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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



INDIAN CORN SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



In this experiment, the soil and its treatment were identical with the previous 

 test, except that no commercial fertilizer was added. Sown June 8, and harvested 

 September 28, with the following results: — 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow. 



Champion White Pearl. 



Selected Leaming. 



170 



750 

 200 



25 1,700 



26 1,200 

 GOO 



GO 

 200 

 300 

 25 l.COO 



FIELD CROP OF INDIAN CORN. 



Two acres of Indian corn were grown as a field crop in three lots, one of 1 acre, 

 and two of i acre each. This land was also a clay loam in a good state of fertility, 

 having grown clover hay the previous year. This was manured on the sod in the fall 

 of 1907 at the rate of about 20 tons per acre, and left until about June 1, 1908, when 

 a fairly good growth of grass had started, when it was ploughed, well cultivated and 

 sown in rows 36 inches apart. 



This was gone over twice with a sm'oothing harrow before the corn was up, and 

 cultivated with a one-horse cultivator at intervals of one week for four weeks. This 

 was sown June 6 and cut September 30 to October 1: 1 acre of Longfellow yielded 

 20 tons 1,000 lbs; i acre of Dakota White at rate of 22 tons 1,375 lbs per acre, and 

 2 acre Learning at rate of 26 tons per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS. 



Twelve varieties of turnips were sown in uniform test plots on June 8, and a 

 duplicate set on June 22. The land on which this crop was grown was a heavy clay 

 soil in rather poorer condition than generally used for this experiment, which had been 

 in hay the two previous years. This was ploughed in the fall of 1907, and again in 

 the spring of lOOS, well cultivated, and barn-yard manure applied at the rate of 20 

 tons per acre. This was ploughed under and again thoroughly cultivated. Complete 

 fertilizer at the rate of 500 lbs. per acre was sown broadcast and harrowed in, and 

 the field rowed up into rows 24 inches apart. The plants were thinned out to 1 foot 

 apart in the rows as soon as they were sufficiently n'latured. On account of the 

 continued wet weather, hoeing was very difficult, and cultivation was not by any means 

 as thorough as usual. The crop was pulled on October 24, with the following results : — 



