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Many-flowered millet-grass makes a very thick, rank growth the second 

 year. Schrader's brome grass does not make nearly the growth on the 

 damp land as it does on the home tract, where, along the water ditch, it 

 made a dense mat of fine feed before it headed out. As an annual grass 

 crop, on semi-arid lands, I think that Schrader's brome will be a good 

 acquisition, and will subdue, to a certain extent, the troublesome grass 

 that goes under the name of 'Wild Rye' in the Sacramento Valley.' 7 



Kales. Dwarf Purple, Dwarf Scotch, Tall Scotch, White Vienna, and 

 Tall Jersey kales were planted on the ten-acre tract January 28, 1898. 

 All the varieties made a very poor growth during the summer until fall, 

 when Tall Scotch and Tall Jersey suddenly made a rank growth until 

 they came into bloom. By December 15th they had attained a height 

 of about eight feet. White Vienna grew to be five feet high. The 

 dwarf varieties, with the exception of Dwarf Purple, succumbed to the 

 green aphis and never bloomed. All the dwarf varieties were a failure 

 in the dry season of 1898. 



Sugar Beets. Eight new varieties of sugar beets were tested in 1898, 

 but the seed had arrived too late to obtain the best results. The beets 

 did not attain a sufficient size to warrant an analysis. On April 9th 

 four acres were planted to k 'G. W. I." improved seed obtained from the 

 Chino Valley Beet Sugar Co., and one acre to Vilmorin Improved seed 

 obtained from Berkeley. A total stand of four acres was obtained, and 

 the sugar percentage was 15.2. Four seasons previously, in 1894, when 

 field tests were made with leading varieties of sugar beets, the highest 

 percentage obtained was 14.3 upon a brand known as "O. D.," imported 

 by the Chino Valley Sugar Co. The average, however, was below 13 

 per cent. A considerable improvement in the sugar percentage has 

 therefore taken place. 



