Sdl STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



KEPORT OF THE UPPEE PENINSULA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



BY D. L. MC:\rnXAX^ SUPERINTENDENT. 



Director R. S. Shaw : 



Dear Sir : The following is a report of the work done at the Upper 

 Peninsula Experiment Station for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. 



The crops experimental work has been in charge of Mi". G. W. Putnam, 

 and the potato disease work in charge of Mr. J, E. Kotila. Their reports 

 folh^w. 



LAND CLEARING. x 



Plans were laid to clear 40 acres of land during the past year but 

 labor conditions were such that it w^as impossible to get the work done 

 without an excessive exjDenditure of money, consequently, but 20 acres 

 were put under the j)low and the other 20 but i)artially cleared. 



Considerable work was done in other fields, leveling the land and 

 removing stumps and rock. One and a lialf miles of fence Avere erected 

 which has given us considerable more pasture land. 



CROPS. 



Our efforts are directed quite largely toward producing sufficient ruf- 

 fage to keep up a good herd of cattle and a flock of sheep. The greater 

 part of the barley that was raised was distributed among the farmers of 

 the Upper Peninsula at very reasonable rates for seeding purposes. Our 

 intentions are to dispose of a large percentage of the AVolverine Oats 

 and Oderbrucker Barley that is being raised this year, in the same way. 



The sunflowers tliat wei-e put in the silo last fall ])roved so satisfactory 

 as dairy feed that a mucli larger acreage was put in this year. 



LIVE STOCK. 



The Station maintains a herd of high class Holsteins, a flock of sheep 

 consisting of pure bred Rambouillets, Hampshires, Shropshires, and the 

 diflierent crosses of these. A small flock of Barred Rock chickens, a small 

 herd of Duroc Jersej' Hogs; also seven horses. It is the policy of this 

 Station to sell all surplus stock that is suitable for breeding purposes 

 at very reasonable prices to the farmers of the Upper Peninsula. During 

 the year two cows, three heifers, four l)ulls have been sold. 



All of the best ewe lambs were retained in the Hock. The wethers, cull 

 lambs and ewes were shipped to Chicago. 



. A Shropshire ram was purchased from Kniffen & Son, a Hampshire 

 ram from Weltch & Son, a Rambouillet ram, 10 Rambouillet ewes and 

 Shropsliire ewes from tlie Micliigan Agricultural College. Every ewe 

 in the flock gave birtli to one or more land)s and at the time the slieep 

 went to the pasture there were 114% of lambs. Two horses were pur- 

 cliased in March from tlie ^Michigan Agricultural College. 



