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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



was spread on tlie surface in "the winter of 1904. The land was plouglied in the fall. 

 The crop was sown^May 27 and cut August 31; Mammoth Red clover at the rate of 

 7 lbs., Alsike clover, 3 lbs. and Timothy seed, 12 lbs. per acre, was sown with this crop. 

 The following is the yield obtained : 33 bushels, 6 lbs. per acre, which weighed 40 lbs. 

 per bushel. 



Three acres of mixed grain were sown on a clay loam field, that had previously 

 been in clover a light second crop having been turned under in the fall of 1904. The 

 ground was well worked up in the spring and sown May 17, cut August 21. With this 

 crop was sown Mammoth Red clover at the rate of 7 lbs., Alsike 3 lbs. and Timothy 

 seed, 12 lbs. per acre. This field gave a yield of 61 bushels per acre at 40 lbs. per 

 bushel. 



EXPERnvIENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Twenty varieties of Indian corn were sown in rows 36 inches apart, and also in 

 hills 36 inches apart each way. The land was a clay loam that had been manured in 

 1900, for a root crop grown that year, followed with grain, 1901; clover hay, 1902; 

 grain again, 1903, and clover hay again in 1904. Stable manure at the rate of about 

 twenty tons per acre was spread on the sod in the fall of 1904, and was ploughed under 

 together with a heavy crop of grass. Early in June, just before planting, this was 

 worked up into a good condition of tilth, when complete fertilizer at the rate of 300 

 lbs. per acre was sown broadcast and harrowed in. The corn was planted June 9, by 

 hand machine. When the plants were about 6 inches high they were thinned out, 

 leaving them from 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows, and from 5 to 8 plants in each hill. 

 The land was gone over with a very light harrow before the plants came up, and three 

 times with the Breed weeder in the next two weeks, and three times with the cultivator. 



From the first this crop made very satisfactory grow.th, and at 60 days from 

 coming through the ground, measured in many places 90 inches in height. The latter 

 part of the season was not so favourable for growth. The following yields were ob- 

 tained : — 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties. 



