. Report of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations. 0° F. on May 1. The snowleft the south slopes on May 10, leaving the north slope fields 10 dayslater. Five varieties of barley, seven of oats, one of spring rye, one ofbuclcwheat, and ten of sprmg wheat were seeded from May 22 to May28. Of these, each variety of barley and oats ripened some seed,while the earhest varieties matured the whole crop. (PI. V, figs. 1and 2.) Both the rye and the buckwheat ripened, and at least twovarieties of spring wheat ripened good gram, while some others werematured enough for the seed to grow. BAELEY. HiU
. Report of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations. 0° F. on May 1. The snowleft the south slopes on May 10, leaving the north slope fields 10 dayslater. Five varieties of barley, seven of oats, one of spring rye, one ofbuclcwheat, and ten of sprmg wheat were seeded from May 22 to May28. Of these, each variety of barley and oats ripened some seed,while the earhest varieties matured the whole crop. (PI. V, figs. 1and 2.) Both the rye and the buckwheat ripened, and at least twovarieties of spring wheat ripened good gram, while some others werematured enough for the seed to grow. BAELEY. HiUl-less barley No. 19851, from home-grown seed, was seededMay 22 and began heading July 2 at 24 inches high. The grainfully matured and was harvested August 20. The average heightwas about 36 inches. This barley thrashed at the rate of 1,800pounds per acre, actual measurement. The 1913 report on the weather at this station gives a fair knowledge of the same, covering a periodof seven successive seasons. Rpt, Alaska Agr. Expt. Stations, 1914. Plate Rpt. Alaska Agr, Expt. Stations, 1914. Plate IV.
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