142 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Worked Kenai station. — The general improvements and conditions at the station and 

 the station work are mentioned and the results of different culture tests arc noted. 

 Vegetables in general, with the exception of cabbage, celery, and paisley, did not grow 

 well this season. Early Rose and Early Burbank potatoes were planted May 23 and 

 harvested September 24, and of the yields produced § and .>, respectively, were mar- 

 ketable. Gianl Winter rye was sown August 25, 1902, and harvested September 21, 

 1903. The straw ripened, but the grain was not matured enough to grow. Excelsior 

 Winter rye gave the same results. Romanow Spring wheat, Manshury barley, Sixty 

 Day, Swedish Select, and common oats, and Orenburg buckwheat did not mature. 

 The straw of the wheat and of Swedish Select oats was harvested for hay. 



Of the grasses sown in the spring of 1902, Lolium perenne and A vena elatior were 

 winterkilled. Alopecurus pratensis grew 30 in. high and was mowed for hay July 

 (I and had produced a second crop, although smaller than the first by September 10. 

 Bromus inermis made a good stand and grew 16 in. high. The following grasses and 

 forage plants sown June 1, 1903, also produced good stands: Dactylis glomerata, Avena 

 elatior, White clover, Red clover, Alsike clover, Phleum pratense, Lolium perenne, 

 Agrostis vulgaris, and Rape. Hemp was a failure. 



Work at Rampart Station. — The following grains again matured this year: Flying 

 Scotchman, Black Finnish, Burt Extra Early and common oats, Manshury barley, 

 and Romanow Spring wheat. The Black Finnish oats stood 5 ft. high ami yielded 

 a good grain. Manshury barley was also good, while the grain of the others was 

 inferior. 



Cooperative experiments on Wood Island. — Beardless and Manshury barley and flax 

 matured and the results with oats were also quite favorable. A mixture of oats and 

 White Canadian and Blue Prussian peas yielded about 8 tons of green forage per 

 acre. Excelsior, Giant, 'and Schlanstedt rye grew 5 ft. high, but produced empty 

 heads. Spelt and spring wheat gave some promise of ripening. Timothy sown 2 

 years ago is reported as being 3 ft. high and having long full heads. A half acre of 

 Bromus inn-mix, sown the year before, produced about half a ton of hay. White 

 clover sown with timothy made a good showing. Of the vegetables tested, lettuce, 

 parsley, potatoes, and radishes have given encouraging results. The growth of 

 flowers and trees is also briefly noted. A milk record of 5 cows for August, 1903, 

 shows a total milk production of 2*649.5 lbs. A total yield of 2,610eggs was obtained 

 from 26 hens and 9 ducks during 6 mouths beginning with March. 



A series of reports from seed distribution to parties throughout the Territory is 

 presented, and soil temperatures taken at the Sitka, Copper Center, and Kenai sta- 

 tions, together with meteorological observations for 1902 and 1903 at 19 different 

 points, are recorded in tables. 



Annual report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station for 1903, 

 J. G. Smith (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Rpt. 1903, pp. 391-418, 

 pis. 4).— This report, after briefly noting the construction of buildings during the year, 

 together with the additions to the station equipment, discusses at greater length the 

 experiments with different crops. The publications of the station are briefly listed, 

 and work at farmers' institutes and in the outlying islands is noted. A report on 

 the funds of the station is also given. 



Experiments in corn culture are carried on in the Kula district to determine the 

 effect of deeper plowing and improved methods of cultivation. Land is usually 

 plowed from 1 to 3 in. deep, but the experiment field was plowed from 6 in. to 1 ft. 

 deep and planted with a number of the best varieties of corn from the Middle West 

 and from the New England States. Learning and Boone County White give indica- 

 tions of being well adapted to the Kula district. Corn planted in deep furrows in 

 plowed land made a better growth than that which had been planted in surface rows. 



The quick rot of potatoes was largely reduced by soaking the seed in a 3 per cent 



