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EXPERIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT, FLAX AND RYE. 



GRASSES AND CLOVERS. 



A good deal of attention was given to this impoi-tant subject the past season; 

 besides sowing in small plots at different times and in different ways, larger plots 

 were sown in the fields, both on bare land and with grain. Many of the small plots 

 were blown out, and a good deal of that sown among the grain was injured, but on 

 the whole the season has been the most favourable one since the farm started for a 

 fair catch. 



i^ineteen varieties of cultivated grasses and clovers and 83 native grasses were 

 sown in small plots 10 feet square. Meadow Fescue, sown 16th April, was 3 feet 

 high when cut on 3rd September ; Orchard Grass, 2 feet 9 inches ; Meadow Oat 

 iGrass, 3 feet 2 inches; Perennial Eye, 20 inches; Timothy, 23 inches; Bromus 

 nermis, 38 inches, and Eed, Mammoth and Scarlet Clovers, 20 inches; Native 

 rasses sown in April, cut on 3rd September, were: Bromus segetum, 26 inches; 

 Bromus ciliatus, 27 inches; Biomus Punipellianus, 36 inches; Elymus Canadensis, 

 36 inches; Muhlenbergiu sylvatica, 18 inches ; Muhlenbergiaglomerata, 22 inches ; 

 Muhlenbergia Mexicana, 2-i inches. All the above native sorts are very fine grasses 

 and well worthy of cultivation. 



The following, sown in spring of 1889, were cut for hay 1890, and the past season 

 gave as follows: — 



Timothy, 4,800 \hs. per acre of cured hay; Meadow Fescue, 4,600 lbs.; Orchard 

 Grass, 4,000 lbs. ; Lucerne, 5,000 lbs. ; Alsike, 3,500 lbs., and Mammoth Clover, sown 

 in 1890, gave 3,600 lbs. 



A second cut of Timothy was 28 inches high; Lucerne, 24 inches ; Orchard 

 Grass, 36 inches ; Sanfoin, 18 inches. In addition to the above, which have lived 

 two winters and produced a good crop the past season, are the Pasture Grasses, 

 Hard and Sheep Fescue, Red Top, Kentucky Blue Giass and White Clover, the latter 

 doing especially well. 



• Phalaris Canariensis (Canary Seed Grass) sown in April attained a height of 

 26 inches and ripened its seed by 3rd September. Without giving the names of all 

 the varieties sovvn this year, it may be said that the cultivated and native sorts 

 mentioned above are ail suitable for this part of the North- West. In cultivated 

 sorts, Meadow Fescue, Orchard Grass, Lucerne and Alsfke appear to do the best. 



ROOTS. 



Turnips. — A large and satisfactory crop of this root was obtained, gesides two large 

 plots for testingyields of varieties. Several acres were sown, so as to have a large sup- 

 ply for the stock. Plots were sown on the 11th and 23rd of May on land fallowed 

 the previous year. Before sowing a good ploughing, harrowing and rolling was given 

 the land. Drills were made with plough, and seed sown by turnip drill. After the 

 plants came up they were hoed or scuffled each week until covering the ground. 



