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and 1904, were wliitorkillod, and the plats reseeded this year made very little 

 growth. The same was true of perennial rye grass. 



Work at the Rampart Station. — The crops at this station were grown on virgin 

 soil, without fertilizer. On the spots where stumps had been burnt a fine 

 growth was secured, but elsewhere the stand was thin and the straw short. 

 Manshury barley, from Sitka-grown seed, sown May 1!), was harvested Septem- 

 ber G. This variety produced well-filled heads of good length. Rampart-grown 

 seed gave practically the same result. The Saskatchewan fife spring wheat, 

 from Canadian seed, did not mature, and Velvet Chaff Blue Stem only ripened 

 partially. Spring rye, sown May 19, began to head 47 days later, but it filled 

 so slowly that it did not fully mature. Russian buckwheat was one of the few 

 crops killed i»y frost August 19. Amber, E.xcelsior, and Giant French winter 

 • rye, sown August 17. matured and were harvested on September 5. Kharkov 

 winter wheat almost all winterkilled. 



Work at ihc Kciiai Station. — Oats sown May ;]0 and ;>1 stood .30 to 40 in. 

 high on August 1,5, with 75 per cent of the plants headed. Septemi)er 1 they 

 were 48 to GO in. high, but some of the grain was injured by frost. Hanna 

 2-rovved barley, sown May 20, was in the milk and dough stage when injured 

 by frost, and buckwheat, sown the same day, had ripened a small percentage of 

 its grain when killed by frost August 26. Grass seed was sown May 25, and the 

 following heights on September 1 are recorded from different species: Tall 

 fescue, 18 in.; timotliy, 18 in.; orchard grass, 12 in.; Italian rye grass, 10 in., 

 and a mixture of the grasses planted this season, 10 in. Seeds of wild rye, 

 wild barley, and CaJamagrostis laitf/sdorfii, all native species, were much slower 

 in g(M'niinating than the inip()rt(Ml seed. 



Report on agricultural investigations in Hawaii, 1905 [Field cropsj, .7. G. 

 Smith (T. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 110, pp. 13-22, 23, 2.',, pi. l).—\ 

 cooperative tobacco experiment is in progress for the purpose of demonstrating 

 the practicability of growing the best grades of cigar tobacco in Hawaii. In con- 

 nection with a brief report on the experiments some of the Hawaii tobacco soils 

 are described, the advantages of the climate for tobacco growing pointed out, 

 and a general outline of the cultural processes followed is given. 



In 1904, at Ilamakua, the following varieties were grown under cloth: Su- 

 matra, Florida, and Long Stem ; Cuban, Florida, and Vuelta Abajo ; Connecti- 

 cut Broad L(>af and Seed Leaf; Zimmer Spanish; Virginia Dark Leaf; White 

 Burley, and .Japanese. This year's work demonstrated that tobacco under cloth 

 was not successful in Hawaii, at least in regions of high rainfall. Brief notes 

 on the behavior of each variety are given. The quality of the leaf of some of 

 the varieties was pronounced excellent by experts and manufacturers. 



The results of 1905 indicated that wrapper tobacco of fine texture and body 

 and filler leaf of mild flavor and of good burning qualities are commercial 

 possif)ilities. This season the crop was grown in the open, the only protection 

 l)eing forest on all sides of the plat. While the quality of the tobacco produced 

 was good, the shade was darker than the market demands. About 20 per cent 

 (if the crop of Sumatra was of excellent (luality as regards texture and body, 

 l)ut only about 10 per cent showed desiral)le shades of color. This portion of 

 the crop was valued at from .$2 to .$4.50 per pound. The yield was at the rate 

 of about 1,000 lbs. per acre. The portion of the crop unsuited for wrappers 

 commands a price of only about ]0 cts. per pound. The leaf of the Cuban 

 tobacco not suitable for wrappers sells at prices ranging from 15 to 40 or 50 

 cts. per pound. The yield of the Cuban leaf ranges from 450 to 600 pounds 

 per acre, and fully 25 per cent of this season's crop would have been suitable 

 for wrapper leaf if the colors had been lighter. It is estimated that if a grower 



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