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grasses and wheat bran. A mixture of winter wheat and 

 sand or hairy vetch was found to be an early and desirable 

 spring green fodder, but for the cost of vetch seed. 



In the agricultural division, besides a carefully planned 

 series of experiments to throw light on some of the numer- 

 ous conditions determining productiveness, — chiefly as af- 

 fected by difterent manm"es and fertilizers, either alone or 

 in a wide variet}^ of combinations, — variety tests with po- 

 tatoes have been undertaken, with the result that in produc- 

 tiveness the following varieties stood first in the order given : 

 Beauty of Hebron, I. X. L., Steuben, Earl}^ Nancy, Million 

 Dollar, Ensign Bagley, Early Rose, Gem of Aroostook, and 

 Daughter of Early Rose. 



The details of the experiments thus briefly outlined may 

 be found in the reports of the several divisions herewith 

 submitted. 



