100 



EXPERIMENTA L FA RMS. 



The following table shows, for two years — (1) the cost per acre for labour; (2) the 

 yield per acre ; and (3) the cost per ton for labour, including cost of seed and rent of land, 

 etc., as in statement : — 



Table VI. 



^Weighed after being left to wilt in field for two days. 



SUNFLOWER HEADS. 



4 acres of Sunflowers. — The Mammoth Russian variety was sown April 23rd, by 

 using a Planet Junior seed drill, with 5 lbs. of seed per acre, in rows 3 feet apart. The 

 plants came up thick and were thinned when two or three inches high, so as to leave one 

 plant every 12 or 18 inches in the rows. The heads were allowed to become almost ripe 

 before they were cut; and they were in a drier condition than in former years. In 

 1892 the yield per acre was 1\ tons, containing 75-62 per cent of water. In 1894 the 

 heads when cut contained on the average 69 ■ 3 per cent of water. 



COST OF LABOUR FOR GROWING SUNFLOWER HEADS FOR FODDER. 



The following is a statement of the cost of labour for growing 4 acres of Sunflowers 

 and putting the heads into the silos : — 



Rent of land at $3 per acre $12 00 



Ploughing at $2 per acre 8 00 



Harrowing, twice at 20 cents each time per acre 1 60 



Rolling, at 20 cents per acre 80 



Seed. 20 lbs 2 00 



Sowing, Lft days at $1.25 2 00 



Hoeing and thinning 10^ days, at $1.25 13 13 



Hand-wheel hoeing, 2 days, $1.25 ... 2 50 



Cultivating, 2& days, at $1.75 5 07 



Cutting and putting into silos, Y]\ days, at $1.25 21 88 



Horse and cart, drawing in, 6J days, at $1.75 11 38 



Proportion of time of farm foreman 8 00 



$88 36 



These figures do not include any allowance for the use of farm machinery, nor do 

 they include any amount aa an equivalent for the exhaustion of soil. The cost for 

 labour was $22.09 per acre. The average yield of heads, neatly all ripe, was 3 tons, 

 1,009 lbs., which gives an average cost of $6.30 per ton for labour of growing, including 

 cost of seed and rent of land, etc., as in statements. 



MILK FROM THE 40-ACRE LOT. 



From July 8th, 1894, 30 milking cows have been fed on the crops from the 40-acre 

 lot. A small quantity of wheat-bran and oil-cake is being fed in addition to the crops 

 from the 40 acres. 



