REPORT OF MR. A:^GUS MACKA7 



375 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



YIELDS OF HAY PER ACRE. 

 Brome Grass — (Bromus inennis). 



Size 



of 



Plot. 



Acres. 



4 



12 



Sown 1899, renewed by ploughing shallow, 1904 . 



„ 1900 



M 1901 



., 1899 



„ 1900..- 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Tons. 

 1 



1 



Lbs. 



1,500 

 1,440 

 1,110 

 1,762 

 1,430 



Common Alfalfa 



Turkestan Alfalfa 



Utah Alfalfa 



Meadow Fescue 



Timothy 



Orchard Grass 



Kentucky Blue Grass . 



Sown. 



1904. 

 1904. 

 1904. 

 1904. 

 1902. 

 1904. 

 1904. 



Yield per Acre. 



2nd Cutting. 



Tons. Lbs . 



900 

 1,360 



080 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAIT CORN. 



Twenty-two varieties were sown on May 19, on clay loajn in drills 36 inches apart, 

 and a^so in hills 3 feet apart each way. Three varieties were also sown in drills at 

 four different distances apart. 



The land was fallowed the previous year, but not manured. 



The com was cut on September 8, the yield per acre of green fodder being calcu- 

 lated from the weight of two rows, each 66 feet long. All the varieties made a strong 

 growth. 



After wilting slightly, the com was cut up and put in silo. In addition to the 

 uniform tests, five acres were sown with com for ensilage. 



