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Farm labor incomes from dairying as compared with those from other 

 farm enterprises in Lyon county, Kansas. 



Mr. Pliipps, Mr. Roske, students, K. S. A. C. 

 AGRONOMY. 



Work under way : 



Causes of winterkilling of grain crops. 



The cause and prevention of yellow berry in wheat. 



The relation of soil type and moisture content to winterkilling of crops 

 growing on it. 



Cause of sterile florets in wheat and other cereals. 



Changes in vegetative cover under pasture conditions, and the relation 

 to pasture management. 



The effect of time of cutting on the composition, yield, feeding value 

 and permanence of stand of alfalfa. 



Factors in development of kafir heads. 



Factors in cultivation of corn. 



Effects of environment on the habits of growth of Kentucky blue grass. 



Effect of time of cutting on the yield, composition and feeding value 

 of Sudan grass, sorghums, kafir and corn. 



Relative yields, rate of growth, temperature of the soil, and root pene- 

 tration of listed and surface planted corn. 



Relation of seeding winter grains in furrows to winterkilling and 

 yield. 



Effect of corn, kafir, and milo on the following crop of small grain. 



Relation of time and method of preparing ground on the development 

 of plant food and the yield of wheat. 



Effect of different kinds of mulches on the conservation of water and 

 the development of nitrates in the soil. 



Relation of cropping systems and fertilizers to the composition, yield 

 and milling value of wheat, and the yield of corn, alfalfa, cowpeas, 

 and kafir. 



Relation of variety to composition and yield of wheat. 



The relation of time of seeding to winterkilling, tillering, and infesta- 

 tion of Hessian fly and yield of wheat. 



The variety factor in the infestation of wheat by Hessian fly. 



Work to be begun in 1917 : 



The effect of time of cutting on the yield, composition, and feeding 

 value of sweet clover. 



The relation of sequence of cropping to the yield of wheat, corn, al- 

 falfa, oats, barley, and sorghums. 



Work which is desirable: 



Relation of humidity of air to temperature and the water require- 

 ments of various grain crops. 

 Further investigations along lines given above. 



The above work is all under the direction of the Agronomy Department, 

 K. S. A. C. 



BACTERIOLOGY. 

 Work now under way : 



A study of silage fermentation. 



Supervised by O. W. Hunter, K. S. A. C. 



