332 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 Rotation of Crops — Summary ef results for three years — Concluded. 



(V 



Variety. 



1900. 



14 Barley, Canadian Thorpe 



15|Wheat, Red Fife 



16 Barley, Canadian Thorpe 



17Soja Beans, ploughed 



I under Aug. 3 



18 Pease, ploughed under 

 I July 28 



19 Tares, ploughed under 

 j July 28 



20, Clover, Common Red, 



ploughed under Sept. 



10 



Alsike and Lucerne, 



ploughed under Sept. 



10 



22 Summer-fallow 



21 



Yield. 



CO 



D 



m 



4 

 4 

 9 



32 



30 



4 



Variety. 



1901. 



Summer-fallow. 

 Oats, Banner . . 



Wheat, Red Fife. 



Yield. 



.J2 

 in U2 



80 26 



98 8 



43 44 



Variety. 



1902. 



Wheat, Red Fife 



Oats, Banner . . . . 

 43 18 Wheat, Red Fife. 

 43 2 Oats, Banner 



42 16 



43 12 



44 40 



Wheat, Red Fife. 



Barley, Rennie's Impr'vd 

 Rye 



Yield. 





J3 



20 50 



27 15 



22 45 



31 16 

 25 .. 



32 26 



27 



26 12 

 25 .. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



Sowin" different quantities of seed per acre and at different dates. Soil, clay loam, 

 summer-fallowed. Sown by hoe-drill in plots of l-20th acre each. 



25 pounds 



60 



40 „ 



40 



80 ,. 



80 M 



Seed per acre. 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 17.. 

 17.. 

 17.. 

 26.. 

 26.. 

 17.. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 21 

 19 

 20 

 28 

 30 

 21 



Weight 

 ^ of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



1,900 

 2.509 

 2,000 

 1,980 

 1,620 

 2,440 



Yield 

 per 

 Acre 



Bush. Lbs. 



14 

 16 

 13 

 14 

 12 

 15 



8 



16 



8 



28 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MILLETS. 



Five vai'ieties were sown on May 3Q, on l-20th acre plots of fallow. When cut 

 green for ensilage on September 9, no seed had formed. 



Italian 



Moha Hungarian 



Algerian 



Wliite Round French. 

 Cat-tail 



Variety. 



