84 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS I 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 : 



Waverley. — 2| acres, sown April 24, If bushels '^r acre; matured in 112 days, i 



August 14. Yielded 145 bushels 30 pounds, 58 bub^i. 12 lbs. per acra Measured , 



bushel weighed iO^ pounds. ' 



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Goldfinder. — 2 J acres, sown April 24, 2 bushels per acre; matured in 124 days, \ 



August 16. Yielded 141 bushels 9 pounds, 56 bush. 17 lbs. per acre. Measured bushel | 



weighed 40 pounds. ■ 



Cost of growing 55 acres of Oats — ' 



Rent of land, 55 acres at $3 $165 00 



Gang ploughing in autumn, 25 acres at $1 per acre 25 00 



Cultivating and ribbing, 4 days at $2 . 50 10 00 ; 



Cultivating and harrowing in spring 45 00 : 



\ manure, at the rate of 15 tons per acre, applied in root i 



year, at $1 per ton , 165 00 \ 



Seed, 110 bushels at 50 cents per bushel 55 00 



Sowing, 5i days at $2 . 50 per day 13 75 < 



Rolling, 21 days at $2 . 50 ' 6 25 j 



Cutting with binder, 5| days at 82 . 50 13 75 ! 



Use of machinery, 20 cents per acre 1 1 00 i 



Twine, 130 pounds at 12 cents 15 60 ■ 



Shocking, 15 days at $1.33^ 19 90 j 



Loading and unloading, 30 days at $1 . 33 J per day 40 00 j 



Teams drawing, 1 1 days at $2 . 50 27 50 



Threshing 3053 bushels at 21 cts. per bushel 76 32 ! 



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$ 619 07 j 



Total yield, 3,052 bushels 23 pounds. 



Average yield per acre, 55 bushels 17 lbs. 



Cost to produce 1 bushel of grain 00 22^ 



Cost to produce 100 pounds digestible dry matter, grain. . 98 ] 



MIXED CROP EXPERIMENT. 



Side by side on the second year of the rotation field ; that is, on what had been pas- 

 ture the preceding year, were sown 9 plots of 2 acres each, the aim being to get some 

 data as to the comparative yields of crops grown as mixtures and as pure grain. The 

 mixtures and pure grains are as follows, with the yield of the respective crops per acre : — 



Lbs. 



Plot 1, pure barley, Mensury, jdelded 4,980 



Plot 2, pure oats. Banner, yielded 4,990 



Plot 3, pure pease, Prussian Blue, yielded 3,610 



Plot 4, pease, 1 bushel, oats, 2 bushels 4,764 



Plot 5, oats, 1^ bushels, barley, 1 bushel 4,720 



Plot 6, wheat, | bushel, oats, 1 bushel, pease, f bushel, barley, . 



4 bushel, yielded 4,450 



Plot 7, oats, 1 bushel, pease, 1 bushel, barley, 1 bushel 4,365 



Plot 8, wheat, | bushel, barley, f bushel, oats, \\ bushel. . . . 4,975 



Plot 9, oats, 2 bushels, pease, 1 bushel, yielded 4,320 



