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ORT^GON. 



Oregon Experiment Station. 



Depart incjit of Oregon tState AinieulturuJ CoUetir. 



Locntiou, Corvallis. Director, E. Griniui. B. S. 



BULLETIN No. 2. JANTiARY, 1889. 

 IIORTICULTrRAL PREPARATION AND NOTES ON PROPOSED WORK, E. R. 



Lake, M. S. (pp. 15-27). — The work in this diA'ision of the station 

 has thus far been preparatory. 



That part of the grounds lying innnediately around the college buildings 

 has been thoroughly pi-epared for experiments with lawn grass seeds, mixtures 

 of the same, and ornamental trees and shrubs. Othei- portions of the grounds 

 have been underdrained and subsoiled with a \'w\v to their use in testing 

 various kinds ot vegetables iind small fruits. 



In the meantime seeds, trees, shrulis, and jdauts have been procured from 

 widely different sources for the purpose of determining, if possible, the vari- 

 eties best suited to this soil and climate. 



A forcing-house 40 by 18 feet has been built and the testing of 

 commercial seeds begun. Experiments with insecticides will be car- 

 ried on in the college orchard. This now contains apple, pear, and 

 plum trees, to which will be added prunes, cherries, and quinces. 

 Small fruits will be set out. including currants, gooseberries, black- 

 berries, raspberries, and strawberries. A nmnber of varieties of 

 grapes will also be planted, and nut-b:^aring and timber trees will 

 be set out in limited numbers. A partial report of the tests of seeds 

 thus far made is given, including twelve varieties of beans, thirteen 

 of beets, twenty-seven of cabbages, thirteen of carrots, seven of cauli- 

 flowers, two of celery, seven of corn, nine of cucumbers, thirteen of 

 lettuce, fourteen of melons, twelve of onions, eleven of jjears. nine- 

 teen of radishes, five of ruta-bagas, fi^e of spinach, fourteen of 

 squashes, four of tol)acco, twenty of tomatoes, fourteen of forage 

 plants, and a nmnber of varieties of less important vegetables. 



PE]SNSYL,VAXIA. 



The Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Depart lucnt of the Peiuisijlvania State CoUei/c. 

 Location. State College. Centre County. Director. II. P. Armsby, Ph. D. 



BULLETIN No. (J, JANUARY, 18S0. 



Tests or varieties of wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, and forage 

 CROPS, W. H. Caldwell, B. S. (pp. 3-16). — This is a report on tests 

 of six varieties of wheat, six of oats, two of barley, seven of pota- 

 toes, and six of forage plants. Yields per acre, and in some cases 

 data as to growth, date of ripening, weight, etc., are given in tabular 

 form. Chemical analyses of the potatoes and some of the forage 

 plants are also reported. 



