REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 

 Mixed Grain for fodder. 



301 



Variety. 



f Pease, Prince Albert. 

 1- Wheat, Red Fife 



- 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



How Sown. 



(_Oats, Banner 1 



f Pease, Prince Albert 1 



2- Barley, Prize Prolific 1 



(. Oats, Banner 1 



When 

 Cut. 



May 17. . Hoe drill July 28. . 



17.. 

 17. 



17 

 17 

 17 



Weight per Acre. 



Green. 



Tons. lbs. 



t 



28 . 

 28. I 



28.. i 



28. 

 28. 



5 1,900 



00 



Dry. 



Ti ms. lbs. 

 2 500 



■2 950 



Fodder Corn. 



Corn, in common with all fodder crops, has suffered severely by the past summer's 

 drought, and the yield is below the average, but is still sufficiently large to make it the 

 most profitable of all forage crops, and it should be more cultivated, especially on the 

 lighter soils of the province. Owing to the very warm dry summer and open fall, a 

 large proportion of the ears ripened on an early sown 10-acre field of Korth Dakota 

 Flint, about 30 bushels of this was saved for seed, and if wintered safely will be sown 

 next year with the hope that it may produce in time an earlier ripening strain of that 

 variety. 



It will be noticed that Longfellow corn gave the largest return of fodder, but it is 

 somewhat later than the North Dakota flint. 



Rural Thoroughbred White Flint, the next in productiveness, is a popular ensilage 

 corn in the east, but is altogether too late for this province ; taking everything into 

 consideration the North Dakota flint is still the most promising variety for this section. 



Mitchell's Extra Early, the earliest of the varieties tested for fodder, gives too small 

 a return for this purpose, but is as early as the native squaw corn, and has larger ears, 

 and should replace it for table use. 



It is noticeable that sowing in drills gave the best returns in every case. 



Test of Varieties. 



Sown after corn, 10 loads of manure ploughed in the fall ; size of plots one-tenth 

 acre, soil sandy loam ; sown on 21st May with a press drill, drills 3 feet apart, plants 1 

 foot apart in the drill, also in hills 3 feet apart each way ; kept clean with a Breed 

 weeder and one horse cultivator ; cut on 5th September and immediately weighed. 



Corn. 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow 



Rural Thorobred White Flint. 



North Dakota Flint 



Angel of Midnight 



Compton's Early 



Smut Nose 



Pearce's Prolific 



Gold Medal Dent 



Livingston's 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



2js 



O —i 



bo o 



Tons lbs 



12 



10 



11 



M 



7 



9 



7 



7 



4 



200 

 680 



240 



300 



1,800 



300 



300 



1,400 



1,900 



