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and one hoift'i* calf have been sold to farmers in the ])ast j-ear. The herd 

 hull Eniblagaard Colantha Bonastine .vas sold for beef last fall and he 

 was reidaced by Canary Segis Beets, bred by the Newberry Hospital. 

 One heifer calf was given as a prize to the boy or girl having the highest 

 individual score for judging dairy cattle at onr last annual Farmers' 

 Rovaid-Up. 



HORSES. 



No change has been made in horses during the past year. We now 

 have two work teams and one general purpose horse. 



POULTRY. 



A flock of fifteen white Leghorn birds has been added to the Station 

 flock. We now have a small flock of White Leghorns and Barred Kocks. 

 No particular experimental work has been done with them. The eggs 

 during the hatching season were largely sold to farmers and the balance 

 of the time were sold to the boarding lionse or private individuals. 



The following are the reports of the Crops experimental and plant 

 disease work done at this Station. 



Mr. D. L. McMillan, 



Supt. U. r. Experimental Station. 



I herein report the experimental croi) work at this Station for the 

 year ending July 1, 11)22. 



The experimental work carried on in oats consisted of a variety test 

 of commercial and pedigreed oats. In the commercial oat test, Wisconsin 

 J'edigreed No. 77, Iowa No. 103, Silvermine and OO-day oats out yielded 

 the other varieties. Wisconsin pedigreed No. 14 being the low yielder. The 

 I'edigreed variety test showed that the (>0-day oats, Wisconsin Pedigreed 

 No. 77 and Iowa No. 10:*> were the highest yielders. Wisconsin Pedigreed 

 No. 5 being the low jdelding oat. 



The Pedigreed Barley test showed that the AVisconsin I'edigree No. 1) 

 and Michigan Black Barbless gave the highest yields. A few varieties of 

 Spring Rye and Spring Wheat were also tested in this series. 



In a variety and date of planting test it was found that Black Barbless 

 Barley gave the highest yields with Michigan-two-row Barley following. 

 The date indicated that about the middle of May was the best time to seed. 



The time of planting winter wheat indicated that the latter part of 

 August was the best time to seed, (August 30 indicating the best yield.) 

 A winter wheat date of planting and variety test was seeded in the fall 

 of 1921. 



A series was devoted to testing of annual hay crops. Oats and peas 

 gave the best returns with oats and vetch as the next highest yielder. 



A comimercial pea variety test was made to find a high yielding pea in 

 forage as well as seed. The English Field I'ea gives promise of being 

 a good sort. 



A sunflow6r series devoted to rate and spacing showed that everything 

 favored the thirt\-inch row at the rate of 6 lbs. per acre. This also gave 

 the best quality ensilage. 



The potato work included the cultural plots, seed treatment, date of 



