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Burt Extra Early: Sood sown May lit. Juno 1. coming up. Juno ir>. fair 

 stand, :\ inches liif,'li. July !.">. iuM^lit of Itest. I'li inclics. one-half headed. 

 August 1, in hlooui ; height of hest, oC inches. August l."*. filling. September lli, 

 ripe. Several short rows of this variety was sown in ground under lultivation 

 for several years. It did better and ripened by September 5. The straw of 

 this variety was rather small and short and the heads were heavy. 



B^innish Black : Seed sown May 19. June 1, up. June 15, rather poor stand ; 

 .*? inches high. July 15, height of best, 21 inche.s. August 1, heading; height, 

 3() inches. August 15, just beginning to fill ; height, 48 inches. September 1, 

 grain in the dough, and occasional ripe head. September 12, partially ripe. 

 This variety ripened fine heavy grain by September 1 last year. 



Swedish Select: Seed sown May IS. June 1, up. June 15, fair stand; 2* 

 inches high. July 15. best IS inches high. August 1. heading; .'>»> inches jiigh. 

 August 15, just past blooming. September 1, graiu in the milk. Did not ripen. 



SPRING WIIE.\T. 



Saskatchewan Fife (Canadian seed) : Sown May in. June 1, coming up. 

 June 15, good stand; 2} inches high. July 15, height 15 inches; best 24; looks 

 fairly good. August 1. height '.'>2 inches; headed; looks well. August 15, in 

 full bloom. September 1, filling slowly. Did not ripen. 



Velvet Chaff Blue Stem (Canadian seed) : Seed sown May 10. June 1. uii. 

 June 15, excellent stand; 'Vi inches high. July 15, height 18 inches; looks well. 

 August 1, all headed. August 15. in full bloom; looks fine. September 1, 48 

 inches; grain in soft dough. Partially ripened. 



RYK. 



Spring rye: Sown May 10. June 1 up in fine shape. June 15 extra fine 

 stand; 4 inches high. July 5, beginning to head. July 15, height 34 inches; 

 fully headed. August 1, height 50 inches; in bloom; looks fine. August 15, 

 beginning to fill. September 1, grain in medium dough. September 13, par- 

 tially ripe. This variety began to head forty-seven day.s from time of seeding, 

 and gave promise of maturing in good season, but it filled so slowly that it did 

 not fully ripen. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Russian: Seed sown June 2. June 15, just coming up. July 1, very good 

 stand; average height about 1* inches. July 15, average height 4 inches; yel- 

 lowish ; doing quite well. August 1, height 18 inches ; in bloom ; yellow color 

 has disappeared. August 15, forming grain. One of the very few things killed 

 by frost August 10. 



WINTER GRAIN. 



A small plat of each of the following varieties of winter grain was seeded 

 August 17, 1004. It came up in good shape, but was eaten off once by the rab- 

 bits before a fence was completed. It made a fairly good growth again before 

 the cold weather set in. During the winter the plats were covered with snow 

 varying in depth from 8 to 24 inches. As soon as the snow left the grain it 

 began to grow, and it was soon apparent that the varieties covered the deepest 

 stood the winter the best. It began to head in good time but was very slow 

 In filling and ripening. 



Amber Winter Rye: Seed sown August IT, 1004. June 1, 1005, fine stand; 6 

 Inches high. July 1, fully headed ; height 42 inches. July 15, height 50 inches ; 



