REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACEAY 



315 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Alfalfa. 



INDIAN COEN. 



The Indian corn tests were far from satisfactory. Wire worms worked in the 

 plots after the seed was sown, making a second seeding necessary; then, just as a 

 good start was made, the dry July occurred, followed by frost on August 13, which 

 stopped further progress. 



The varieties giving the very low yields are those most injured by wire worms. 



The corn was planted in the hills 3 feet apart each way, and the rows were also 

 3 feet apart. The yields were computed from the weight of two rows each 66 feet long. 



Following the test of varieties of corn in hills and in rows, are given the results of 

 a test of three varieties sown in rows at four different distances apart, and also the 

 average results of this test for the past ten years. 



Corn — Test of Varieties. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 



Name of Variety. 



Compton's Early 



Longfellow . . . . 



Champion White Pearl 



Selected Learning. . . 



Wood's Northern White Dent. 



Angel of Midnight 



White Cap Yellow Dent 



Superior Fodder 



Salzer's All Gold 



Karly Mastodon 



Mammoth Cuban 



North Dakota White 



Eureka . . 



Pride of the North . 



Character 

 of Soil. 



Clay Loam 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



May 18 



Height. 



Inches. 



55 

 58 

 62 

 57 

 50 

 54 

 52 

 50 

 50 

 60 

 65 

 58 

 55 

 66 



Conditions 

 when cut. 



Tasselled.. . . 



Nottasselled 

 It . . . 

 r.asselled.. . . 

 Xnttasselled 

 Tasselled.. . . 

 Not tasselled 



Weight 



per acre 



grown 



in rows. 



Weight 

 per acre 



grown 

 in hills. 



Tons. Lb.s. Tons. Lbs. 



12 



n 



11 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 2 



750 



1540 



1,210 



1,170 



920 



810 



1,490 



280 



280 



fi(/ 



],.5.o0 



1,920 



1.70O 



1,8.'?0 



I 

 10 



8 

 7 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 7 

 7 

 9 

 7 

 8 

 7 



1,3H0 



1,510 



350 



1,380 



300 



700 



170 



l.Sf'O 



1,400 



1,1S0 



810 



960 



170 



630 



