REPORT OF MR. 8. A. BEDFORD 



333 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



I got five bushels of Red Fife from you in 1899, it yielded better tban any of my 

 own grain. I have disposed of a great deal for seed purposes to other farmers. I have 

 taken both a first and second prize with it at our fair. 



W. R. CoLLis, Shoal Lake, Man, 



I obtained 6 bushels of , Odessa barley from your farm in 1899, I find it much 

 better than the common barley. I sell all I can spare for seed purposes, 500 bushels 

 were sold for this purpose last year. 



D. B. GuNN, Louis Bridge, Man. 



I purchased four bushels of E^d Fife wheat from your Experimental Farm in 1894 

 and I think it is the best wheat I ever had. I believe the Experimental Farm is the 

 proper place to buy pure seed. 



B. C. Craig, Newdale, Man. 



In 1899 I purchased five bushels of Red Fife from the Experimental Farm, it has 

 given the best yield and best sample of any wheat I ever had. I have supplied seed to 

 neighbouring farms every year. 



G. H. Underhill, Rapid City, Man. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



This crop was considerably above the average in weight, and the ears were in the 

 late milk stage when cut. 



In addition to the plots aown for experimental purposes, about ten acres were 

 sown for ensilage and fodder purposes. 



The seed was sown on May 19 in rows 30 inches apart. The crop was cut on 

 September 4. The soil was a sandy loam, summer-fallowed. Twenty-two varieties 

 were sown and the yield per acre has been calculated from the weight obtained from 

 two rows, each 66 feet long. 



Corn — Test of Varieties. 





Name of Variety. 



1 Longfellow 



2 Angel of Midnight 



3[Conipton's Early 



4 Compton's Early (Cana 



I dian seed) 



5; Eureka 



6, Superior Fodder. . . 



7lPride of the North 



8 Early Butter 



9 North Dakota "White 



10 Northern Dent 



llSalzcr's All Gold 



12 Ked Cob Ensilage 



13 Thoroughbred White 

 I Flint 



14 Selected Le^aming. . 



15 King Philip 



16 Early Mastodon 



17 Giant Prolific Ensilage. . 



18 White Cap Yellow Dent. 



19 Champion White Pearl. 



20 Cloud's Early Yellow. . . 



21 Mammoth Cuban 



22 Evergreen Sugar ... 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Rank 

 Fair.. 



v. rank 



Fair. 



Rank 



Fair .. 

 Rank 



Fair .. 

 Rank 



Fair. 



Rank 



Fair .. 

 Rank 

 Fair .. 

 Rank 

 Fair.. 



'53 



In. 



100 

 112 



108 



110 

 115 

 114 

 112 

 116 

 102 

 118 

 116 

 114 

 106 



Leafiness . 



Leafy . . . . 



It 



Very leafy . 



If 

 Fairly leafy 



(I 

 Very leafy . 



It 



It 

 Fairly leafy 



■I 



ti 

 Very leafy . 



Few leaves. 

 Very leafy. 

 Fairly leafy 

 Few leaves. 



It 

 Fairly leafy 

 Few leaves . 



104 

 106 

 120 

 118 

 109 

 115 

 111 

 114 

 102| Fairly leafy 



When 

 Tasselled . 



Aug. 15. 



I, 12. 



„ 10. 



It 10. 



t, 18. 



t, 18. 



It 25. 



„ 10. 



I, 15. 



I, 12 



It 21. 



It 24. 



I. 18. 



It 17. 



It 11. 



II 11. 



.. 27. 



It 10. 



ti 21. 



It 18. 



t, 11. 



It 17. 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Late ndlk. 



Early milk 



Late milk. 



Early milk 

 In tassel . . 

 Early milk 



Late milk. 



tt 



In silk 



Late milk. 

 Early milk 

 Late milk. 



II 

 Early milk 



Weight per 



acre 



grown 



in hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



29 80 



21 240 



17 320 



23 

 20 

 19 

 17 

 15 

 19 

 21 

 21 

 16 

 18 



14 



18 



10 



13 



10 



9 



9 



9 



9 



1,520 



920 



1,600 



1,640 



1,944 



280 



763 



504 



736 



960 



512 



960 

 1,120 



400 

 1,000 

 1,800 

 1,008 



480 

 1,800 



