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crop for 19 14. There were about 25 acres in potatoes in 19 r> 

 that it was planned by the former owner to seed to oats in 19 14. 

 Among the experiments which it is hoped to begin at Aroos- 

 took Farm in 1914, the following may be cited: 



Experiment zuith Oats. 



Experiment to test the profitable amount of oat seed per 

 acre for a maximum crop. There is a great diversity of opin- 

 ion in the county and in the state as to the amount of oat seed 

 that is best used per acre. While this would naturally vary 

 with the different varieties, it is believed that many people in 

 Aroostook County are not merely wasting seed but are decreas- 

 ing the crop by over-seeding. This will be given as thorough a 

 try-out as is possible in a single season on ten acres, using the 

 Prosperity oats which have been cleanly grown at Highmoot 

 Farm for three years. Fifteen or more varieties of the most 

 promising of the oats which have been grown at Highmoor 

 Farm for the past three years will be tested out in acre plots 

 at Aroostook Farm in 1914. 



Experiments zvith Potatoes. 



The hill selection Cobblers which have been made during tiie 

 past three years at Highmoor Farm will be taken to Aroostook 

 Farm and the testing out continued. Experiments upon the 

 different methods of applying fertilizer to the potato crop will 

 also be as thoroughly tested as is practicable in a single season. 



The United States Department of Agriculture will use 12 

 acres in continuing the testing out of the seedlings and other 

 single tuber tests which they are carrying out at four different 

 sections in the country. For the tw^o preceding years these 

 were conducted on the John Watson farm at Houlton. Tlie 

 study of the chemical effects of potato diseases will be con- 

 tinued by the Department of Agriculture in 1914. A few other 

 minor experiments are planned by the Experiment Station 

 which are not here given. 



Highmoor Farm. 



The State Legislature of 1909 purchased a farm upon which 

 the Maine Experiment Station "shall conduct scientific invest!- 



