244 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



of the ground where the scion was grafted into the root. The tops and the roots 

 seemed to be fairly healthy but there was a zone of dead bark and dead tissue 

 surrounding this junction of graft and root. The cause and nature of this 

 disease has not been determined. . 



It seems to be fairly well determined from the investigations thus far carried 

 on at the station, that the sour cherries, the hardier pears and the Russian 

 apples may be grown with comparative certainty in the Upper Peninsula and 

 that that section of the State will not be deprived of fruit of its own growing. 

 Peaches are. of course, excluded, while plums are injured by the deep snow and 

 the high winds. All sorts of root crops and nearly all garden vegetables com- 

 mon to the southern peninsula do well in the central part of the Upper Pen- 

 insula. Of the field crops corn must be dropped from the list for this region, 

 while fall wheat will be grown at great risk. It is safe to say in conclusion 

 that the possible crops for the northern part of Michigan constitute so large 

 a list that the farmer will have no difficulty in securing a profitable and satis- 

 factory rotation. 



Mr. Leo M. Geismar has been the able superintendent of the sub-station since 

 its beginning. He has not contented himself with the planning and carrying 

 forward of experiments of great value, but has exercised a dominant influence 

 on the' upbuilding of agriculture in the Upper Peninsula by lectures at meetings 

 of farmers and by frequent, valuable and inspiring contributions to the rural 

 press. 



LEGUMES OTHER THAN ALFALFA. 



C. D. SMITH. 



[Bulletin 227.] 

 Summary. 



1. Of the multitude of leguminous plants of economic importance, the fol- 

 lowing were tried on small plots: White lupines, sand lupines, gorse, sweet 

 clover, fenugrec, kidney vetch, goat's rue. Astragalus sinensis, seradella. sulla. 

 sanfoin, peanuts, goobers, giant beggar weed, Japan clover, Cicer arietinum, 

 lentils, lathyrus and the vetches. 



Of this list the following indicated some value as green manures, especially 

 on sandy soils: the lupines, kidney vetch, goat's rue, crimson clover and the 

 vetches, while the following gave some promise as a food supply for stock: crim- 

 son clover, seradella, sanfoin and Japan clover. For various reasons the following 

 indicated no value for Michigan: sweet clover, fenugrec. Astragalus sinensis, 

 sulla, peanuts, goobers, Cicer arietinum, lentils. 



2. Tests carried on since the publication of a former bulletin confirmed the 

 opinion that lathryus silvestris is of little value either as a fodder plant or for 

 green manure. 



3. Among the varieties of cowpeas, these are recommended for such Michigan 

 farmers as need them to plow under to enrich the soil in nitrogen: the Iron, 

 the New Era, Whippoorwill and Blackeye. They must be planted late in the 

 spring when the ground is fairly warm as they do not grow well in cool weather. 

 They do not develop ripe seed except in unusually warm seasons, with frosts late 

 in the fall. 



4. Soy beans are now grown in all parts of Michigan. The tests discriminate 

 between varieties designed to produce abundant forage and those bred to produce 

 abundant seed. Of the former the medium green, early black, and yellow are 

 leading sorts, of the latter the Ogemau, the rather small Ito San, and govern- 



