DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 169 



During the past season a comparative test of the yield 

 of fifteen varieties of corn has been made on one-tenth acre 

 plots. The varieties tested were the following: Longfel- 

 low, Improved Yellov/ Flint, Minnesota King, Sanford's 

 Early White, Angel of Midnight, Race Horse, Early Yel- 

 low Canada, Campbell's Best, Thompson, Clarage, Pride 

 €f the North, King of the Earlies, Thoroughbred White 

 Dent, Currie's Earliest of All, and Early Longfellow Dent. 

 A test of the yield of ear corn from thick and thin planting 

 has also been made on duplicate twentieth-acre plots. 



A comparative test of thirteen varieties of oats was made 

 on tenth-acre plots. The following varieties were tested: 

 Lincoln, Black Gotham, Welcome, Mortgage Lifter, Mich- 

 igan, Wonder, Improved Prize Cluster, English Wonder, 

 Silver Mine, Black Tartarian, White Maine, White Rus- 

 sian, Golden Fleece, and Mold's Black. 



In forage crops the following tests were made : 



(a) Methods of securing a stand of alfalfa. 



(b) Four varieties of millets. 



(c) Three varieties of mangels. 



(d) Two varieties of sugar beets. 



(e) Three varieties of clover. 



(f ) Oats and Canada peas. 



(g) Soy beans, velvet beans, cow peas and rape. 



A comparative test on one fourth acre plots of the cost 

 and effect of different fertilizers on the yield of hay was 

 made. 



During August and September a sixtj^-day feeding ex- 

 periment with heavy and light oats was conducted. The 

 data on this work embody the results of a chemical analysis 

 of the oats, the relative proportion of hull to kernel in 

 the different grades, and a practical feeding test of them 

 on the six work horses of the college. 



A thirty-day feeding test of sweet apples has just been 

 -completed on pigs. The pigs in the test received only 

 apples and water, and during the thirty days made an 



