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repression, and a short summary of replies to a circular of inquirj^ sent 

 out by the station to farmers iu different parts of the State with refer- 

 ence to injuries by these insects. The chief damage reported was to 

 corn. The replies seem to indicate that corn is very liable to the dep- 

 redations of cutworms when it follows wheat, and especially oats, and 

 is less so after millet. 



Tennessee Station, Bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 2, April, 1890 (pp. 16). 



Field experiments with barley, corn, oats, avheat, sorghum, 

 AND clover, C. S. Plumb, B. S. 



Barley, test of varieties (p. 3). — Tabulated notes on five varieties. 

 Manshury gave the best results. Scotch Chevalier, the only two-rowed 

 variety tested, is recommended as " a strong, robust, productive variety, 

 and especially exempt from disease. It rarely lodges, and produces a 

 large seed." 



Corn, test of varieties (pp. 3-7). — Tabulated notes on thirty-eight va- 

 rieties of dents, thirteen of flints, and fifty-four of sweet-corn. 



The follosviug varieties are recoaiinended for this region for productiveuess, qual- 

 ity, aiul vigor of growth : 



Denis. — Adams's Early, Golden Beauty, Maryland White Gourd Seed, Shannon's Big 

 J Tennessee Wliite, and Southern Horse Tooth. Adams's Early is probably the best 

 variety for table use, as its ears are not large, and it is suitable for eating earlier 

 than most corn. 



Flints. — Corapton's Early, King Philip, Sauford, and White Flint Thoroughbred. 

 However, we do not especially recommend flint corn for Tennessee. The yield of 

 fodder is very small, and the corn is not nearly so productive as the dents. 



Siveets. — We do not feel disposed to recommend any of these sweet varieties for this 

 region, as thoy have been a failure, almost completely, for two reasons: first, the 

 corn-worm has infested the ears so badly as to make them unfit for eatiiig ; second, 

 this class of corn develojis very poorly here. Varieties of sweet-corn that make vig- 

 orous, robust growth in the North have with us been small and spindling— almost 

 dwarfs. The climatic conditions are evidently not favorable to successful culture of 

 most sweet varieties. 



Oats, test of varieties (pp. 7-11). — Tabulated notes on forty-three 

 varieties, with descriptive notes on thirty of these A'arieties. " Early 

 Ewing was the first to mature, being ripe on June 26. Next earliest 

 were the several rust-proof varieties. * * * For this locality the 

 rust-proof varieties are best, as they ripen early, have strong straw, 

 and are not so badly affected with rust as are other varieties of 

 a large, coarse character." Black Tartarian, Clydesdale (synonyms: 

 Welcome, Centennial, \Yhite Australian, White Wonder), Probsteier, 

 Winter Grazing, and Winter Turf are especially recommended. 



Oats, experiment with fertilizers (p. 11). — Muriate of potash, cotton- 

 seed meal, nitrate of soda, acid phosphate, and kainit, singly, and the 

 last three in combination, were compared with each other and with no 

 manure, for Kansas Eust-Proofoatson 13 twentieth-acre plats, on light, 

 clayey loam. The highest yields were with muriate of potash and kainit, 

 and the average yield of 3 ])lats where potash was used was higher 

 than anv of the vields from other forms of fertilizers. The smallest yields 



