TREATMENT WITH LIMK FOR POTATO ROT. 



Conclusions : The differences in the amount of rot are very small. 

 In the case of the cellar samples, the tubers untreated have kept 

 sliglitly better than those which were limed ; in the granary samples, 

 the difference is in favor of liming. We are not justified in pro- 

 nouncing either for or against the treatment. 



It appears to me not unlikely that the quantity of lime used was 

 too small, and when opportunity offers, the experiment will be 

 repeated with varying amounts of this substance. 



VARIETY TESTS OF OATS. 



The seeds for these tests were sent on by the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, with the request that we give them a trial. They 

 arrived much too late in the season for planting, (May 21st) as was 

 recognized by the Department officials, who, never-the-less-, urged 

 that we try them. All the seed received was sown May 24th, upon 

 a medium loam, which had been in grass and pastured for three years, 

 and which was in a fair state of fertility. It was ploughed in early 

 spring and just before seeding it received at the rate of nitrate of 

 soda, 160 lbs. : dissolved bone, 240 lbs. ; and muriate of potash, 

 160 lbs. per acre spread broadcast and harrowed in. The seed was 

 sown broadcast and harrowed in. 



DES FL ANDRES OATS. 



The seed (9 qts.) was sown as above described upon one-fifth of 

 an acre. The blades appeared above ground June 1st, growth was 

 fair until about the time of blossoming when the crop became consid- 

 erably rusted. It was cut and stooked Sept. 2d, and threshed in 

 good condition Sept. 10th. It yielded 34 quarts of light oats and 

 270 lbs. straw. 



