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suckers than any other variety grown here; about 90 per cent of it 

 ripened. 



Black Finnish, — Seeded in rows May 22 on old ground manured 

 with fish guano at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre. June 20, 

 stand and color good, growth uniform, 3 inches high. July 1, color 

 good, 4 inches high, growing a little. July 15, 7 inches high, uniform. 

 August 1, 14 inches high, headed. August 15, 30 inches high, in 

 "bloom, promising. September 2, 3 feet high, in the milk. Septem- 

 ber 16, in dough, straw green. Chaff turning white and hulls black. 

 Stands up well and bids fair to mature. It was cut October 5. The 

 straw was not all yellow, but most of the grain is hard. 



Tobolsk. — A plat was seeded in rows May 22 on old ground manured 

 with fish guano at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre. Another plat 

 was seeded broadcast May 24 on same kind of ground. On June 20 

 it was noted — rows, stand and color good, 3 inches high, promising; 

 broadcasted, stand poor, 2-3 inches high. July 1, rows, stand and 

 color good, 5 inches high; broadcasted, stand poor, had made no growth. 

 July 15, rows, stand and growth uniform, 7 inches high; broadcasted, 

 stand improved wonderfully. New stalks have come up since the rain, 

 average 6 inches high, doing nicely. August 1, rows, stand uniform, 

 20 inches high, beginning to head; broadcasted, 1 foot high, no heads as 

 yet. August 15, rows, 30 inches high, going out of bloom; broad- 

 casted, 20 inches high, fully headed. September 2, rows, 3J feet high, 

 grain in the milk; broadcasted, suckering badly, few heads in the milk, 

 some in bloom and some just heading. September 16, rows, grain in 

 the dough, chaff turning white, straw green. This plat does not 

 sucker much, and is uniform, will mature; stands up well; broad- 

 casted, earliest heads in the milk, straw green, but the frost has turned 

 the chaff white on all the heads. Will not mature any seed. This 

 plat was cut for hay October 1 ; the straw was green and young shoots 

 growing up all the time. The plat in rows was cut October 5. The 

 straw was partly green, but about 75 per cent of the grain was ripe. 



St. Petersburg. — Seeded in rows May 22 on old ground manured 

 with fish guano, at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre. June 20. stand 

 good, 2-3 inches high. July 1, has made no growth, but the color 

 good. July 15, 5-7 inches high. August 1, stand uniform, 12 inches 

 high, beginning to head. August 15, 2 feet high, fully headed and in 

 bloom. September 2, 3 feet high, in the milk. September 16, 50 per 

 cent in the dough, 50 per cent in milk; straw green, chaff on advanced 

 heads turning white. It was cut October 5; only a small percentage of 

 the grain was fully ripe; straw mostly green. 



Zhelanni. — Seeded in rows May 21, on the same kind of ground as 

 preceding variety. June 20, good uniform stand, 3-4 inches high. 

 July 1, has made very little if any growth, color good. July 15, 7 

 inches high, growing fast. August 1, 12-20 inches high, about half 



