REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



297 



Grasses sown on spring-ploughed stubble, without a nurse crop, size of plots one-tenth 

 a'jrc. Soil ^ sandy loam. 



MILLETS. 



These useful annual fodder plants have given a very fair return this year. The 

 abundant rainfall and open autumn has been favourable to them. 



All the varieties were sown in drills seven inches apart. Most of the millets are 

 quite easy to cure and stack. 



The size of the plots was one-twentieth acre and the soil was a rich clay loam and tlie 

 previous crop was fodder corn. All were sown on June 6 and cut on September 4. 



Variety. 



Molia Hungarian 



Pearler Cat Tail 



White Round Extra French 

 Algerian or Early Pearl .... 



Italian or Indian 



Common 



Height . 



43 

 42 

 55 

 69 

 44 

 36 



Length 

 of Head. 



5 inches. . 

 None 



4| inches. 



12 „ . 



4 .. . 



Stage 

 when Cut. 



Fully headed. . 

 Not headed . . . 

 Not headed . . . 

 i headed ...... 



Few heads. . . . 



Fully headed. . 



Yield per 

 Acre, Green. 



Tons. Lbs. 



i 



5 



8 



12 



12 



4 



800 

 800 

 800 



1,600 

 800 



1,800 



BROOM CORN. 



This was sown in rows three feet apart on June 6 on a rich clay loam. The space 

 occupied was one-twentieth of an acre. The crop grew to a height of 56 inches before 

 cutting on September 4. This was partly headed, to the extent of about five inches and 

 produced at the rate of 14 tons of green fodder per acre. 



AMBER SUGAR CANE. 



The amber sugar cane was also grown in rows three feet apart on rich clay lnum. 

 It was sown June 6 on a one-twentieth acre plot and cut September 4. The plants 

 grew to a height of over five feet but were not headed at time of cutting. Thi.s pro- 

 duced at the rate of 10 tons of green fodder per acre. 



