The reports on the productiveness of durum wheats as compared with other spring and with winter varieties are quite conflicting. In order to afford a clearer basis for comparison, they have been tabulated by counties as follows:

Gage
Gosper
Hall.
Harlan.
Hitchcock.
Holt..
Howard.
Keith.
Lincoln.

Logan.
Merrick.
Perkins...

Phelps.

Polk.

Red Willow

Scotts Bluff

Sheridan.

Sherman.

As good as or As good as or Poorer than Poorer than
better than better than
spring wheat winter wheat spring wheat winter wheat

Thayer

Valley.
Webster

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The average yield of winter wheat in Nebraska for 1902 was, according to Bulletin No. 2 (Sept., 1902) of the Nebraska Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 24 bushels per acre, and of spring wheat 12 bushels. The average yield for all durum wheats tested in 1902 was 18.3 bushels per acre. The durum wheats were grown principally in western counties,

while the others were distributed over the state.

From the data at hand it is safe to say that durum wheats yield better than other spring varieties, but how they compare in this respect with winter wheat in western Nebraska can not be definitely stated at this time.

There were a number of reports of the durum wheats having rusted and lodged. Those raised at the Station were very badly rusted, and also lodged in places. They appeared to be fully as susceptible to rust as other varieties of spring wheats.

The average time of ripening was July 16, both for the tests made throughout the state, and for those made at the Station. The average time of ripening for sowings made before April 1 was the same as for those made after April 1.

The average yield of all sowings made before April 1 was 19.5 bushels per acre; of all sowings made after April 1, 17.5 bushels per acre. This indicates that, for at least the year reported, early planting was desirable. As macaroni wheats are not easily injured by frost, this rule will doubtless hold good for all ordinary years.

The average yield per acre and number of tests of each variety were as follows:

Omitting varieties of which there were less than five tests, the average yield per acre for the Russian varieties was 21.2 bushels, and for the Algerian varieties 17.6 bushels.

A test of a number of varieties of durum wheats was made at the Experiment Station. The unusually wet weather and hard wind storms interfered much with the growth of the wheats, and doubtless decreased the yields. The test is therefore of less value than it would have been in a normal season. All varieties were planted March 20 to 27 and were put in with

a press drill.

While the variety tests at the Station is not very satisfactory as indicating the variety best adapted to our conditions, it brings out strongly the superiority of the Russian varieties. Thus, the average yield for all Russian varieties is 12.7 bushels per acre, and for all Algerian varieties 8.1 bushels.

FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH CATTLE AND PIGS.

EXPERIMENT I.

ALFALFA VS. SORGHUM FOR WINTERING CALVES.

BY PROF. E. A. BURNETT AND H. R. SMITH, NEBRASKA EXPERIMENT STATION.

CURLY, FIRST IN HEREFORD "SPECIAL," AT INTERNATIONAL, CHICAGO, 1901.

In October, 1900, eighteen steer calves were purchased from the Stanton Breeding Farm Company, Madison, Nebr., for experimental feeding. Two heifers were also included, which figure in the summer feeding tests of 1901. Twelve of the steers and the two heifers were grade Hereford and six of the steers were grade Shorthorn. These twenty head were selected from a