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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ANNUAL HAY CROPS. 



The Station has been asked to recommend successful crops for a short 

 season hay crop. A comparative test of crops thought to be suitable, was 

 conducted in 1920 with the folloAving results : — 



The type of soil and the character of the growing season will be important 

 factors in determining the kind of short season hay crops to use. Dependa- 

 ble results can be expected when the proper combination of these factors 

 are used. 



ROOT CROPS, 



The work vnth. root crops has been confined to a 5aeld and cost of produc- 

 tion wdth rutabagas in 1919 and a small variety test of roots imported from 

 England in 1920. 



Twenty tons per acre were produced in 1919. With the labor conditions 

 as they were that year it cost $3.68 per ton to produce and store in root house 

 ready for winter feeding. 



The American purple top rutabaga is the standard variety and the one 

 best adapted to the environment of the Upper Peninsula. 



CORN. 



The Station has been cooperating with the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture in testing out four varieties of corn for ensilage. None of the varieties 

 tested have as yet proven to be adapted to the environment of the Chatham 

 Station. 



SOYBEANS. 



The following varieties of soybeans were tested in 1920: Early Browai, 

 Black Eyebrow, Ito San, and Wisconsin Black. The Early Browai and Wis- 

 consin Black set a few pods, but no ripened seeds were found. The Black 

 Eyebrow and Ito San are later varieties and formed no pods. 



FIELD PEAS. 



The field pea is quite, extensively grown in the Upper Peninsula. A wide 

 variation as to type and variety is found on the various farms. In an effort 

 to determine what particular type is best suited to the section, several va- 

 rieties are being tested. 



