5()() p:xperiment station record. 



seed raised at tlie station in 1899. When the i)lantH were going out of ])loom about 

 August 15 they were quite uniformly 36 inches high. This is the earhest variety 

 grown at the station. It has a tendency to lodge badly. Sisolsk barley, grown on 

 the .same kind of ground as Beartown, threw up numerous suckers and consequently 

 produced a very uneven crop. The early heads had produced firm grains, while the 

 suckers were still green when the crop was cut October 5. Perm, on the same kind 

 of ground as the two preceding varieties and from seed grown at the station, had 

 begun ripening liy September 16 and w^as harvested on the same day with Beartown 

 and Sisolsk. 



Experiments were carried on with 9 varieties of oats, all of which were harvested 

 from October 1 to 5. Burt Extra Early produced a large percentage of ripe plants, 

 although new suckers were growing up all the time. White Russian, grown from 

 seed produced at the station, stood up well and showed a good percentage of ripe 

 plants at the end of the season. Siberian oats tillered very heavily when wet weather 

 set in and ripened only the earliest heads. Improved Ligowa tillered less than any 

 other variety and about 90 per cent of it ripened. Most of the grain of the Black 

 Finnish variety was hard when harvesteil, l)ut the straw was not all yellow. The 

 straw of Tobolsk was also partly green, and about 75 per cent of the grain ripened. 

 St. Petersburg, Zhelanni, and Banner ripened only a small percentage of their grain. 



r)renborg buckwheat, although a partial failure, produced more seed than Silver 

 Hull. Japanese buckwheat was a total failure. Ufa and Yarasloff spring emmer 

 were retarded by drought and did not mature. Riga flax yielded very little ripe 

 seed. A part of the iTop came up later than the rest and set no pods, but the straw 

 was fine and straight and the fiber exceedingly tough. Good stands of fiat peas, red 

 clover, and red and alsike clover mixed were oV)tainetl. 



Potatoes were grown on the level ground and in raised beds, as practiced by the 

 Russians in the Territory. The raised beds did not show any merit. The potatoes 

 were planted May 18 and dug September 27. The yield was about eightfold, and 

 from 60 to 70 per cent were marketable. Among the vegetables tested cabbage, 

 peas, beans, rhubarb, asparagus, and turnips were grown more or less successfully. 



Work at Rampart Station. — Spring rye, barley, oats, spring wheat, and clover were 

 grow' n, and notes on these crops to about the middle of August are given. The ])rin- 

 cipal facts in connection with these experiments are that fall sown rye made a healthy 

 and vigorous growtli the following spring and produced plump and perfectly matured 

 grain by the beginning of August, and that barley sown the latter part of May 

 matured seed by the middle of August. Among the garden crops tried lettuce, kale, 

 l)eas, onions, and carrots made a good growth. Buckwheat and potatoes were killed 

 to the ground .by frost July 31. At this date the tubers from native seed potatoes 

 were larger than the tubers obtained from other sources. 



Annual report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station for 1901, 

 J. G. Smith {U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Statlo)»i Rpt. 1901, pp. 361-379, 

 ph. 8). — The official steps taken in connection with the establishment of the station 

 are summarized, and the work done upon the station site in the way of land improve- 

 ment, the construction of buildings, and in general the preparation for experimental 

 work, is reported in detail. The condition of the coffee industry is described and 

 direc:tions for the culture of coffee are given. Potato, sweet potato, taro, rice, and 

 cassie culture in the islands is briefly noted. The raising of ducks, chickens, 

 and turkeys is mentioned, and the lines of inquiry of most importance are suggested. 



Annual report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 

 1901, F. D. Gardner {V. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Rpt. 1901, pp. 

 3S1-41.-J, jdx. 5).— The initial steps taken toward the establishment of the station 

 are summarized, and the agricultural resources and capabilities of Porto Rico are 

 discussed. In connection with the consideration of the soils and climate of the 

 island, the results of mechanical analyses of Porto Rican soils, and subsoils made by 



