REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 33 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS OX PLOTS OF OATS ^5 ACRE -^ACH-ConUnucd. 



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Fertilizers ajjplied each y*^ar, from 1889 to 

 ]8!)8or 18!)!J. No fertilizt'i-s used since. 

 Clover sown iu 181)9 and each jx-ar since 

 \vitli the grain and jiloughed under in the 

 autumn. 



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14 Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood aslies, 

 unleached, l,5l'0 lbs. i)er acre, used e.ach 

 year from 1888 to 18'.'9 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 

 Nitrate of soda, 2001b.-!. jier acre, used each 

 year from 1888 to 1899, inclusive. IS'o fer 



tilizerci have been applied since then 



Muriate of iKjtash, 150 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1898 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been ajiplied since then. . 



ITjSulpliate of ammonia, 800 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1888 to 1899, inclusive. No 

 fertiliz^rs have been applied since then. . . 



18 Sulphate of iron, GO lbs. per acre, used each 



year from 1888 to 1899. inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



19 Common salt (Sodium chloride) 300 lbs. i)er 

 acre, used each year from 1888 to 1899. 

 inclusive. Nofertilizers have been applied 

 since then 



20 Land jilas+er or gj'psum (Calcium sulphate) 

 30) lbs. per acre, used each year from 1888 

 to 1899, inclusive. No fertilizers have been 

 applied since then 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 2, 500 lbs. y)er 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 1899, 

 inclusive. No fertilizers have been applied 

 since then 



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AVER.Vr.E YlKLD 

 FOK 



Thirteen Year.s. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre. 



Bush lbs. 



40 19 j% 

 47 22 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



14th Se.\son, 1902. 

 Vakietv, 



B.\NNKK. 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Fourteen Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre Per acre. 



Lbs. Bush. lbs. 



2,241 

 2,730 

 2,162 

 2,859 

 2,023 



1,941 



1,957 



1,854 



50 25 



47 27 



52 27 



52 12 



54 9 



50 10 



40 1 



43 3 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre Per acre. 



Lbs. 



2,695 

 3,055 

 2,790 

 2,320 

 1,955 



2,150 



1,985 



2,015 



Bush. lbs. 



41 10i\ 



Yield 



of 

 Straw . 



Per acre 



Lbs. 



2,273 

 2,759 

 2,207 

 2,820 

 2,018 



1,956 



l,9.yj 



1,860 



INDIAN CORN PLOTS. 



The experiments with the plots of Indian corn have been conducted witli the object 

 of obtaining the largest weight of well matured green fodder for the silo, and to have 

 thie corn so far advanced when cut, that the ears shall be as far as is practicable in the 

 the late milk, or glazed condition. Each plot has been divided from the out.set into two 

 equal parts, on one of which — known as No. 1 — one of the stronger growing and some- 

 what later ripening sorts has been tried, and on the other, marked No. 2, one of the 

 earlier maturing varieties. During the first four years one of the Dent varieties was 

 tested under No. 1. The Mammoth .Southern Sweet was tried in 1888, 1889 and 1890. 

 In 1891 the Red Cob Ensilage was u.sed, and in 1892, 1893, 189-1, 189-5, 189G, 1897, 1898, 

 1899, 1901 and 1902 a free growing Flint variety, the Rural Tlioroughbred White Flint, 

 was tested. On the other half of tlieplot (No. 2) tlie Canada Yellow Flint was used in 

 1888, 1889 and 1890, the Thoroughbred White Flint in 1891, Pearce's Prolific in 1892, 

 1893 and 1894, and the iMainmoth Eight Rowed Flint in 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 

 1 901 and 1902. For the first four years the No. 1 series was planted in drills 3 feet apart, 

 using about 24 pounds of .seed to the acre and thinning the plants, when up, to 6 or 8 

 inches, and the No. 2 in hills 3 feet apart each way and 4 or 5 kernels in a hill. During 

 the past seven years bov .1 sorts have been grown in hills. 

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