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summer. The plot of m.ixed timothy and alsike was yery luxuriant, evidently this is a 

 mixture well adapted to this section of country: — 



Variety. 



Alfalfa, first cutting.. , 

 M second cuttinp 



Total weight of two cuttings. 



Alfalfa, first cutting; . . . 

 II second cutting. 



Total weight of two cuttings 



Alsike and Timothy . 

 Common Ked Clover. 



Sown. 



1902 

 1S02 



1903 

 1903 



Height. 



Inch. 



56 

 24 



1903 

 1902 



49 

 24 



37 to 44 

 40 



Stage when Cut. 



x'jj in bloom. 



tV 

 1 



Fully in bloom. . 



Yield of 



Hay 

 per Acre. 



3 200 

 2 1,000 



Several acres of clover were sown during May of this year, along with a light seed- 

 ing of oats, with the intention of cutting the grain in a very early stage, but growth 

 was unusually rank and the oats lodged before they could be harvested, and a large pro- 

 portion of the clover plants were smothered- This land has been left in stubble and 

 the condition of the clover will be noted next spring. 



CLOVER ON LIGHT GRAVELLY UPLAND. 



In May this year a number of plots of light upland soil were sown to alfalfa and 

 common red clover, both with and without a nurse crop of grain. There was a good 

 catch on all the plots, but the growth of clover was much, weaker where a nurse crop 

 was used. None of the clover on these plots w.as mown or pastured, but was left to 

 hold the snow during the winter. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MILLETS. 



Seven varieties of this useful family of plants were grown, they represented 

 nearly all the leading types, and as usual they attracted much attention from visiting 

 farmers. 



Although it is advisable to have specimen plots here of all the leading varieties, 

 there are actually only three kinds suitable for this country, viz., Hungarian, Common 

 and Green Calif o mi an, the other four varieties are all too coarse for general use. Com- 

 mon Millet is the only one that has matured seed here, the others have always been 

 caught by fall frost before maturity. 



Millet is not a safe food for horses when fed in large quantities, but we have had 

 excellent results from feeding one sheaf per day to each horse during the winter 

 months. As soon as the head is formed the crop is cut and bound loosely, in small 

 sheaves, with the grain binder, this is well cured in the stook, and stacked outside until 

 required. 



This year all the varieties were grown on summer-fallowed land, the soil was a rich 

 black sandy loam; the size of the plots for this test was one-fortieth acre. All were 

 gown on May 27 and cut on September 1. 



