SPECIAL REPORT FOR YEAR I912. 



15 



Plot Nos. 



Variety Name. 



167 

 169 

 171 

 173 

 175 

 177 

 179 

 181 

 183 

 185 

 187 

 189 

 191 

 193 

 195 

 197 

 199 

 201 

 203 

 205 

 207 

 209 



168. 

 170. 

 172. 

 174. 

 176. 

 178. 

 180. 

 182. 

 184. 

 186. 

 188. 

 190. 

 192. 

 194. 

 196, 

 198. 

 200. 

 202. 

 204. 

 206. 

 208. 

 210. 



American Clydesdale .... 



Danish Island 



Kherson 



Irish Victor 



Early Champion 



Prosperity 



Silver Mine 



Lincohi 



Swedish Select 



President 



Senator 



Victor 



Imported Scotch 



Banner 



White Plume L. L. Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wis. 



Rebred 60 Day L. L. Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wis. 



Early Pearl R. L. Copeland, Brewer, Maine. 



Daubenev C. R. Gies, St. Jacobs, Ont. 



Gold Ram Experimental Farm, Charlottetown, P. E. I. 



Siberian Wm. I.«wis, Dunsford, Ont. 



Minnesota, No. 26 Garton-Cooper Co., Chicago, 111. 



Abundance James Ferguson, Dalmeny, Ont. 



Source of Seed. 



1911 



Plot 



43 



1911 







44 



1911 







45 



1911 







46 



1911 







47 



1911 







48 



1911 







49 



1911 







50 



1911 







51 



1911 







52 



1911 







53 



1911 







54 



1911 







55 



1911 







56 



Pt:re Line or Pedigree Oats. 



In 1910 about 500 of the best single oat plants to be found in the 

 plots of that year were selected. In 1911 the 200 best individuals out 

 of these 500 were planted in rows in the oat garden. This year there 

 have been selected for further propagation the 83 best rows of last 

 year's planting. The seed from each of these rows will be separately 

 planted in two plots, each of which will be just 1-2000 of an acre in 

 area. These "two-thousandth" acre plots will be found in 4B. Each 

 plot represents a "pure line," all the plants on it being descended from a 

 single head grown in 1910. Some of these pure lines give great promise 

 of being exceptionallj' fine oats. 



Work of Inspection. 



The inspections entrusted to ihe Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station include agricultural seeds, apple packing, com- 

 mercial feeding stuffs, commercial fertilizers, creamery glass 

 ware, drugs, foods, fungicides, and insecticides. In the course 

 of the year this work leads the deputies to visit practically 

 every town of importance in the State at least once and many 

 of them several times. 



The work of inspection comprises much more than the 

 actual collection of the samples. The deputy has constantly 

 to be on the watch for goods which are not registered in the 

 case of fertilizers, feeding stuffs, fungicides and insecticides; 

 labels and tags have to be constantlv examined in order to see 



