12 GUAM AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



veloped so favorably that it is now believed tiiis latter species will 

 prove better suited to general conditions in Guam. Faapalum 

 dilatatu7n has proved successful in every way, but it has simply been 

 excelled by what is now found to be a more suitable species. (PL 

 II, fig. 2.) 



OTHER FORAGE CROPS. 



Guinea grass, Panicum maximum^ has been groAvn again during 

 the past year and, due largely to improved soil conditions, much 

 more satisfactory results have been obtained. Further improvement 

 will undoubtedly increase the yield; and upon suitable soil, where 

 a large number of stock is to be fed from a relativelj^ small area of 

 land, this will be found a valuable crop for soiling purposes. In 

 Guam, Guinea grass requires a fertile, well-drained, friable soil, and 

 it will not give best results where these conditions are not furnished. 

 Land adapted to its growth here is limited to a comparatively small 

 acreage, and hence it is not probable that it will ever figure promi- 

 nently in its forage problems. (PI. II, fig. 3.) 



Work with the sorghums has been conducted upon a considerably 

 reduced scale during the past annual period. Sufficient data have 

 been collected from previous work to establish the value of fodder 

 crops of this class and to indicate how far they may be depended 

 upon to furnish a continuous supply of green feed for live stock. 

 Extensive plantings have, accordingly, been discontinued until work 

 on animal problems is started, when planting will be resumed to 

 furnish a portion of the required feed. Results from small plant- 

 ings during the year have simply confirmed conclusions indicated 

 from previous plantings. 



MISCELLANEOUS FIELD CROPS. 



Among other successful field crops grown at the station the pigeon 

 pea, Cajanus indicus; the jack bean. Canavalia ensiformis; and the 

 common peanut are worthy of special note. The pigeon pea fur- 

 nishes a good substitute for garden peas, Avhich do not succeed well 

 here, and the dried peas, if they can be economically produced, might 

 supply a staple food. Scattered plants of the pigeon pea are seen 

 cx'casionally, but the crop has never been introduced into general 

 cultivation. 



VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



At the close of the Avet ^eason a garden plat was specially pre- 

 pared by a liberal application of stable manure and by deep and 

 thorough stirring of the soil. Garden beds of uniform size were 

 laid out systematically in this prepared section and marked with 

 permanent numbered label stakes. (PI. Ill, fig. 1.) As was men- 



