302 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Sunflowers and Horse-beans. 



Sunflowers sown 22nd May, in rows 3 feet apart and 1 foot apart in the row, 

 yielded 13,200 pounds per acre of ripe heads on 11th September. 



Horse-beans sown 22nd May in rows 3 feet apart, plants 6 inches apart in the row ; 

 yielded on 11th September, 2,640 pounds per acre of combined stalks and grain. 



Silos. 



The ensilage made last year from corn and sunflowers proved to be all sound and 

 sweet to the bottom of the silo, this year one silo was again filled, and the corn being 

 well matured, the ensilage is the best we have ever had on this farm. 



Judging from the four years' test of silos here, they are when placed in a bank barn 

 a decided success, and now that lumber can be obtained at a more reasonable price than 

 formerly, no doubt many will be erected. 



Field Roots. 



In former years only two sowings of each kind of field roots were made ; this year, 

 for the purpose of testing very early sowing, three plots were sown, each of them a week 

 apart. The earliest sown as usual has given the largest yield, this was no doubt largely 

 due to the very dry summer. It would appear, however, from the experience of several 

 years, that even in an average season, the root crop should be sown two weeks earlier 

 than in Ontario. 



In addition to the usual tables, others have been prepared showing the general 

 average for each sowing, also, the average of each variety for the three sowings. 



It will be seen that East Lothian turnip, Mammoth Long Red mangel and Half 

 Long White carrots gave the best average yield. Also, that the first sown turnips 

 yielded a third more than the last sown, the first sown mangels and carrots nearly 

 doubled the last sown. 



Turnips. 



Yield of turnips sown at three different dates ; on millet stubble, land manured 

 and ploughed in the fall ; seed drilled in on flat drills 30 inches apart ; pulled 9th 

 October. Soil sandy loam : estimate of yield made from product of one row 66 feet 

 long. The first plots were sown on the 8th of May, the second series 15th May and 

 the third 22nd May and all were pulled 9th October. 



