414 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VI!., A. 1906 



Plot 3. — Italian, a tliin poor stand, stalks, 22 to 28 inclies long; heads, 4 to 5 

 inches long. Weight when cut, 2 tons 1,320 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 4. — Green Californian, stalks, 14 to 22 inches long, quite leafy; heads short 

 and poor. Weight when cut, 1 ton 1,860 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 5. — Algerian, stalks, 22 to 28 inches long, quite leafy; heads 3 to 5 inches 

 long; a very thin stand. Weight when cut, 1 ton 1,910 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 6. — Pearl, a poor stand; stalks, 26 to 36 inches long, not leafy; heads 

 Ij to 2 inches long. Weight when cut, 1 ton 780 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 7. — Soja Beans, sown May 1 and cut September 29 ; drills 21 inches apart, an 

 even stand, but not as leafy nor as well podded as in previous years ; length of stalk, 24 

 inches and of pod 1 to 1^ inches, not well branched. Weight when cut, 4 tons 640 lbs. 

 per acre. 



Plot 8. — Soja beans sown in drills 28 inches apart; sown May 1 and cut Sep- 

 tember 29. Stalks 28 to 30 inches long, fairly well branched and well podded ; weight 

 when cut, 4 tons 1,360 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 9. — Soja beans sown 35 inches apart, very branching and leafy; pods 1 to li 

 inches long and well filled with beans, commencing to harden when cut; weight, 4 tons 

 840 lbs. per acre. 



SUNFLOWERS. 



Aj quarter of an acre was sown in drills three feet apart and thinned to six inches 

 in the drill. They made an even stand and grew from 6 to 8 feet high, with medium 

 large heads. 



CLOVER VERSUS CORN EOR ENSILAGE. 



In this climate where clover grows so remarkably well and where early June wea- 

 ther is as a rule very wet, clover is a much safer crop if put into the silo than if cured 

 lor hay. The results of a test were given in my report for last year. This year the 

 test was repeated on a heavier piece of land that has been under cultivation sinoe 

 shortly after the farm was opened, and was in better condition, and as a consequence 

 the dry autumn has not had such an effect as it did on the clover last year, there being 

 not only a good second crop, but a fairly heavy third crop, which was cut for feed dur- 

 ing the last half of September. The results are as follows : — 



Eirst crop cut on June 5, 6 and 7 and weighed as taken from the field with no 

 rain or dew on it. The second crop was cut July 20 and 21, and the third crop was cut 

 from Sept. 16 and fed as needed. This land is a sandy loam underlaid with gravel, and 

 clover sod has been turned under repeatedly in the last twelve years, making the top 

 six inches fairly rich in humus, and thus well adapted to carry a crop successfully over 

 a moderate drouth : — 



Tons. Lbs. 



The first cutting yielded 14 1,160 



The second " 11 1,950 



The third " 6 480 



32 1,590 



This makes a better yield than our heaviest corn crop and at a very much cheaper 

 rate per ton, as there is much less cost handling the clover from the beginning until it 

 i^ safely in the silo. No cultivation is necessary during the spring or summer and no 

 special machinery is required to put the clover into the silo as is the case with corn. 



