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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



CORN. 



Corn was planted for fodder purposes and, although a very small crop, was much 

 better in quality than usual and will, no doubt, give good satisfaction as ensilage. The 

 test of varieties was on clay loam. 



INDIAN CORN TEST OP VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Pearce's Prolific 



Thorobred White Flint. 



North Dakota 



Smut-nose 



Angel of Midnight 



Mitchell's Extra Early. . 



Gold Medal 



Longfellow 



o 

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IB 



bo 



o 

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-sVacre 



May 29 



29 



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Q 



Str'ng 

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Fair.. 



29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 1 Weak 





H 



S 

 CD 



July 26 



Aug. 15 



July 31 



" 26 



" 20 



" 15 



Aug. 20 



July 30 



a 



Aug. 3 

 " 25 



Aug. 9 

 " 3 



July 28 

 " 23 



" 28 

 " 7 



rM 





Aug. 9 



" 31 



Aug. 15 



" 9 



" 5 



July 28 



Sept. 3 



Aug. 13 





Aug. 18 



Aug." 24 

 " 18 

 " 14 

 " 5 



Aug. 22 



a 

 -a 



a 3 

 3 « 

 O 



Roasting . 

 Early milk 

 Late milk. 



Roasting . 

 Glazed . . . 

 Early milk 

 Late milk. 



§3 a 



— a 

 -^ S 



^2 



2 1400 

 2 320 

 2 1640 

 1 880 

 1 840 

 1 1600 

 4 400 

 1 1960 



FIELD PLOTS. 



Corn sown on summer- 

 fallow 



Corn sown on stubble . . 



Early milk 



4 200 

 3 1900 



Broom Corn. 



Improved Dwarf 



Longbrush Evergreen. . . 



California Golden Long 



Brush 



uVacre 



May 29 

 " 29 



" 29 



Weak 



1920 

 1683 



1560 



Horse-beans. 



Sown in drills were poor in quality and quantity and were cut up and put in silo 

 at same time as corn. 



Sunflowers. 



Sunflowers were also sown for the silo. They were a fair crop but as they became 

 ripe the black-birds devoured the seeds and a large portion of the field was lost in this 

 way. The sunflowers were sown on April 25th on potato land, headed out on July 15th 

 and was ripe on August 1st. 



Rape. 



Several acres of rape were sown on June 14th, but on account of dry weather the 

 crop was short. It, however, afforded a considerable quantity of green fodder during 

 October when all other green feed was gone. 



By turning the cattle on the rape after milking, no bad flavour was imparted to the 

 milk. 



ROOTS. 



Turnips, mangels and carrots were a poor crop the past season. For weeks after 

 they were sown the seeds did not germinate but lay dormant until rains came in July, 

 then made very little growth until after the middle of September. 



