22 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Results published : First year, Report M. E. S 1886-7, pp. 

 105-6 ; second year, this report. 



(24) Test of Varieties. 



Object : Test of comparative value of diflterent varieties of barley. 

 Plan : Same as experiment No. 23. 

 Time: Spring 1886. 



Results published: First year, Report M. E. S., 1886-7, p. 106 ; 

 second year, this report. 



{25) Test of Varieties. 



Object : Test of comparative value of different varieties of 

 potatoes. 



Plan : The planting of equal number of hills seeded alike, under' 

 similar conditions with record of growth and yield. 



Time: Spring, 1886. 



Results published : First year, M. E. S., 1886-7, pp. 104-105. 



Second year, this report. 



{26) Digestion Experiment. 



Object : Determination of composition and digestibility of different 

 species of grasses and other forage plants. 



Plan : Collected at same stage of growth, subsequent analysis 

 and digestion experiments. 



Time: 1887. 



Results published : First year, this report. 



{27) Culture Experiment. 



Object : The effect of hilling potatoes as compared with flat 

 culture. 



Plan: The cultivation of equal areas of potatoes under similar 

 conditions, only certain plots hilled, and certain plots given flat 

 ^culture, to be tried with both deep aud shallow planting. 



Time: Summer, 1887. 



Results published : This report. 



(25) Feeding Experiment. 

 Object: See experiment No. 16. 

 Plan : See experiment No. 16. 

 Time : Summer, 1887. 



{29) Feeding Experiment. 



Object : The economy of feeding grain to growing steers while at 

 pasture. 



