REPORT OF MR. W. E. FAIRFIELD 



377 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Peas — Test of Varieties (Non-Irrigated). 



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Name of Variety. 



Paragon 



Archer 



English Grey 



Prince 



Agnes 



Prussian Blue 



Early Britain 



Golden Vine. 



Arthur 



Wisconsin Blue 



Mackay 



Daniel O'Rourke. . . 



Chancellor 



White Marrowfat. . . 

 Black-eye Marrowfat 



Victoria 



Gregory 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 



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July 

 Aug. 



1.. 

 3., 

 2.5.. 

 1.. 

 3.. 

 1.. 

 1.. 

 1.. 

 1.. 

 1.. 

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 1.. 

 1.. 

 1.. 

 4., 

 4., 

 1. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



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 .rt i, a a. 



Bush. Lbs. 



21 52 



21 53 



21 .'55 



21 18 



21 



19 50 



19 32 



19 32 



19 15 



19 15 



18 57 



18 37 



18 22 



17 48 



17 40 



14 48 



12 15 



Lbs. 



64 i 



65' 



62| 



65 



1:43 



654 



63| 



64| 



63 



65i 



64 



63 



63i 



63| 



63i 



65 



64^ 



Average yield 1 9 bush. 3 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RYE. 



One half-acre of winter rye was sown the first week in September, 1907. There 

 was a good stand and a large quantity of straw was obtained, but the yield of grain 

 was light, being at the rate of 26 bush, and 28 lbs. per acre. 



A small plot of one-seventieth acre of spring rye was sown and yielded at the rate 

 of 23 bush, and 42 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Fourteen varieties of corn were planted in a sandy loam on May 22. Two rows 

 of each variety were planted in hills, with 3 feet between rows, and another two rows 

 of each variety planted with the seed a few inches apart in the row. They were all 

 cut September 17. The yield of green fodder per acre in each case was computed from 

 two rows each 66 feet long. 



