REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS 409 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Plot 4. Pearl Millet. — Stalks 22 to 2-8 inches long, heads very short, a poor stand. 

 Weight of crop, 116 lbs. ; 2 tons, 640 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 5. Horse Beans. — Sown in drills 21 inches apart. Cut October 8. Length 

 of stalk, 16 to 22 inches, fairly well podded, jwds 1^ to 3 inches long. A very uneven 

 stand. Weight of crop, 300 lbs.; 6 tons per acre. 



Plot 6. Horse Beans. — Sown in drills 28 inches apart. A very imeven stand, 

 and a light poor crop. Weight of crop, 210 lbs. ; 4 tons, 400 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 7. Horse Beans. — Drills 35 inches apart. Stalks 20 to 24 inches long, pods 

 short and not well filled. Weight of crop, 198 lbs.; 3 tons, 1,920 lbs. per acre. 



SUMMAKY OF CEOPS. 



Tons. Lbs. Tons. Lbs. 



Hay 80 1,588 



Ensilage (com) 89 



Total — 160 1,588 



Boots — 



Mangels 8 1,020 



Turnips 36 1,700 



Carrots 6 1,245 



Total — 51 1,965 



Fall wheat, 36 bushels 1 160 



Eye, 7i bushels 420 



Seed oats, 130 bushels 2 420 



Seed barley, 28 bushels 1,346 



Seed peas, 118 bushels 3 1,080 



Spring wheat, 7 bushels 420 



Mixed grains grown for feed. ... 14 80 



SAMPLES DISTELBUTED. 



Packages. 



Scions and cuttings 302 



3-lb. samples of seed potatoes 271 



3-lb. samples of oats 223 



3-lb. samples peas 107 



3-lb. samples barley SO 



3-lb. samples spring and fall wheat and rye 43 



3-lb. samples of Indian corn 61 



Nuts, tree seeds, and bulbs 485 



1,572 



COEEESPONDENCE. 



Letters received 4,881 



Letters despatched 4,717 



GAEDEN VEGETABLES. 



This has been the most unsatisfactory season for vegetables in many years. The 

 ground was kept cold and wet by the frequent showers and lack of sunshine all 

 through the spring, and several plots of the smaller seeds had to be resown, as the seed 

 did not germinate at all, or so feebly that they were valueless, as, when the hot, dry 

 summer weather set dn, many of them were not well rooted and never made a vigorous 

 growth. 



