Of these varieties, Aira cæspitosa, Polygonum sachalinense, and Poa aquatica failed to grow.

Bromus inermis.-July 1, stand was good; 1 to 3 inches high. July 15, 3 to 4 inches high. August 1, 4 to 5 inches high. August 19, 6 to 8 inches high. September 15, 12 to 15 inches high. This plat has been pastured, but is still green.

July 15, stand good, 14 to 2 August 19, 6 to 8 inches high. Pastured the last week. Growth

Dactylis glomerata.—July 1, just up. inches high. August 1, 5 inches high. September 1, 8 to 12 inches high. has ceased, but plat still green.

Lathyrus sylvestris.-September 1, just coming up. September 15, stand good, 2 inches high. October 10, 3 inches high; plants green, but growth stopped.

uncertain, just showing above August 19, stand good, 2 inches No progress.

Ulex europaus.-July 15, stand ground. August 1, just coming up. high. September 1, 4 to 5 inches high. Avena elatior.-July 1, stand fine, 1 inches high. July 15, 2 to 4 inches high. August 1, 8 to 10 inches high. August 19, average height 16 inches; beginning to head. September 1, 18 inches high; fully headed. It was about 2 feet high on September 15, when it was mowed for hay. The stubble started growing at once. Plat still

green.

Alopecurus pratensis.—July 1, stand uncertain, just coming up. July 15, stand good, 1 inch high. August 1, 2 to 3 inches high. August 19, 4 inches high. September 1, 5 to 6 inches high. September 15, a few seed stalks 24 inches high; body of grass 6 to 8 inches high. Plat still green.

White clover.-July 1, just coming up. July 15, stand good, inch high. August 1, 1 inch high. August 19, 3 to 5 inches high. September 1, 4 to 6 inches high. September 15, 6 to 8 inches high. September 17, cut, and with the other 2 varieties of clover used for silage.

Red clover.-July 1, fine stand, 1 inch high. July 15, 1 to 2 inches high. August 19, 4 to 6 inches high. September 1, 6 to 8 inches high. September 15, 8 to 10 inches high. Cut for silage September 17. Alsike clover.-July 1, just coming up. inch high. August 1, 1 to 2 inches high. high. September 1, 6 to 8 inches high. high. Cut for silage September 17.

July 15, stand good, August 19, 4 to 6 inches September 15, 8 to 10 inches

July 15, stand good,
August 19, average

Phleum pratense.--July 1, just coming up. 1 inch high. August 1, 2 to 3 inches high. height, 6 inches. September 1, 8 inches; beginning to head. September 15, growth spotted, 10 to 18 inches high; fully headed; earliest heads in bloom.

Lolium perenne.-July 1, good stand, 2 inches high. July 15, 3 inches high. August 1, 4 to 5 inches high. August 19, 5 to 6

inches high. September 1, 8 to 10 inches high; spreading out. September 15, same as before. October 10, plat still green, although the cattle have pastured it close.

Festuca elatior.-July 1, just coming up. July 15, 1 to 1 inches high. August 1, 2 inches high. August 19, 4 inches high. September 1, 6 inches high. September 15, 6 inches high.

Agrostis vulgaris.-July 15, good stand, 1 inch high. August 1, 2 inches high. August 19, 6 inches high. September 1, 8 to 10 inches high. September 15, 10 to 12 inches high. The cattle have eaten this plat off quite close.

Poa pratensis.-July 15, stand uncertain; just coming up. August 1, 1 inch high; stand uncertain. August 15, uncertain. September 1, smothered by weeds.

Rape.-Seeded June 1. July 1, just up; stand good. .July 15, 2 to 4 inches high. August 1, 6 to 10 inches high. August 19, 12 to 18 inches high. September 1, 18 inches high; flower stalks appearing. September 15, just beginning to bloom. Cut for hay about 2 feet high. Hemp.-Seeded June 1. July 1, just up; stand uncertain; 1 inch high. July 15, stand uncertain, 2 inches high. August 1, 3 to 6 inches high. August 19, 6 to 12 inches high. September 1, 1 to 2 feet high; no blossoms yet; will not make anything. September 15, 1 to 3 feet high; making buds; no blossoms yet. Cut down September 21. A total failure.

The following grains matured at Rampart again this year. Named in order of their appearance in Plate X, fig. 2, from left to right, they are as follows: Flying Scotchman oats, Manshury barley, Black Finnish oats, Burt Extra Early oats, Romanow spring wheat, and common oats. The Black Finnish oats is a very fine sample. It stands 5 feet high and has a good grain. The Manshury barley is also good. The others are inferior.

As stated elsewhere, the patch of cleared ground has been cultivated by Mr. J. W. Duncan under the direction of the special agent.

I recommend most earnestly that a regular employee be put in charge of the station, and that a team of horses and the necessary farm implements be provided. This should be done as early in the coming season as possible, in order that ground may be prepared for the year following. The equipment and the first year's work will cost $5,000, the cost of transportation and freight being perhaps the heaviest items.

REPORT OF REV. C. P. COE ON COOPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS AT WOOD ISLAND.

WOOD ISLAND, KADIAK, ALASKA, September 11, 1903. DEAR SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the report of the agricultural work and experiments for this present year. Owing to your request to have the report early, I am unable to give final and definite results in many cases. The weather has been so unfavorable throughout the season that the results are far from being as favorable as usual. On two days only has the thermometer reached 80° F.

All the land used was treated to a light dressing of fish guano, and all the stable manure obtainable was also used. Some of the most thoroughly decayed vegetation from a marsh was used as a fertilizer on three plats, but without any definite results. It would supply humus, but is very slow in decaying.

FIELD CROPS.

Barley-Beardless.-Seattle seed sown on sandy land April 23, as nurse crop for grasses, vetches, etc., made a slight stand, and has grown to about 18 inches in height. Heads are short, but large in diameter, and seed is large and heavy. It will mature. Manshury. Minnesota seed, sown on May 5, on land used one year before, has made a growth of 2 feet, good straw, moderate, well-filled heads, and will mature.

Manshury.-Home-grown seed, sown on new ground May 11, made good growth of straw and some heads would mature. It will be cut for feed when weather permits.

Buckwheat Japanese.-Seattle seed. Sown on three plats May 22, 23, and 26. Land was all old; conditions favorable. All plats blossomed, and a few seeds are to be found now, but none would mature.

Corn wheat.-Two plats were sown May 13 in drills, and May 22 broadcast, on old land. The first plat grew straw. 4 feet high, and from a distance seemed to have fine heads, but they were all empty. It was cut for hay September 8. The other plat was destroyed by

geese.

Flax Seed from Seattle. Sown May 13, 22, 23, 26, and June 2. Three of these plats have done very nicely and will furnish seed. The stalks are about 16 inches high, and the seed pods are now well filled and the seeds getting hard. The other two plats did no good. This is the first time flax has done so well.

Kale-Thousand Headed.-Sown in wet places, broadcast, and has failed to do any good. Few seeds germinated, and those that did have furnished plants but about 8 inches high now. Last year the success was much better.

Millet-Hungarian.--Sown May 22, 26, and June 2, and has done no good. A few spears may be found 4 or 5 inches high. Oats. Several experiments were made with oats. The results were fairly favorable. Oats will be counted one of the most satisfactory crops.

Black Finnish, home-grown seed, sown May 11 on land broken last fall, made a good growth and will be cut for hay.

Swedish Select, Dakota seed, sown May 5 on old land, now stand 24 feet high, are well headed, and will mature. On new land they were sown May 11 and will be cut for feed.

Thousand to One, home-grown seed, sown May 11, made good growth and will be cut for hay.

Right Side, home-grown seed, sown May 6, stand 3 feet high, are well headed, and will mature. Sown on new land May 11, the result

was the same as other varieties.

Seattle seed oats on new land gave same results. Sixty Day, Sitka seed, sown May 5, are 2 feet high, but badly lodged by storms the early part of September. They are well headed and will mature, if not beaten down again by the winds.

Mixed White, home grown, and will also mature. They now stand 3 feet.

Peas.-White Canadian and Blue Prussian peas were sown with oats for feed. The result was favorable, but the yield was not large, probably 8 tons green feed to the acre. On sandy land they did no good.

Rye. Experiments with rye were confined to three sowings of Excelsior, three of Giant, and one of Schlonsted seed. Most of these were made in August last year, and two as late as October 3. The straw of the rye was about 5 feet high, but the heads were empty. It was cut for hay in September.

Rape.-Dwarf Essex and Dwarf Victoria were sown in oats May 5. At this writing it is not more than 4 inches high, even where the oats failed. Last year the rape put into the silo rotted.

Spelt.-Home-grown seed was sown May 6. It is 3 feet high and will probably mature.

Vetches. Both Spring and Sand vetches were sown in barley on sandy land April 23. Some plants have made a growth of 2 feet from the crown, but the stand is poor and will not mature seed.

Wheat.-Experiments were made with Romanow from imported Russian, Sitka, and home-grown seed, all on similar soil. The plats were sown May 5 and 6. The Russian seed made a good stand, and the grain stands about 24 feet high. The heads are medium length and small; seed may mature. The Sitka seed did better. The grain is 3 feet high, the heads longer and larger, and seed will probably mature. The home-grown seed has made about the same showing as

the Sitka seed. Seed from Seattle on new land grew 3 feet high, and will be cut for hay.

Marvel Spring wheat.-Home-grown seed made a growth of about 3 feet, and has been cut for hay.

GRASSES.

Bromus inermis.-Sown with barley on a sandy field, but has not made any showing. Where sown previously it does not now show.

The grass plats sown last year survived the winter and were cut for hay the first of September. The half acre made about half a ton of hay. Johnson grass was sown under same conditions as the clover, and a few roots can be found. These are bearing seed.

Timothy. A plat of timothy sown two years ago is as fine a piece of grass as one could ask to see anywhere. It stands 3 feet high and has long full heads at present. We are saving it for seed. The stalks are well leaved, and the yield would be very satisfactory. Timothy has been used to sow on meadows and pasture lands, and the results have been satisfactory.

CLOVER.

Alfalfa was sown with barley as a nurse crop and made a small stand. Some stalks are 10 inches high. This was on sandy land. The stand is probably not sufficient to justify saving.

Alsike clover has not done well. Neither that sown on sandy land this year nor that sown last year.

Esparsette was sown with barley on sandy soil, but not a stalk can be found.

Crimson clover was sown with barley; nothing to be seen.

Mammoth red clover, under same conditions as alfalfa, has made about the same record.

White clover was sown with timothy on meadow and is showing well. Wild rice has been sown in the lakes. That sown in the spring has not made any showing, and that sown this fall has not had time to do so.

VEGETABLES.

It is in this part of the work that failure has been met with in greatest measure, and that too with vegetables that have given the best results in previous years. Cabbage, cauliflower, celery, celeriac, and broccoli in several varieties were sown in window boxes and hotbeds as early as March 9 and in the open May 1. Plants were transplanted into cans, and from the cans into the garden May 23, but it is doubtful if we will have one head of cabbage, or more than half dozen heads of cauliflower. Celery, celeriac, and broccoli are no better.

Caraway seed was sown, but has made no showing.