-396 XEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



Plot. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 



1. Meadow Fescue {Festuca pratensis B.uds.) 90 50 40 45 55 60 60 



2. Fine-leaved Fescue (-Pes<wca ^enuiybiio Sib.)... 5 50 40 40 40 45 45 



3. Sheep's Fescue {Festuca ovina L.) 10 50 40 40 30 25 40 



4. Rhode Island Bent {Agrostis canina L.) 80 80 90 90 90 95 95 



5. Wood Meadow (Poa nemom/is L.) 60 65 70 85 80 85 90 



■6, Kentucky Blue (Poa pm<erjsia L.) 50 65 90 90 85 85 80 



7. Rough Meadow (Poa im-aKs L.)... 90 65 70 70 45 70 60 



8. Redtop {Agrostis alba vulgaris With.) 100 90 70 60 25 25 20 



9. Ferenni&l Rye {Lolium perenne L.) 100 85 70 40 20 15 15 



It is seen that the "Rhode Island Bent" holds up well, and the 

 stand this autumn, at time of last inspection, was near perfection. 

 In the dry weeks of summer it becomes brown, and for this reason the 

 present rating may be high. It is exceptionally fine in texture. The 

 "Kentucky Blue Grass" has proved very satisfactory for the last three 

 y^ears, but some weeds have crept in the present season and lowered 

 the percentage somewhat. In the "Wood Meadow" plot the grass has 

 held its place for three seasons. The "Meadow Fescue" has made a 

 gain this season over the previous year. Being at one end of the rows 

 of plots, it is favored by a border gutter along the side of the plot. The 

 "Redtop" shows a poor stand and the "Perennial Rye Grass" is nearly 

 gone out. The leading weed in autumn is the crab grass, that fills in 

 all vacancies. There are some dandelions that have not been removed 

 from these test grounds. 



EXPERIMENTS "WITH "WEEDS. 



A piece of ground 11 by 33 feet, called "the weed belt," has been 

 continued for the sixth season. 



The fourteen most prominent weeds in this neglected area in 1902 

 were the following: 



1. Rumex acetosella L. (0), (7), (4), (3), (1), (1). 



2. Baucus Carola L. (12), (0), (0). (4), (5). 



3. Bromus racemosus L. (0). (0). (0), (0), (2). 



4. Polygonum Pennsylvanicum L. (0), (6), (3), (2), (2), (4). 



5. AbutUon Abutilon L. (7), (2), (6). (6), (3). 



6. Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum L. (0), (0), (0), (9), (6). 



7. Siltne noetiflora L. (9), (13), (14), (7), (7). 



8. Taraxacum Taraxacum L. (0), (0), (9), (5), (8;. 



9. Convolvulus arvensis L. (0), (0), (0), (0), (9). 



10. Melilotus alba Lam. (0), (0), (0), (12), (10). 



11. Oxalis stricla L. (0), (0), (0), (8), (11). 



12. Ambrosia artemisicefolia L. (3), (5), (1), (1), (14). 



13. Aster Sp. 



14. Rudbeckia hirta L (0), (0), (0), (0), (13). 



