﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  77 
  

  

  27201 
  to 
  27288— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27261 
  to 
  27266— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27264. 
  Utah 
  alfalfa 
  seed 
  from 
  transplanted 
  plants 
  mixed 
  with 
  seed 
  

   of 
  the 
  volunteer 
  plants 
  mentioned 
  under 
  No. 
  27263. 
  

  

  27265. 
  Utah 
  alfalfa 
  seed 
  produced 
  by 
  plants 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  12784, 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  transplanted 
  at 
  definite 
  distances 
  in 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  

   soil-moisture 
  requirements 
  of 
  stands 
  of 
  different 
  thickness. 
  

  

  27266. 
  Grimm 
  alfalfa 
  grown 
  in 
  cultivated 
  rows 
  3 
  feet 
  apart 
  (plat 
  16). 
  

   From 
  seed 
  produced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gustav 
  Rasche 
  of 
  Westbrook, 
  Cottonwood 
  

   Co., 
  Minn. 
  The 
  seed 
  used 
  on 
  plat 
  16 
  was 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  thirteenth 
  

   year 
  from 
  seeding, 
  from 
  seed 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Rasche 
  near 
  Waconia, 
  

   Carver 
  Co., 
  Minn, 
  (see 
  No. 
  27481). 
  A 
  ^-acre 
  plat 
  yielded 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  

   of 
  5 
  T 
  6 
  <y 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  27267. 
  Medicago 
  ruthenica 
  (L.) 
  Trautv. 
  

  

  ' 
  Seed 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  or 
  seeding 
  year 
  from 
  a 
  £-acre 
  plat 
  (in 
  cultivated 
  

   rows) 
  of 
  Hansen's 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  S.P.I. 
  No. 
  24451, 
  from 
  Charonte, 
  

   Siberia. 
  

  

  27268. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  Seed 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  or 
  seeding 
  year 
  from 
  a 
  |-acre 
  plat 
  (in 
  cultivated 
  

   rows) 
  of 
  Hansen's 
  introduction 
  No. 
  24452, 
  from 
  Ob, 
  Tomsk 
  Province, 
  Siberia. 
  

   Photographs 
  of 
  the 
  plats 
  which 
  produced 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  may 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Dickinson 
  substation 
  for 
  1909. 
  

  

  27269 
  to 
  27287. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  Seed 
  from 
  individual 
  plants 
  that 
  were 
  inclosed 
  in 
  wire 
  cages 
  to 
  prevent 
  

  

  cross-fertilization 
  and 
  were 
  hand 
  pollinated 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  while 
  in 
  blossom: 
  

  

  27269. 
  Mongolian. 
  An 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No. 
  2125 
  (see 
  

   No. 
  27207 
  above). 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  1\ 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  covering 
  with 
  wire 
  cages 
  reduces 
  materially 
  the 
  

   yield 
  of 
  seed, 
  plants 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  caged 
  and 
  hand 
  pollinated 
  must 
  not 
  

   be 
  considered 
  typical 
  of 
  what 
  these 
  plants 
  would 
  do 
  under 
  normal 
  con- 
  

   ditions. 
  

  

  27270. 
  Mongolian. 
  An 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No. 
  2125 
  (see 
  

   No. 
  27207). 
  This 
  plant 
  yielded 
  8| 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27271 
  to 
  27273. 
  Turkestan. 
  Individual 
  plants 
  of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  9453 
  

   (see 
  No. 
  27213). 
  The 
  first 
  yielded 
  3 
  J 
  grams 
  of 
  seed; 
  the 
  second 
  9| 
  

   grams; 
  the 
  third 
  11 
  grams. 
  

  

  27274. 
  Turkestan. 
  An 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  No. 
  13999 
  (see 
  No. 
  27252). 
  

   One 
  plant 
  produced 
  4 
  1 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27275 
  to 
  27277. 
  Acclimatized 
  Turkestan. 
  Grown 
  from 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No. 
  

   3252 
  South 
  Dakota 
  No. 
  240 
  (see 
  No. 
  27203). 
  The 
  first 
  plant 
  yielded 
  

   2f 
  grams 
  of 
  seed; 
  the 
  second 
  plant 
  1 
  gram; 
  the 
  third 
  plant 
  3^ 
  grams. 
  

  

  27278. 
  Grown 
  from 
  an 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  Canadian 
  alfalfa, 
  No. 
  13436, 
  

   which 
  yielded 
  3| 
  grams 
  of 
  seed. 
  (See 
  No. 
  27208.) 
  

  

  27279. 
  Mexican. 
  Grown 
  from 
  an 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  No. 
  11652, 
  

   which 
  produced 
  35f 
  grams 
  of 
  seed 
  (See 
  No. 
  27227.) 
  

  

  27280 
  and 
  27281. 
  Minnesota 
  Grimm. 
  Grown 
  from 
  No. 
  21938 
  (see 
  

   No. 
  27202). 
  The 
  first 
  plant 
  yielded 
  25^ 
  grams 
  of 
  seed; 
  the 
  second 
  25 
  J 
  

   grams. 
  

   207 
  

  

  