314 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



FLAX. 



This test was made on fallowed land, the seed being sown on May 13. One 

 variety, from seed not germinating properly, gave a very small yield. 



Flax — Test of Varieties. 



GRASSES AND CLOVERS. 



All the various plots or fields of grass and clover that gave a crop the preceding 

 year came through the winter and spring better than ever before. Red Clover sown 

 with Western Rye Grass in 1906, came through the two winters and springs safely, 

 as did also the Red Clover sown in 1907, and gave a good crop. These are the first 

 crops of Red Clover ever obtained on the Farm. 



The alfalfa tests gave good yields, with the exception of the common sort sown 

 in 1905. 



An extra good plot of Turkestan alfalfa was left for seed and threshed with 

 ordinary threshing machine, giving a very small yield of seed. A part of a second 

 plot alongside, after taking off first crop for hay, was left for seed, but did not even 

 fill before frost came and destroyed it. 



The variety of alfalfa called ' Grimm ' has proven the hardiest of all the strains 

 of alfalfa tested on this Farm. This variety, named after a German farmer who 

 brought it to Minnesota about 1860, is supposed to have come originally from Norway. 

 If reports are true, it has succeeded in Minnesota beter than all other kinds. 



Yields of Hay and Clover, 1908. 



Variety. 



Western Rye Grass 



W. Rye Grass and Red Clover .... 

 W. Rye, Red Clover and Timothy 



Meadow Fescue 



Timothy 



Brome Grass 



Date Cut. 



July 16. 

 13. 

 18. 

 21.. 

 21., 

 21. 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



2 

 2 



2 

 

 1 

 I 



1,536 

 360 

 1,875 

 1,122 

 1,100 

 800 



* Renewed by ploughing shallow in 1904. 



