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BARLEY. 



Manskury. — A plat of this barley was sown May 23. It was some- 

 what slow in starting, but when it came up the stand was good and 

 the plants healthy in appearance. On July 12 it was 16 inches high 

 and beginning to head. On July 31 it was 2£ feet high and the grain 

 nearly grown. It was not injured in the least by the frost that 

 occurred on the night of that date. August 13, when I was at the sta- 

 tion, it was ripe and ready to cut at any time. The grain was plump, 

 the heads heavy, and quite yellow in appearance. The accompany- 

 ing illustration (PL XV, fig. 1) is a reproduction of a photograph of 

 this patch of barley. It is another proof in addition to the many 

 already on record that barley can be grown very successfully in the 

 interior. The only point to note being that early maturing varieties 

 should be selected. 



On June 5 another plat of the same barley was seeded. July 18 

 it was 18 inches high. July 31 it was 2£ feet high and the grain 

 about half grown. It was not injured by the frost. August 13 the 

 grain was fully formed, but it had not begun to ripen. 



OATS. 



Burt Extra Early. — A plat of this variety was seeded June 4. It 

 started to grow promptly. The plants were healthy and made an even 

 stand. July 18 it was 15 inches high and had begun to head. July 

 31 it was 2i feet high and the^grain half formed. It was not injured 

 by the frost whigh occurred on the night of that date. August 13 the 

 grain was fully formed, but still in the milk, and showed no signs of 

 ripening. This variety has, all things considered, given the best satis- 

 faction of the many kinds tried at the Sitka and Kenai stations. It is 

 not a heavy yielder. The straw is short and the grain small, but on 

 the coast it has matured in time to be harvested before the fall rains set 

 in, as a general thing, and in the interior it will probably prove to 

 mature before killing frosts occur in late summer. 



Perm. — A variety of Russian oats imported by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. The seed used was grown at the Sitka 

 Station. It was planted May 23. It grew promptly, and made a good 

 stand. July 14 the plants averaged 16 inches high. July 31 the crop 

 was 32 inches high, the grain almost fully formed, and heads of fair 

 size. It was not injured by the frost of July 31. August 13 most of 

 the grain was still in the milk and had not begun to ripen. It was 4 

 feet high. I have not heard if it matured. 



Another plat of the same variety was seeded June 6, also from 

 Sitka seed. July 19 it was 18 inches high and heading out. July 31 

 it was 27 inches high and the grain rapidly developing. It was not 

 injured by the frost. August 13 it was in the milk. 



Flying Scotchman. — Small plats were seeded of this and also of the 



