20 Department of Farm Crops. 



A considerable number of experiments were continued from last 

 year, probably most of the following: 



Alfalfa (two previous years) 171 



Pastures . . . . 19 



Clover 16 



Bookkeeping- 6 



Research Work. 



Agricultural survey. — The most important research work being con- 

 ducted by the department is the Agricultural Survey of Tompkins 

 count3^ The field work for this survey is now practically completed. 

 There is a very large amount of tabulation still necessary. This will 

 probably be completed by the end of the present year. 



PVork on pastures.- — About one-third of the improved farm lands 

 of New York State is in pastures, but little attention has yet been 

 given to pasture problems. The department has had a few pasture 

 experiments running for a number of years. This year, 47 co-opera- 

 tive experiments of testing grass mixtures and methods of treatment 

 were started. Professor White is now taking up the pasture ques- 

 tion and making a study of pasture conditions in the State, prepara- 

 tory to increasing the number of experiments in this line. 



Clover failures. — Field experiments in the growth of clover on soils 

 where it once grew but now fails, have been conducted for the past 

 two years. A bulletin giving the results of this work is being pre- 

 pared. The work was started by the writer and has been continued 

 by a graduate student, Mr. Squiers. Other pieces of research work 

 that have been conducted by students and which are worthy of pub- 

 lication, are : 



" The Incomes of 194 New York Farmers." by Mr. M. C. Rurritt. 



" Correlations of Certain Characters in the Maize Plant," by Mr. 

 C. E. Craig. 



" The Study of Rice," conducted by a Chinese student, ]\Ir. Y. H. 

 Tong. 



The writer understands that the last mentioned work will probably 

 be published by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



It is understood, of course, that work done by graduate students is 

 performed by thcni without expense to the State. 



