258 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



OATS. 



Burt Extra Early. — Sown broadcast at the rate of 2 bushels to the 

 acre, May 24, on ground broken in 1899 and in oats last year. It 

 was fertilized with fish guano at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre. 

 June 20, stand fair, color good, 2-3 inches high, promising. July 1, 

 3-4 inches high, growing very slowly. July 15, average height 8 

 inches. August 1, 2 feet high, fully headed, looks promising, begin- 

 ning to stool. August 15, 2i feet high, beginning to bloom, suckers 

 in all stages up to the heading out. September 2, well advanced in 

 the milk, some in the dough. September 16, straw turning yellow, 

 bids fair to mature. It was cut October 2; it was not all ripe, but a 

 large percentage of it was; new suckers were growing up all the time. 



White Russian. — Sown broadcast and covered with the harrow 

 May 24 on new ground, which had been given a dressing of 500 

 pounds of fish guano to the acre. June 20, stand and color good, 3 

 inches high. July 1, 4 inches high, needs rain. July 15, 7 inches 

 high. August 1, 15 inches high, beginning to head. August 15, 2^ 

 feet high, fully headed. September 2, in the milk, standing up well. 

 September 16, mostly in the dough, straw turning yellow and ripen- 

 ing. It was cut October 1; a good percentage of it was ripe. Proba- 

 bly the reason it stood up so well was, it was sown between the house 

 and the woods; the house sheltered it from the south winds and the 

 woods from the north. It was grown from seed raised here in 1899. 



Siberian. — Sown broadcast^ May 23 on ground broken in the spring 

 of 1900 and grown to oats last year. It was manured with fish 

 guano at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre. June 20 the stand was 

 fair, 2 inches in height. July 1, has made no growth. July 15, 

 stand improved some, 6 inches high, color good. August 1, uni- 

 formly 12 inches high, a few heads showing. August 15, 20 inches 

 high, not all headed yet. September 2, 3 feet high, about 50 per 

 cent of it in the milk. September 16, about 40 per cent in bloom 

 yet, 50 per cent in milk, and 10 per cent in dough, straw green. It 

 was sown too thin, and when the wet weather set in it suckered, 

 which accounts for the different stages. In some cases 12 straws had 

 sprung up around the original one. It was cut October 1; only the 

 earliest heads were ripe. 



Improved Ligowa. — Seeded in rows May 3 6 on new ground ma- 

 nured last fall with fish guano at the rate of 300 pounds to the acre. 

 June 20, stand and color good, 3 inches high. July 1, the most of it 

 has made no growth; in spots it is 7 inches high, needs rain. July 15, 

 growth spotted, average 8 inches high, spots 12 inches high. August 

 1, average height L8 inches, one-half headed. August 15, fully headed 

 and in bloom, promising. September 2, 4 feet high, well advanced in 

 the milk. September 16, in dough, straw turning yellow, chaff and 

 hulls turning white. Cut October 3. This variety produces fewer 



