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EXriUUMKNTAL FA liMH 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



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Variety. 



WincoiiHiji l$liio 



KngliHh tirny 



Victoria 



Karly Britain 



I'liriiKon 



Ak'iii*« 



(Joldfii Vine 



I'icton 



Ctiaiicollor 



White Marrowfat 



I'rince 



Mftckay. 



Daniel O'Rourke 



(JreKory 



Black ry(i Marrowfat 



I'rtiHaian Blue 



Archer 



Arthur 



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EXPETITMENTS WITH ALFALFA. 



• One acre of alfalfa was sown in the late spring of 1907, on land that had produced 

 a crop of oats in 1J)QG. This land was fall-ploughed and well cultivated <lurinp: the 

 spring up to th(i time when the alfalfa was seeded. The seed was used at tlie rate of 

 nhout 15 pounds per acre, and was sown without a nurse crop. Soil secured from Mr. W. 

 IT. Fairfield, Superiuteudent, Experimental Farm, Lethhridge, from a field where alfalfa 

 had h(!come well estahlished, was used at the rate of ahout 100 pounds per acre to 

 inoculate three-quarters of the acre. Otherwise there was no dilT«u"cnce in soil or 

 treatment. The soil containing the necessary hacteria was sown by hand, the man 

 sowing the soil being guided by stakes set to mark the boundary of the three-quarters 

 of an acre. This was the only division in the areas. 



During the balance of the season of 1907, the young plants were clipped back three 

 times, the cutting bar of the mower being tilted uj). 



The plants came through the winter in good condition, no winter-killing being 

 experienced. The line of demarcation between the inoculated and the uninoculated 

 parts of the plot became very apparent as growth progressed. Two cuttings v/ere nuido 

 (luring the season, the first on July 113, and the se(!ond on August 25. The alfalfa was 

 cut in the morning, after the dew was off, and was raked up and put in small piles 

 that afternoon. These piles were left undisturbed for two or three days, then, by placing 

 a fork inidernenth, were turned bottom side up and left for two or throe days more 

 and then hauled to the barn. This system saves the leaves to good advantage, which 

 is most important, as they contain two and one-half times as much nutrients as the 

 same weight of stem. Every man who rears live stock on his farm is strongly advised 

 to try alfalfa. Soil for inoculation purposes can bo secured from this farm by 

 applicants living in the district it is intended to serve, i.e., in Alberta from (Calgary 

 north. Soil is sent in lots of 100 pounds to each applicant and is placed f.o.b. car at 

 Lacombe, applicants paying freight. 



