DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



75 



GRASSES. 



Oil the 9tli day of May last we sowed one-eighth acre plats in onr experimental 

 grounds with each of the following grasses : English bine gr;iss, foul meadow, 

 orchard grass, alfalfa, red top, Kentucky blue grass, wliite clover, jilsike, and 

 oal grass. We shall add other varieties another spring, and these will bu coin- 

 p ared as to yield, qualify, and value, for pasturage and hay. Most of the 

 plats have made a fair start thid season. 



WHEAT. 



October 1st, 1881, we sowed in plats 13x18 feet, with spaces of three feet 

 between the beds, twelve varieties of wheat kindly sent us by Prof. 

 Lazenby, of the Ohio State University. The samples were clean and of ex- 

 cellent quality, and had evidently bi^en very carefully put up, in marked con- 

 trast with some received from the Department of Agriculture. 



EXPERIMENTAL WHEAT. -1SS2. 



Wnight of 



St law per 



Bu-li^l of 



Giaiii. 



Lh.t 

 15ii 

 l4-< 

 ll(i 



177 

 ISi 



]i;(i 

 173 

 170 

 18!* 

 174 

 I5K 

 145 



3-i: 



•.'ti-29 

 H-IO 



<i-7 



4-7 



lit-U 



3-13 



12-13 



5-7 



EXPERIMENTAL WHEAT, ISSi.-ConCimied. 



It will be seen from the table that none of the varieties sown proved a fail- 

 ure — indeed, each yielded well. The acre yield is comf)nted from the yield of 

 the plat. We have been specially pleased with the York White Chaff, Zini- 

 mernian, Rickenbrode, and German Amber. 



We have also grown from seed received from the Commissioner of Agricult- 



