325 



CORN. 



This has been a very favourable season for corn ; there was sufficient moisture, 

 and moi-e than the usual amount of summer heat. There were thirty-three varieties 

 tested, both in hills and drills. The hills were planted 3 feet apart each way, 

 and four plants to a hill ; the drills were 3 feet apart, and the plants about 6 

 inches apart in the row. All made a strong growth, e^ept the Cinquantine, which 

 did not germinate. Quite a number of the early varieties ripened corn. This was 

 the second crop on the land, and all were treated alike — clean cultivation,, without 

 any fertilizer. The corn that was glazed was husked, and kept for chicken feed, but 

 was too much mixed to be of use for seed. 



Above is the weight of each variety, with other particulars as to date of plant- 

 ing, tasselling, &c. 



PEASE AND TARES. 



One variety of tares and five of field pease have been tested. Six pounds of seed 

 of each variety were sown. All were sown broadcast. Soil, gravelly loam ; first 

 broken fall of 1889; produced a crop of roots in 1890. The yield, as will be seen, 

 is an extraordinary one. The area sown, date of sowing and yield is as follows: — 



Variety. 



White tares 



Crown pease 



Prussian Blue. . . . 



Mummy . 



Prince Albert . . . . 

 White Marrowfat, 



No. 

 of Days 



to 

 Mature. 



140 

 132 

 132 

 140 

 132 

 133 



LATHYRU8 HYLVESTRIS WAQNERI. 



One hundred plants of this new fodder plant were received and planted in the 

 fall of 1890. Only about 60 plants lived through the winter,- owing to the heaving 

 of the ground, but these made a strong, vigorous growth and fruited this year, and 

 the plants being now thoroughly rooted are not likely to suffer from frost this win- 

 ter. Owing to the scarcity of the plant and seed, it was thought best to leave ours 

 to mature the seed, and we have now about 20 ounces of seed. 



The straw was still green and succulent when the seed was harvested, and we 

 cut it and offered some to our cattle and horses, but they would not eat it, and we 

 were unable to cure it owing to continued rainy weather. Next year it is proposed 

 to try it in a silo. If it makes good ensilage it will be valuable on account of the 

 large quantity which can be taken off the land. The vines this year averaged from 

 4 to 6J feet in length. 



TURNIPS. 



Fourteen varieties of turnips were sown, two sowings of each sort being made, 

 the first on 29th May and the second on 12th June. The soil was a sandy loam, 

 which had been seeded to timothy many years since, but was grown up to brush 

 and weeds. Ploughed in the fall of 1889 and cropped in 1890; ploughed again in 

 the fall of 1890, and thoroughly harrowed before seeding last spring. This land 

 has had no manure. The turnips were sown in drills 30 inches apart and kept 



