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nuts. A measured bushel of these nuts weighed 22 lbs. One-fourth acre 

 fertilized at the rate of 200 lbs. of acid phosphate per acre and planted to 

 Virginia peanuts yielded at the rate of 1,792 lbs. of dried nuts and .3.520 lbs. 

 cf well-cured hay per acre, a measured bushel of the nuts weighing 20 lbs. 



A fertilizer test witli cowpeas was an exact repetition of the test with i>ea- 

 luits, and the yields of hay on the different jilats were l,13(i lbs., 2,872 lbs., 

 2,040 lbs., 2,816 lbs., 2,410 lbs., and 092 lbs. per acre, respectively. Drilling 

 peas at the rate of SO lbs. per acre yielded 3,520 lbs. of hay per acre, at the rate 

 of 40 lbs. 4,000 lbs. of hay, at the rate of 20 lbs. 3,200 lbs. of hay, and peas 'in 

 hills 18 in. apart, requiring l(i lbs. of seed per acre, at the rate of 4,000 lbs. of 

 hay. 



T'.ricf notes on several other crops grown at the station are also given. 



The Essex field exiDeriments, 1906, I'.. W. Bull and V. IT. Kirkham (Essex 

 Ed. Com.. Countij Tech. Lahs.. Chelnisford. 1906. Apr., pp. 2(>. p<is. 3). — Among 

 7 varieties of wheat compared, Wilhelmina stood first with a yield of 49.7 bu. 

 per acre, which was 2i bu. ahead of Rivett. Browick produced the highest 

 quality of straw, but in yield of straw the difference between the varieties was 

 not very marked. 



In 3 cooperative tests with mangolds an average yield of 25 tons per acre 

 was secured. Yellow Globe ranked first in yield with 27 tons and li cwt. per 

 acre. In quality Long Red stood first, averaging 10.97 per cent dry matter 

 and 5.13 per cent sugar. Golden Tankard was not very far behind Long Red, 

 but Yellow Globe with 9.42 per cent dry matter and 4.25 per cent sugar was 

 much inferior. 



The yield of dry matter and sugar per acre showed the following differences 

 at the 3 centers : Clavering, 3 tons dry matter and 1 ton 9 cwt. sugar, St. Osyth, 2 

 tons 12 cwt. dry matter and 1 ton 4 cwt. sugar, and Feering, 2 tons 8 cwt. dry 

 matter and 19 cwt. sxigar. The average yield at the 3 places was 2 tons 13 

 cwt. dry matter and 1 ton 4 cwt. sugar. The highest quality was secured on 

 plats manured with dung oidy. The general effect of commercial fertilizers 

 was to lower the quality, but the use of superphosphate seemed to favor the 

 formation of sugar, whil(» the dry matter followed the general rule and suffered 

 a decrease. 



Of 5 varieties of sugar beets Cooper Selected, Kleinwanzlel>en. and Yilmorin 

 Improved were the best sugar producers. Yilmorin ranked highest in both 

 tonnage of beets and purity of juice. 



Fertilizer experiments with maize were conducted and the rt'sults S(H-ured 

 showed that a supplementary dressing of nitrate was beneficial, wliile supei*- 

 phosphate and potash did not materially increase the yield. It is further 

 concluded that leaving out barnyard manure and increasing the nitrate will 

 not give such results in a dry season as a dressing of barnyard manure and a 

 su])i)lementary dressing of connnercial fertilizers. 



Results of a fertilizer test with peas showed that 10 tcnis of l)arnyard manure 

 gave a return in total crop equal to that of 15 t<mSi and that the use of 5 cwt. 

 of super] (hosphate, 5 cwt. of kainit, and 1 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre is 

 equal in effect to a moderate dressing of manure. 



Different treatments were compared for the prevention of a clover disease 

 caused by tSclcroiiiiia trifoliortim. The plat receiving tons of ground lime 

 per acre was free from the disease, and it is considered probable that about 10 

 cwt. of ground lime applied wlien a tilth is being obtained for the nurse crop or 

 sown on the stubble in the fall will produce equally good effects. 



Keport of progress in cereal investigations, G. W. Sii.vw {California Sta. 

 Bill. ]S.',. pp. 2()1'.l12. /i(/s. .',). — This bulletin describes the movement toward 

 cereal imijrovement by the State, reproduces an act passed by the State legis- 



