REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS 
WITH 
GRAINS, GRASSES AND VEGETABLES 
ON COLLEGE FARM, 1887. 
BY A. E. BLOUNT, A. M., 
Professor of Agriculture. 
The following are reports of trials made with different 
varieties of vegetables, grains, grasses and forage plants on 
the College farm and experimental grounds for the season 
iust closed. 
In these departments, the facilities for extensive work 
have been limited, hence there is a limit to the work done 
and the results attained. So far as it has been carried on, 
however, it has been as well done and as extensive as circum¬ 
stances would allow. The experimental work during the 
past season has been about in the same line as in years past, 
except that it has been more extended, successful, and at¬ 
tended with much more gratifying results. All the experi¬ 
ments, from which results have been compiled, have been in 
the line of testing; different varieties of seeds for vitalitv, 
vigor, productiveness, adaptability to our soil and climate, and 
to determine their value as feed for stock and other purposes, 
as well as their probable success after acclimation. Many 
new seeds and plants have been introduced and tested one, 
two, three and four years. Among them are both native and 
exotic varieties grown in this latitude. For the past four 
years a very exact system of rotation has been observed on the 
