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yield of 7G ponnds. or at llio rnfc of 51.0S liusliels por nrro. An px- 

 tensive search for nodules \ii>on the roots of this and all other varieties, 

 failed to reveal their presence. 



Tm proved Pea, a Avliite bean of the Navy type, was planted May 27. 

 Tlie rows were 2 feet apart and the plot 8x100 feet. The vines blossomed 

 July 38 and ri])ened September 15. The T)lot p;ave a yield of 32 pounds 

 of choice beans, or at the rate of 20.04 bushels per acre. 



Earliest Navf/ resembles the last and was planted May 27 in rows 2 

 feet apart. The vines blossomed July 10 and were ripe September 20. 

 The idot which was 0x100 feet pave a yield of 2o ])ounds of beans of 

 prime quality, or at the rate of 27.83 bushels ])er acre. 



BuelvWlieat. — Rye Buckwheat and .Japanese, two varieties tested duriujr 

 the preceding rseason. were planted ]\ray 24 upon adjoininG: ]>lots of Ix.") 

 rods each. A lisht frost, at the time the varieties were in full blossom, 

 IKirlly dama.oed the Japanese variety but left uo sij^ns of damage upon 

 the other plot. The damap:cd portion of the plot was in the shape of a 

 "pocket" which afforded no escape for the cold air. As room was needed 

 for other purposes, the Buckwheat was cut fl:;reen and the plot fitted for 

 winter wheat. The value of the test consists in emjiliasizing the neces- 

 sity for early planting-, early frosts, however light, being more damaging 

 to this crop than late frosts of the severest kind while the plants are 

 small. Struck by a so-called killing frost during the spring of 1003. 

 while the i)lants were up v.ith the true leaves just appearing, ''none of 

 the plants appeared to suffer from the damage and an even stand was 

 secured." (Special Bulletin No. 28, Page 8.) 



Tiyc Bucl-trheat blossomed Jiily 13, was cut Sc])tember 7 and yielde^l, 

 00 pounds of grain and 87 pounds of straw; the amount being equal to 

 a comparative yield of 44 bushels of grain and 2,784 pounds of straw i)er 

 acre. 



Hemp. — Stout and very thrifty plants were secured from seod kindly 

 donated by the Keniiu-ky Experiment Station, the seed being ])lanted 

 May 25. The plants did not blossom until August 28 and ripened very 

 little seed probably o^^•ing 1o ihe shade from the nearby tindier. They 

 averaged 11 feet high when a photograT)h Avas iakeu August 24. and 131/; 

 feet when some of the, idauts were s<'nt to the State Fair in September, 

 Broom Corn or Hog Millet was plantcnl for seed "May 20 and was cut 

 September 13. Ai)proximately five per cent of \]\o ])lants were destroyed 

 by smut, this being the first time that this fungus has been seen here. 

 While a considerable portion of the seed was harvested by sj)arrows, the 

 })]ot which measured 1x0 rods gave a yield of 30 jiounds of seed and 13S 

 pounds of straw, or at the rate of 48 bushels of seed and 3,080 ]iounds 

 of straw per acre. 



MISCELLANEOUS FIELD CROPS IN 1906. 



Field Brans in 1906. — The varieties tested are Swedish Brown, Earliest 

 Navy and Tsbell's Tm])roved P<>a. from seed Avhich ripiMicd here in 1005, 

 and Gi-eat Norlhei-n, a white variety which is claiiued to be earlier, 

 but did not prove to be as early as cither of the other three, the beans 

 being larger and more flat shaped than those of the Navy type. Inas- 

 much as no nodules have ever been found u])on the roots of the common 

 beans, il was deemed of interest to use these varieties for an inoculating 



