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next year. Ash and boxelder and elm from seed made a fair 

 growth this season. 



All windbreak combinations as well as all species demon- 

 stration blocks of trees have made an excellent growth, both new 

 and older plantings. 



All fruit" plants, both in permanent plantations, as well as 

 in the nursery, have made excellent growth. An extensive exper- 

 iment with apple grafts, using various stocks, was started this 

 year, and a good stand was secured with the grafts. In the 

 nursery and orchards oats as a cover crop was seeded August 



Early tomatoes, trained and staked, at Mandan, N. D., Station. 



first, and this was twelve to fifteen inches tall when killed by 

 frost September 15th. 



All apples and plums in the orchard were protected in fall 

 with veneer tree protectors and a liberal mulch of old hay and 

 strawy manure. 



Vegetables again were a very decided success. Especially 

 most excellent results were secured with onions, early tomatoes, 

 egg plants, cucumbers and watermelons.. It is our firm convic- 

 tion that the cost of living on the farm can be materially reduced, 

 and the quality raised, by growing all the vegetables under the 

 best system, and canning and storing them for winter use. 



All ornamental plants did well. Perennials seem to be 

 especially desirable for this section. 



The plant-breeding work is being continued and enlarged 

 at a rapid rate. In fact this is rapidly becoming the main work 



