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EXPERIME^'TAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 Special Experiments with Fektilizeks. 



EXPERIMENTS WITK FIELD CORN. 



The land on which this corn was grov/n was previously in clover. It was manured 

 in the fall with 20 one-horse cart loads of stable manure per acre. This was ploughed 

 under in the spring just before planting after a good grov/th had been made. The 

 land was worked up by going over it once, each with spade, spring-tooth and smooth- 

 inf harrows. The seed was sown with the seeder in rows 3 feet apart on May 31. June 

 and July were cold and backward and this crop made very poor growth in these 

 months, but in August and September it made a surprisingly rapid growth. One-half 

 acre of each of the following varieties was planted, and the crop was harvested 

 October 4. The following yields per acre were obtained : — 



Name of Variety. 



acre plots — 



Selected Learning 



Mammoth Cuban 



Longfellow 



Early Butler 



Cloud's Early Yellow. 



Compton's Early 



Angel of Midnight 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD TURNIPS. 



One acre plots each of five varieties were sown. The soil was a clay loam in a poor 

 state of fertility, no manure having been previously applied and the previous crops bein,' 

 grain. Manure at the rate of 35 one horse cart loads per acre was spread broad ciist in 

 the spring and ploughed under. This was worked up with the disc, spring-tooth and 

 smoothing harrows, and rows run 24 inches apart. 



