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Fig. No. 6. Two important succulent winter feeds for the Upper Peninsula. Sunflowers have become 

 an Important silage crop in sections where corn is not adapted. Rutabagas are an essential re- 

 quirement lor successful winter feeding of dairy stock and sheep in the Upper Peninsula. 



rieties of our common grains. Second, the development of pedigreed va- 

 rieties for Northern Michigan. In old settled sections there are certain va- 

 rieties which have come to be recognized as standard because farmers have 

 grown them under varied conditions, and find that one year with another, 

 they stand out as being superior to the average. In a comparatively ne'w 

 farming country, such as the Upper Peninsula, it would take years of devel- 

 opment before any particular varieties would come to be universally recog- 

 nized as the best. So it is our first problem to systematically test out and 

 determine what particular commercial varieties, already in the hands of the 

 farmers or seedsmen, or pedigreed variety already developed by an experi- 

 ment station, most nearly meets the demands of the Upper Peninsula. 



Fig. No. 7. In commercial variety testing each variety is drilled in beds six drill rows wide with an 

 18 inch alley between plats. Each fourth plat is a check to determine variation In soil fertility. 



