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the College furnishes seeds and other materials. It does not furnish 

 fertilizers. The person on whose farm the experiment is located will 

 receive most of the benefit, but we desire reports from each man so that 

 the results may be given to others. 



It will be impossible, of course, to serve every one. We shall take only 

 as many experiments as we think we can handle satisfactorily. Persons 

 who desire to engage in this work must apply quickly. Full instructions, 

 together with blanks for the making of reports, will be sent to applicants. 



I. Agronomy or Field Crops 

 (J. L. Stoxe) 



No. I. Alfalfa, (a) The experimenter to report the conditions 

 existing, the manner of treating the crop and the successes and the fail- 

 ures met in his experience. The direct experiments suggested are 



(b) Seeding with and without a nurse crop; 



(c) Treating a portion of the area with lime ; 



(d) When nodules are not found on the alfalfa roots, obtain 

 some infected soil from a field where nodules are abundantly produced 

 and scatter it over a portion of the area; 



(e) Apply stable manure to a part of the inoculated area and also 

 to an uninoculated plat. 



No. 2. Oats. A test of four varieties of oats from selected seed. 

 Seed of each variety sufficient for a plat one rod by two rods will be sent 

 to the experimenter. Weight of total crop and of grain to be determined 

 in each case. 



No. 3. Fertilisers. A test with nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash 

 singly and in combinations, eight plats 1-20 to i-io acre each. The set 

 comprises 260 lbs. of chemicals that cost the experimenter four dollars. 



No. 4. Potatoes, (a.) Test of varieties. Five pounds of each of 

 three selected varieties will be furnished by the College. To be planted on 

 a definite area and crop weighed. 



(b) Cultural experiment. A comparison of the Cornell method 

 with your own as described in Circular No. 18. 



No. 5. SunHoiver in corn for silage. Seed will be furnished for 

 a test. 



No. 6. Soy beans. A test of several varieties with a view to 

 determine 



(a) Their grain producing qualities, 



(b) Their forage producing qualities, 



(c) Their green manurial qualities, 



