were confined to three sowings of 

 Excelsior, thr(M> of (Jiaiit. and one of Schlonsted seed. Most of these 

 were made in August last Aear, and two as late as October ?>. The 

 straw of the rye was about 5 feet high, l)ut the heads were (MUjity. 

 It was cut for hay in SeptiMubei-. 



Riipf. — Dwarf Essex and Dwai'f \'ictoria were sown in oats May 5. 

 At this writing it is not more than 4 inches high, even where the oats 

 failed. Last year tln^ rapc^ ])ut into the silo rotted. 



Spelt . — Home-grown seed was sown May •!. It is :*. fe(>t high and 

 will prol)ab|y mature. 



Vi'trliis. — Both Spiing and Sand vetches were sown in barley on 

 sandy land April 2:>. Sona* plants ha\e iuad<' a growth of 2 feet f roiu 

 the crown, but the stand is pool* and will not mature seed. 



W/iKif. Exp«'riments were made with Komanow fiom impoitinl 

 Russian, Sitka, and homi'-gi'own seed, all on >imilar soil. The plats 

 were sown May r» and <I. The Russian seed made a good staixl. and 

 tin' grain stands al)out 2.)i fe<'t jiigh. The heads are medium length 

 and small; seed may mature. The Sitka seed did better. Th(\grain 

 is 3 feet high, the heads longer and larger, and skh^^ will probably 

 mature. The home-grown seed has mjide about the .same showing as 



