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ItLt'KWlIKAT. 



Silver Hull: Ilome-frrowii avod from I'.KCJ croj) was sown on tracts B anil C 

 with the followinjL: results: 



Tract H. — Sown May 2'>. Coniinj; up June .'}. July 1."(. oxcelliMit color and 

 tilled with bloom. The fertilized portion was slifjhtly injured July lit by frost, 

 the top leaves being killed. Nothinj; else on the station showed any effec-ts of 

 (his frost. The minimum temperature rej^istered was .'U° F. on that date. 

 July li!>, iiartially recovered injury from the frost and was in full bloom. Auj?ust 

 14. killed to the ground by frost; some seed had nearly matured. 



Tract C. — Seeded from the same seed May 23. Coming up June :i. July 28. 

 about the same on both plats, being 20 to 24 inches high, covered with bloom. 

 August 14, killed to the ground by frost ; some of the graiu was almost matured. 



Schlansted Winter: Sown July H".. P.KI4. Did not come uj). The seed evi- 

 dently was old. 



Excelsior Winter: Sown July ir>. 1004. Came up (luickly and covered the 

 ground well by winter. June 1, jointing; some stalks S to i) inches high: a few 

 sjuits showed winter injury. July 1"), grain about half lilled. sti'aw beginning to 

 ripen. July 2S, grain well filled and in the dough. August 14, grain injured 

 by frost ; some grain seemed matured, and the crop was cut for seed. 



Another winter variety (not named) : Seeded at the same time behaved about 

 the same as Excelsior Winter. June 15, IS inches high, lH>ads about showing. 

 July 28, grain well filled and in the dough. August 14, grain injured by frost. 

 Some grain seemed matured, and the crop was cut for seed. 



Spring rye. True Stock: Seeded in Tract D May 2.">. Coming up June 3. 

 July 20, th.it on fertilized ground, 40 to 44 inches high, grain one-third filled; 

 on unfertilized, 30 to 40 inches high, grain filling a d.iy or two later. August 

 14, the grain was about filled when spoiled by frost. 



Another plant of this same variety was seeded the s.-uiie day, farther up the 

 fiat and near the winter wheat. It behaved about the same and yielded a 

 good crop of hay. It was reasonably thii-k on the ground and stood fi'om 3 to 4 

 feet high alongside of oats sown some days earlier, which stood but 12 to 10 

 inches high. The point of interest rests in the fact that the spring rye yielded 

 tully two-thirds more forage than the oats under like conditions, the soil being 

 the same. 



BARLEY. 



Champion : This variety was tried on three different tracts with the follow- 

 ing results : 



Tract A. — Seeded May 11. Coming up May 24. Julj' 28, on the fertilized 

 ground, 24 to 30 inches high, grain in the dough, straw golden color ; on the 

 unfertilized, 16 to 20 inches high, grain well filled, but not so far advanced by 

 some days. August 14, grain hardening, frost injured it some. The crop was 

 thrashed for seed (PI. IV, fig. 3). 



Tract B. — Seeded May 25. Coming up June 3. July 29, on fertilized ground, 

 24 to 33 inches high ; on unfertilized, 12 to 18 inches high ; grain one-third 

 filled in both plats. Spoiled by frost. 



Tract C. — Seeded May 23. Coming up May 31. July 28. on fertilized portion, 

 40 to 48 inches high ; on unfertilized, 24 to 34 inches high ; grain half filled in 

 both plats, straw turning. August 14, grain spoiled by frost. 



Hanna Two-Row (full) ; This variety was tested on Tracts A and D. 



