122 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Professor Gibbs, during his connection with the depart- 

 ment, continued the cooperative experiments with the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, which were begun last year. 

 One of these lines, viz., experiments with worn-out grass 

 lands has been terminated this year by the lack of funds at the 

 disposal of the Division of Agrostology to continue the work. 



The experiments with clover seed will be continued next 

 year at the request of the Division of Botany, In addition to 

 these experiments, there were begun three series of plat ex- 

 periments, viz. : 



(i) A series of twentv-two plats, with eleven different 

 systems of rotation of crops, to be continued four years. 



(3) A series of eight plats, to determine the effect of vary- 

 ing the distance between plants in corn sown for the silo. 



(3) Thirty plats devoted to variety tests of corn, both for 

 ears and for silage. This series was practically a failure, be- 

 cause of the weather conditions throughout the season. 



All the plats were carefully harvested, and all data and 

 notes filed' for Professor Gibbs's successor. 



A series of dynamometer tests with harrows was conducted 

 during the preparation of the fields in the spring, the data of 

 which are on file. 



DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE. 



The work in this department, while similar in many ways 

 to that of previous vears, has been greatly enlarged. Besides 

 the work already alluded to in previous reports, which has 

 been continued if not completed, new problems have been 

 taken up. During the past season quite a beginning was 

 made in studying the possibilities of the wholesale markets 

 for horticultural produce from small growers. Besides grow- 

 ing a few crops that were thought advisable for testing for 

 this purpose, an experiment was begun to determine the best 

 methods of packing vegetables for the market. 



