42 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD Vil., A. 1903 



RESULTS OP THE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS TO AWNLESS BROME GRASS. 



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Awnless Brome Grass (Bromus inermis). 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs. per acre 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. per acre 



Thomas' phosphate, 800 lbs. per acre 



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Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs., kainit, 200 lbs. per acre 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs., kainit, 200 lbs. per acre 



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Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs., kainit, 200 lbs., nitrate soda, 



100 lbs. per acre 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs., kainit, 200 lbs., nitrate soda, 100 



lbs. per acre 



Length 



of Brome 



Grass. 



Inches. 



4.5—50 

 45—50 

 43—45 

 43—45 

 43—45 

 43—45 

 45—47 



45—50 



45-50 



Yield 



per Acre, 



Green. 



Tons. Lbs. 



IGO 

 1,520 



480 



800 

 1,200 



880 



440 

 320 



Yield 



per Acre, 



Cured. 



Tons. Lbs. 



1,360 

 1,200 

 1,440 

 800 

 1,360 

 1,200 

 1,360 



400 



1,200 



DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES OF SEED GRAIN" TO FARMERS 



FOR TRIAL. 



A further distribution was made in the spring of 1902, of samples of the most 

 promising sorts of oats, spring wheat, barley, pease, Indian corn and potatoes. By the 

 careful growing of one of these samples, which weigh three pounds each, the farmer can 

 soon provide himself with seed of one of the best sorts sufficient for a large area at no 

 cost beyond that of his own labour. From the many appreciative letters received from 

 farmers who have had these samples and have grown from them t];ie seed grain they are 

 now using on their farms, it is evident that this branch of the work of the experimental 

 farms is doing much good and is rapidly accomplishing the object for which it was 

 begun, that of the general introduction among farmers throughout the Dominion 

 of the best and most productive sorts of these important farm crops. Another proof of 

 the appreciation in which this work is held, is the very large demand each year for 

 samples. 



The samples sent out from the Central Experimental Farm during the early months 

 of 1902 were distributed as follows : — 



Total number of sample.? distributed 3.5,1,3.3 



Number of applicants supplied 35,077 



