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that decay had set in. A similar disease pi-evailed in the turnips on other parts of 

 the farm, and in the vicinity of Ottawa on other farms. The total yield of the five 

 varieties was 29,584 lb. from one acre. 



Cabbage and Kohl Eabi. — Half an acre of the land, prepared in the same 

 manner as for the roots, was sown with cabbages and kohl rabi. The cabbages 

 were put in rows 3 feet apart, and the plants were left 2 feet apart in the rows. 

 Four vai-ieties were sown, viz.: "Early Drumhead," "Drumhead Savoy," "Giant 

 Drumhead," and "Thousand Headed, or Kale." They were sown on 14th May and 

 came up on 23rd May. Two-thirds of each variety were eaten by the turnip-flea 

 beetle and cut-worms. The same varieties were sown in their place on 5Lh June and 

 came up on 12th June. The kohl rabi suffered in a similar manner, and a re-sowing 

 was made on 6th June. The second crop came up on 12th and 13th June. The 

 total weight from the cabbage and kohl rabi was 15,296 lb. from half an acre. 



Cured Fodder Crops. 



Two Acres Spring Eye. — The land received a dressing of manure, about 18 

 or 20 tons to the acre ; it was ploughed in the spring and harrowed twice with 

 smoothing harrow; sown Ist May; came up 11th May; cut 15th July. When 

 the heads were filled with grain in the doughy or late milk state it was allowed to 

 wilt in the field for twelve hours and then put into the silo; total weight, 7 tons 80 

 lb. (For remarks on rye ensilage, see report on silos.) The same land was 

 ploughed 17th July, and sown with a mixture of Hungarian grass and millet; this 

 second ci"op did not come to anything worth mentioning for feed. 



Fourteen Acres of Fodder Corn. — Ten acres of the land were in one block; 

 an oat crop had been taken off in 1890. In the spring of 1891 a dressing of manure, 

 at the rate of about 18 tons to the acre, was given ; it was ploughed under, and the 

 land harrowed twice. The soil was very uneven in its character: a part of it was a 

 mellow, sandy loam, with streaks and patches of clay soil of a whitish colour. These 

 patches, in some cases, were 50 feet across; about two acres of it were of a peaty 

 character, with interruptions of loam and patches of clay. Parts of the land had 

 been a swamp four years ago, and portions of it had been burned during the clearing. 

 For these reasons, the yields per acre in that portion of the block did not give results 

 which could be relied upon as guiding to a knowledge of the best practice in planting 

 or in selecting varieties. 



Four and One-half Acres were devoted to the planting of the varieties of Red 

 Cob, Pearce's Prolific, Longfellow and Thoroughbred White Flint, (1) at rates of 2, 4, 

 6 and 12 grains respectively to the lineal foot, in rows 3 feet apart, and (2) in rows 3, 

 4 and 5 feet apart, with about 3 grains to the foot, planted by a seed-drill. 



The corn was planted on 23rd May, and was cut on 16th and 17th September. It was 

 left to wilt in bunches on the field for an average of two days before being put into 

 the silo. The total weight after wilting, from the 4^ acres, was 49 tons 1,740 lb. 

 From a test made on another plot, coj-n was found to have lost 28*5 pei- cent in 

 weight by wilting in small bunches in bright sunshiny weather for two daj^s. At 

 that rate of shrinkage, the green weight of corn on the 4^ acres would be calculated 

 as G9f tons. 



One Acre of Red Cob and Longfellow was planted in rows 3 feet apart, two rows 

 of each alternately, 18 lb. of seed per acre; cut 16th September; wilted two days; 

 weight, 10 tons 785 lb. 



One Acre of Thoroughbred White Flint and Pearce's Prolific was planted in a 

 similar way; cut 16th September; wilted two days; weighed 12 tons 350 lb. 



One Acre of Red Cob and Longfellow was planted in rows 3 foet apart, with the 

 seed mixed before planting; 18 lb. of seed per acre; cut 14th September; wilted 

 two days; weighed 11 tons 1,685 lb. 



One Acre of Thoroughbred White Flint and Pearce's Prolific was planted in a 

 similar wa}-; cut 14th September; wilted two days; weighed 11 tons 1,600 lb. 



One Acre of Thoroughbred White Flint and Longfellow was planted in a similar 

 way; cut 14th September; wilted two days; weighed 10 tons 1,745 lb. 



