REPORT OF MR. At^GVS MAC KAY 333 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERJME^^TS WITH SOJA BEANS. 



Sown on ^lay 30, on l-20th acre plots of fallowed land, clay loam. Cut for ensi- 

 lage on September 9. Did not form seed. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH HORSE BEANS. 



. Sown May 20 on l-20th acre plots of fallowed land, clay loam. Cut for ensilage 

 September 9, About half of beans ripe when cut. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING RYE. 



Sown April 19, on l-20th acre plot of fallow. 



Cut August 20. Days to mature, 123. Straw, strong, 43 inches long. Heads 3 

 inches. Yield, 23 bushels 40 lbs. per acre. 



e!s:periment with canary grass. 



(Plialaris canariensis. ) 



Sown May 17 on l-20th acre plot of fallow. Cut September 3. Days to 

 mature, 109. Yield, 21 bushels 30 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENT WITH SUNFLOWERS. 



Variety, Russian. Sown May 19, on 1 -20th acre plot of fallow. No seed had 

 formed when frost came, and the crop was a total failure. 



HAY CROP. 



A good average crop was secured in excellent condition from the various seedin^s 

 of Brome and AVestern Rye Grass. 



YIELDS. 



BROME GRASS. (BroiHus xticrinis). 



1st crop. — Left for seed. 



2nd ci'op. — 25 acres, 1 ton 1,950 lbs. per acre. 



