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series of years luive proven the Wliite Schoenen, Swedish, luiinoved 

 White Eussian, and IJiiebner's Uolhmd oats to be iiiiifornily produc- 

 tive, as well as lueritorious in aeveral otlier particulars. TLe station, 

 therefore, recommends these varieties in the order named. * * * 

 Among the barleys the Maushury is to be preferred above all others." 



It is urged that in judging of varieties of oats, not only the yield of 

 grain, but also the strength of straw and the thickness of the hull 

 should be taken into account, and that as much time and thought should 

 be bestowed on the selection of pure, seed for oats as is given to the 

 choosing of seed-corn. "On farms where both grain and straw are fed 

 out, it is recommended that the plan be tried of cutting when the grain 

 is ripening, but early enough to make hay of the crop." If this is 

 found to work well it would doubtless save time and money now ex- 

 pended in threshing the grain. 



Report on potatoes for, 1889, E. S. Goff (pp. 7-12).— Tc*-^ of 

 varieties. — This included one hundred and eighteen named sorts and 

 four seedlings, and was made " on a clover sod on rather light loam, in a 

 moderate condition of fertility, but very well prepared. Pieces con- 

 taining two eyes each were planted 19 inches apart in drills 38 inches 

 apart." The season was unusually dry. The comparative yields of 

 fifty-two varieties are stated in a table and illustrated by a- diagram, 

 and the table quality of the ten most productive varieties, as indicated 

 by their specific gravity, is recorded in the same way. The date of . 

 ripening is also given for the fifty-two varieties. More complete details 

 of the experiment will be given in the next annual report of the station. 

 Of the one hundred and twenty-two varieties tested in 1889, the ten 

 following (in the order named) were the most productive that season : 

 " Seedling from C. E. Angell, Eose Beauty, Monarch, Duplex, Late 

 Beauty of Hebron, Mullaly, Alexander's Prolific, Seneca Eed Jacket, 

 White Beauty of Hebron, and Wisconsin Beauty." 



For their table quality these varieties rank in the following order : 

 "Alexander's Prolific, White Beauty of Hebron, Late Beauty of He- 

 bron, Duplex, Monarch, Wisconsin Beauty, Seneca Eed Jacket, Eose 

 Beauty, Mullaly, Seedling from C. E. Angell." 



Metliods of platiting — Amount of seed. — The comparative yields from 

 planting whole potatoes (large, medium, and small), halves, two eyes, 

 and single eyes, are stated in a table and illustrated by a diagram. The 

 seed used was purchased for Beauty of Hebron, but proved to be con- 

 siderably mixed. "The total yield was directly in i)roportion to the 

 bulk of seed planted, but in merchantable yield, the two-eye cuttings 

 slightly surpassed the halves and whole tubers. In a test made at this 

 station in 1883* whole tubers yielded best, 'common' cuts second, and 

 single eyes poorest ; and in another made in 1887 1 large potatoes, with 

 all the eyes cut out but one, yielded much better than two-eye cuttings, 



* "Wiscousiu Station, Report for 1883, p. 'M. 

 t Wisconsin Station, Buliotiu No. l:?. 



