404 



years woro catalojTjued in tlic Annual Iit'i>(»it of tlie station for 1889 (see 

 ExpcriincMit Station Kecoid, vol. ii, p. o'J'J). 



SUitioii arboretum (i)p. 347-351). — A list of 108 species and varieties 

 of deeiduous trees and 19 of evergreen trees. 



Report of Farm Superintendent, F, E. Emery (pp. 3."iL*-4:71). — 

 The folloAving toi)ies are treated: Cirasses and forage crops; peas best 

 for forage; raising scrub stock ; comparisouof roots and silage; variety 

 tests of wbeat; potato experiments, 1890; after effects of fertilizers, 

 1889; report on lysinieters for 1889: rations of dairy animals: meteor- 

 ology for 1890. 



Grasses and forof/e crops (pp. 353-35G). — Xotes in continuation of 

 those in the Annual Reports of the station for 1888 and 1889 (see Ex]>eri- 

 ment Station Bulletin Xo. 2, part i, p. 101, and Experiment Station 

 Eecord, vol. ii, p. 594:). Tabulated data are given for the yields iu 1890 

 of mixtures of forage plants seeded on large plats in 1886. , 



Peas for foraf/e (pp. 357, 358). — A brief account of a test of 4 varie- 

 ties. The Canada pea gave the largest yield. 



Flax f/roiring (pp. 358, 359). — A brief account of a test (»f 1 varieties 

 from seed grown in California. 



Iiaisinfi scrub stock (pp. 359-304). — Data including gain iu weight and 

 cost of food are tabulated for four calves from native cows, which were 

 raised to determine the cost of growth for Vieef. They were all sold 

 for beef, their ages at the time of sale varying from 8 to 13 months. 

 "At the prices given for food these animals were raised at a eousidei- 

 able loss when offered in the common nnirket." 



h'oots rs. silaffc for cows (pp. 304-.3G8). — The results are briefly 

 tabulated for a trial with two Jersey cows fed mangel-wur/.els and 

 silage alternately for four periods of about 10 days each. Hay and a 

 grain mixture composed of oats, linseed meal, and wheat middlings 

 were fed with each ration. The results were favorable, financially and 

 otherwise, to the silage. 



Test of varieties of wheat (pp. 309-371,*). — Notes and tabulated data 

 for 5 varieties of winter wheat and 14 of s])ring wheat. Fuleaster and 

 New Light And)er among the winter \arieties and Ku])anka. I'etali, 

 Saskatchewan, Pure Scotch Fife, and rajestiiie anioni: tlie spring varie- 

 ties gave the largest yields. 



Pof((fo crperi incuts (])]). 372—389). — These inrlnded e\i»erinu'nts with 

 different amounts and kinds of seed, nu'thods (»f cultivation, and ferti- 

 lizers. An account of the experiments of the previous year may be 

 found in the Annual Report of the station for 1889 (see Experiment 

 Station Record, vol. ii, ]). ~i*Xi). 



(1) ]Vliolf ti(l}crs of (tifrrciit sizes for srcil. — In an exju'rinient in wliich 

 tubers of three different sizes w«'re ]>lanted, the largest yield was 

 obtained from the largest tubers. 



(2) Whole tiihcrs rs. cnftiiii/s. — In this e\]»eriinent the following yiehls 

 in bushels per acre were obtained: Wlnde tubers (i)lauted at the rat<^ 



