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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



Seventeen varieties of peas were sown in the test plots this year. The land was 

 a sandy loam which had been in clover in 1906, and received a dressing of about 

 twelve tons per acre of farm-yard manure in the winter of 1906 and 1907. This was 

 turned under in the spring of 1907 and planted with corn. The land was clean and 

 in good condition when prepared for the i)eas, and, as will be seen by the results, the 

 crop has been a very fair one. No doubt the yield would have been better but for 

 the drought in midsummer, when the peas were filling. All were sown April 10, the 

 large varieties at the rate of three bushels per acre and the small varieties at the rate 

 of two and a half bushels per acre. 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



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2 

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4 

 5 



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 8 

 9 

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 11 

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Name of Variety. 



Early Britain 



Chancellor 



Agnes , 



Paragon 



Victoria 



Picton 



Daniel O'Rourke .... 



Wisconsin Blue 



Black-Eye Marrowfat 



Prussian Blue 



Golden Vine 



Mackay 



Gregory 



Aitlnir , 



Eiigli h Grey 



Piince 



White Marrowfat 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



This has been a very unfavourable year for Indian corn. The spring was wet 

 and cold, both before seeding and for a considerable time after, and, when the corn 

 did come up, much of it was pulled by the crows, although the seed had been carefully 

 tarred before planting which had protected it in prev^ious years. 



After the weather turned warm, a drought set in, which prevented as fine a growth 

 as we usually have. The crop was light in consequence, the ears very immature in the 

 early varieties and only formed in some of the late varieties. 



The yield per acre was computed from the yield of sixty-six feet of two rows 

 in both hills and drills. The drills were three feet apart and, where necessary, the 

 stalks were thinned to about six inches apart. The hills were 3 feet apart each way 

 and three or four stalks left in each hill. The corn was all planted May 19 on a clover 

 sod which had a good aftergrowth on it in the fall. During the winter about ten 

 tons per acre of barn-yard manure was applied and broken up fine with the disk and 

 dragged before ploughing, fourteen varieties were planted in this test. 



