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(12) Alfalfa, effect of lime, fertilizers and inoculation on 



yield of hay. 



(13) Alfalfa, inoculation by different methods. 



(14) Root crops, selection of mothers for seed production. 



II. Experiments completed this year. 



(i) Alfalfa and timothy, soil solution studies. 



(2) Root crops, field trials. 



(3) Root crops, variety trials. 



III. Experiments begun or projected this year. 



(i) Brome grass, individual plants for variation and life 

 history studies. 



(2) Kentucky blue-grass, individual plants for variation and 



life history studies. 



(3) Alfalfa, study of geographic types and variations. 



(4) Root crops, production trials of home-grown and pur- 



chased seed. 



(5) Root crops, lime and fertilizer trials. 



(6) Wheat, studies of performance and progeny records. 



(7) Vetch, investigation of methods of cultures and seed 



production. 



(8) Methods of determining the fertilizer requirements of 



soils. 



(9) A study of soil solutions under different methods of 



soil treatment. 



The following bulletins have been prepared by the Department 

 of Agronomy during the year : 



Bulletin 241. Second report on the Influence of Fertilizers on the 

 Yield of Timothy Hay, by John W. Gilmore and Charles F. Clark. 

 September, 1906. 



Bulletin 242. Cabbages for Stock Feeding, by Samuel Eraser. 

 December, 1906. 



Bulletin 243. Root-Crops for Stock-Feeding, by Samuel Eraser, 

 John W. Gilmore and Charles F. Clark. December, 1906. 



Bulletin 244. Culture and Varieties of Roots for Stock-Feeding, 

 by Samuel Eraser, John W. Gilmore and Charles E. Clark. Janu- 

 ary, 1907. 



Bulletin 247. The Importance of Nitrogen in the Growth of 

 Plants, by Thomas E. Hunt. June, 1907. 



