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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Corn — Test op Varieties. 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



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Name of Variety. 



Pride of the North 



Thoroughbred White Flint 

 White Cap Yellow Dent . . 



Giant Prolific Ensilage 



Mammoth Cuban 



Compton's Early 



Early Butler 



Red Cob Ensilage 



Champion White Pearl.. . . 



Superior Fodder 



Longfellow. 



North Dakota White.. . . 



Salzer's All Gold 



Northern Dent 



Early Mastodon 



King Philip 



Eureka 



Cloud's Early Yellow 



Selected Leaming 



Angel of Midnight 



Evergreen Sugar 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Very strong. 



Strong. 



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Early milk. . 



In silk 



Early milk. . 

 Ears formed 

 Early milk. . 

 Late milk. . . 

 Early milk. . 

 Late milk. . . 

 II ... 

 Ears formed 

 Roasting ear 

 Early milk. . 



In silk 



Early milk. . 



Roasting ear 



In silk 



Early milk. . 



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29 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 12 



1,620 



1,210 



880 



440 



1,560 



1,580 



700 



1,600 



940 



720 



960 



80 



1,860 



1,880 



1,000 



780 



1,900 



160 



1,060 



840 



860 



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 25 

 26 

 21 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 17 

 19 

 17 

 24 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 13 

 15 

 15 

 12 



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160 



800 



240 



1,840 



1,800 



1,800 



1,310 



940 



1,200 



1,280 



1,180 



540 



210 



1,810 



1,770 



1,990 



910 



620 



360 



1;4G0 



220 



Corn Sown at Different Distances Apart. 



Name of Variety. 



Champion White Pearl. 



Longfellow 



Selected Leaming. 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Stj^ng, 



21 

 28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 



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In. In. 



21 



28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 



Condition 

 when cut. 



Early milk, 



11 

 Late milk 



II 

 Early milk 



11 

 Late milk 



II 

 Early milk 



II 



II 

 Late milk. 



Weight per 



acre 



grown in 



rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



28 

 21 

 19 

 17 

 21 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 18 

 14 

 13 

 10 



380 



1,560 



67 



410 



618 



8.S7 



343 



1,1.'^4 



1,311 



285 



136 



048 



Weight per 



acre 



grown in 



hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



26 

 22 

 18 

 15 

 21 

 16 

 16 

 13 

 17 

 14 

 12 

 9 



901 



830 



311 



265 



1,182 



1,530 



1,603 



1,437 



696 



1,418 



906 



1,988 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH FIELD ROOTS. 



The land for the root crop was in clover in 1903 and two heavy crops were cut that 

 summer, and a heavy aftermath turned under in November. A dressing of stable 

 manure was given during the fall and winter, and mixed oats and peas sown in the 

 spring of 1904 along with about ten lbs. of clover seed. The oat crop was a fairly 

 good one and there was a splendid catch of clover to which was added a light dressing 

 of stable manure in the fall and the whole turned under in December, 1904. Early in 

 March, 1905, the harrow and disc were started, and these were used alternately every 

 ■week imtil the seed was sown. The first plots of sugar beets, carrots and mangels 

 were sowoi on April 12, and the second series of plots two weeks later, April 26, and 



