REPORT OF MR. W. H. FAIRFIELD 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Peas — Test of Varieties (Irrigated). 



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Name of Variety. 



Victoria 



Mackay 



Paragon 



Archer 



Black-eye Marrowfat , 



Gregory , 



English Grey 



Arthur 



White Marrowfat . . . 



Early Britain 



Prince 



Golden Vine 



Picton 



Agnes 



Wisconsin Blue 



Prussian Blue 



Daniel O'Rourke . . . 

 Chancellor 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug 



17.. 

 15.. 

 10.. 

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 20.. 

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 10.. 

 10.. 

 18.. 

 10.. 

 15.. 

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 10.. 

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Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



25 

 23 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 15 

 14 

 14 



40 



37 



27 







8 



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50 



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24 



57 



48 



30 



12 



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28 



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18 





bo 



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Lbs. 



65 

 64i 

 65 

 65 



64j 



63i 



66| 



64i 



64 



64i 



65"" 



m" 



66 

 65^ 

 64 

 64i 



Average yield 19 bush. 12 lbs. per acre. 



EYE. , 



A small plot of spring rye was sown on April 17, and was irrigated July 11. It 

 grew about 4 feet high, was ripe August 20, and yielded at the rate of 16 bush, and 

 14 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



TEST OF VARIETIES. 



The object in view in growing this corn was to learn what varieties will produce 

 the most green fodder. Fourteen varieties were planted May 21, on sandy loam that 

 had been backset. Two rows of each variety were planted in hills with 3 feet between 

 rows, and another two rows in drills, with the seed a few inches apart in the drill. 

 The crop was irrigated July 22, August 1 and 10. All varieties were cut September 

 17. The yield in each case was computed from two rows, each 66 feet long, the com 

 having been weighed as it was cut. 



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