CO-OPERATIVE SEED TESTS. 



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The Department of Agriculture at Washington, directed 

 that the names of farmers in different sections of the State 

 idhould be furnished by the Agricultural Department of this 

 (Station to conduct co-operative experiments with seed. 

 Che names of fifty farmers living in different parts of the 

 8tate, in accordance with this request, were sent to the 

 Department at Washington, the seed were sent direct 

 from Washington, the reports were forwarded to the 

 Station on blanks furnished to the experimenters, and this 

 Bulletin is a report of these experiments. 



EEPOET OF Mr. L. 0. AD AY, 



NEWBUBGH, FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Cotton — Egijptian Afifi. — Level red loam soil with red clay 

 sub-soil, manured heavily ; culture thorough. Planted 

 April 10th. First open August 25th. Yield 732 lbs. per 

 acre. Quality good; growth vigorous, but the yield poor 

 as the bolls are too small. 



Cotton — Bamia Egyptian. — Soil, same as above, manured 

 same as above, and same culture. Planted April 10th. 

 First open August 30th. Yield about 600 lbs. per acre. 

 Quality good; growth vigorous and large, but the bolls 

 are too small for it to be a desirable cotton. 



White Blillo Maize. — Soil as above, no manure. Land 

 ridged, seed pla,nted and plowed four times. Planted April 

 25th ; harvested September 13th. Quality good ; yield 

 very good, and growth good. 



Yelloiu Millo Maize. — Conditions same as for the white, 

 but the yield was less and the quality of product not so 

 good. 



Mod Kaffir Corn. — Level loam soil, no manure. Land 



