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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 Indian Corn Sown Different Distances Apart. 



Variety. 



Longfellow 



II 



II 



II 



Selected Learning . ... 



It 



ti 



ti 



Champion White Pearl 

 11 II 



II II 



It It 



Longfellow 



Selected Learning. .. 

 Champion White Pearl 



Distance 

 Apart. 



Inches. 



24 

 30 

 36 

 42 

 24 

 30 

 36 

 42 

 24 

 30 

 36 

 42 

 Hills 



Height. 



Inches. 



84 

 84 

 84 

 84 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 94 

 94 

 96 

 96 

 86 

 94 

 96 



Growth. 



Rank , . 



Very rank 



Rank 



II .... 

 Very rank 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Silk . . 



II . . 



II . . 



II . . 



II . . 



M . . 



II 



II . . 



Tassel 



n 



ir 



Silk . . 



It . . 



Tassel 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



20 

 20 

 19 

 17 

 19 

 18 

 16 

 14 

 22 

 19 

 17 

 18 

 17 

 14 

 16 



1,910 



128 



1,160 



1,815 



1,600 



432 



560 



052 



550 



1,336 



320 



192 



848 



1,700 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD ROOTS. 



The acreage in field roots in Manitoba is gradually increasing from year to year 

 as the value of the crop as a feed and a condiment for all classes of stock comes to be 

 appreciated. While all classes of roots give abundant yields of good quality, turnips 

 will probably continue to be the most largely grown as they are less easily injured by 

 frost in spring or fall than mangels or sugar beets. When well-saved, mangels and 

 sugar beets will keep better than turnips and are more relished by cattle and hogs. 



The past season has been a good one for all kinds of roots and good crops have 

 been harvested. As usual, two sowings were made this year about two weeks apart, 

 and, as has usually been the case here, the earlier sowings gave the better results. The 

 land on which the roots were grown produced a crop of potatoes in 1907, and was 

 given a dressing of farm-yard manure. Sowing on the flat was practised, as the land 

 retains the moisture somewhat better this way than when it is drilled up. The soil 

 was well packed before sowing and the seed sown with a Planet Junior drill in rows 

 30 inches apart, and when, the young plants were two or three inches high they were 

 thinned out to about nine inches apart. 



