230 EXPEKTMEISTT STATION RECORD. 



seed cotton per acre. In a fertilizer test with cotton, the use of 

 2,000 lbs. of compost applied in the drill resulted in heavier yields 

 than cotton-seed meal, lime, acid phosphate, or kainit, alone or 

 combined. 



The heaviest yields of wheat were afforded b}^ Eclipse, Beardless 

 Fulcaster, Fulcaster, and Red May, the yields varying from 18.1) hu. 

 in the lirst instance to 11.45 bu. in the last. 



Sowing- hairy vetch broadcast at the rate of 53 lbs. per acre resulted 

 in a heavier yield of seed than sowing- either 83 or 37 lbs. in drills 2^ 

 ft. apart. Heavv freezing did not injure early sowings of vetch. 



Field crops, 1899, F. C. Burtis et al. {Oliahoma Sta. Bui. Jplf.^ 

 pp. 12). — Variety tests with oats and culture experiments as regards 

 time of seeding, thickness of planting, and methods of plowing and 

 cultivation are recorded with Kalir corn, Indian corn, castor beans, 

 and cotton. The data of the different experiments are tabulated. The 

 authors summarize the results obtained as follows: 



" (1) With oats, early seeding of an early-maturing variety has given best results. 



" (2) With Katir corn, planting about the middle of May in rows 3 ft. apart with 

 one stalk each 3 to 5 in. has generally given the highest yields. 



"(3) With corn, no definite differences in yield were produced by variations in 

 thickness of planting or in methods of plowing and cultivation. 



" (4) With castor beans, no difference in yield was obtained from planting weekly 

 from March 21 to April 26. Planting May 16 gave the lowest yield. Manuring 

 more than doubled the yield. 



" (5) With cotton, tests of time and thickness of planting gave no conclusive results. 

 Planting from April 15 to May 15 in rows 3 to 3i ft. apart, and chopping to 1 stalk to 

 each 18 in. is the general practice of cotton growers in eastern central Oklahoma." 



Brief notes are added to the l^ulletin on the experience of farmers 

 of the Territory in cotton culture and on the growth of cowpeas at the 

 station. 



Progress of experiments in forage crops and range improve- 

 ment at Abilene, Tex., H. L. Bentley {U. S. Dtpt. Agr.., iJlc'i- 

 sio)> of Agrostology Clrc. 23, pp. 20., fg. 1). — The general plan of these 

 experiments, begun in 1898, has been previously outlined (E. S. K.. 

 10, p. 1005). This report covers the second year of the test. As a 

 result of the cultivation and rest given, the grazing capacity of th(> 

 range under observation has doul)led after a little more than one year's 

 treatment. The author concludes "(1) that it will pay farmers and 

 stockmen of Texas, especially in the semiarid districts of the State, 

 to cultivate their pastures by use of disk and iron-tooth harrows; (2) 

 that it will pay them to rest their pastures periodically during the 

 seasons when the grass seeds are maturing and falling to the ground." 



A further experiment has been added to those already under way 

 in plowing furrows about 12 ft. apart in the pastures and running 

 crosswise to the generally prevailing winds. The piu'pose of the fur- 

 rows is to catch the grass seeds of the pasture which ripen and may 



