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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD PEAS. 



Peas were sown on root land of the previous year, and were successful in every 

 way. The land had been fallowed for the roots and 10 to 12 loads of manure applied 

 per acre. After the roots and com were taken from the field, the ground was ploughed 

 6 to 7 inches deep and well harrowed, and the small plots and larger lots of peas sown 

 in the spring without further cultivation. After sowing, the land was rolled with an 

 ordinary roller. This was done to allow the crop to be cut with a Pea Harvester, 

 which consists of four or five teeth attached to an ordinary mower, which lift the vines 

 in front of the mower knife. 



After being harvested and lying in bunches on the land, a pea crop is liable to 

 be carried by winds to any part of the farm, and to overcome this danger it is 

 necessary to allow the crop to get dead ripe, then cut with harvester or pull by hand, 

 and stack the same day. Peas, unlike other grain, do not suffer if left for a week or 

 ten days after they are ripe, unless heavy and continuous rains take place, which is 

 hardly possible in this province. 



UNIFORM PLOT TESTS. 



Eighteen varieties of peas were sown on one-twentieth acre plots, 2 to 3^ bushels 

 of seed being sown according to size of peas. They were sown on clay loam. 



FIELD LOTS. 



Three varieties, Arthur, White Wonder and Golden Vine, were sown on April 23, 

 alongside the plot lots, the land being clay loam and prepared in the same way. Yields 

 per acre: Arthur, 38 bushels; White Wonder, 39 bushels, and Golden Vine, 42 bushels. 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



(rregory 



Mackay 



Golden Vine 



Chancellor 



Prussian Blue .... 

 Dan O'Rourke. . . 



Paragon 



Arthur 



Picton 



English Grey 



Wisconsin Blue 



Prince 



Early Britain 



Archer 



Black-eye Marrowfat 

 White Manowfat . . . 



A^es 



Victoria 



Date of 



of 

 Sowing. 



April 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 



May 4 



April 22 

 M 22 



May 4 



C h aracter 



of 



Growth. 



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In. 



55 

 60 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 45 

 60 

 50 

 45 

 50 

 55 

 55 

 50 

 40 

 50 

 55 

 45 

 45 



In. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



64i 



64i 



64i 



63 



64 



64 



63i 



63| 



64^ 



62* 



65 



03^ 



63 



64 



64 



04 



64i 



65 



