REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 15 



A summary of tlie results for tlie five years is lierewitli submitted :— 



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Pou.vDS OF Grain per Acrk. 



lOOO. 



Plot 1 . pure pease, yielded 



Plot 2, pure barley, yielded . i 



Plot 3, jjure oats, yielded 



Plot 4, mixture, barley 1 bushel, oats 



1 bushel, pease 1 bushel, j'ielded. . 

 Plot 5, mixture, pease 1 busiiel, oats 2 



bushels, yielded 



Plot G, mixture, oats li bushels, barley 



1 bushel, yielded 



Plot 7, mixture, wheat i bushel, barley 



5 bushel, oats 1 bushel, pease j bushel, 



yielded 



Plot 8, mixture, oats and pease equal 



parts by weight, yielded 



Plot 9, mixture, cats and pease equal 



parts by measure, yielded 



1,101 

 1,252 

 2,059 



1,559 



1,247 



1,458 



1,5G0 

 1,341 



1901. 



1.140 

 1,070 

 1,819 



746 

 1,239 



888 

 1,052 

 1,011 



1902. 



1,805 

 2,490 

 2,495 



2,183 



2,382 



2,360 



2,225 

 2,1C0 

 2.165 



1903. 



1904. 



1,140 

 1,070 

 1,810 



1,2?8 



888 

 1,052 

 1,011 



1,135 

 1,662 

 1,687 



1,550 



1,447 



1,089 



1,498 



Five year 

 average 

 per acre. 



Lbs. 

 1.204 

 1,507 

 1,976 



1,764 



1,4.J5 



1,597 



1,412 

 1,401 

 1,396 



The results seem to indicate that, genei'ally speaking, pure grains may be expected 

 to give more pounds to the acre than mixtures. 



CORX. 



Owing to difficulty in procuring seed of fair germinable quality, it was necessary 

 to sow con->iderably more large growing late varieties than was desired. Several mix- 

 tures 'vcre sown, and herewith are submitted a few notes on the pure lots as well as 

 on the mixed lots. Judging by the stand and the weights secured from some small lots 

 cut before fae frost of September 23. the yields from the different lots would have been 

 from three to five tons per acre greater than was the actual yield when cut about the 

 end of September and the first week in October. 



LE.VMIXC. 



Leaming, 14 7/12 acres sown in drills 12 inches apart on June 1, cut for ensilage 

 September SO. It yielded at the rate of 11 tons GIO lbs. per acre. The stand was very 

 good, but frost coming on September 23 and 21 did a great deal of harm. The corn 

 stood from 8 to 11 feet high and was fairly well cobbed. 



LOXGFELLOAV AXD RED COB EXSILAGE. 



Longfellow and Red Ck)b Ensilage, 3] acres, sown June 8, cut for ensilage, Octo- 

 ber 6. Growth strong and fairly even, well cobbed in late milk at date of cutting. It 

 stood from 8 to 10 feet high. It was badly frozen, but yielded 11 tons 1,9G8 lbs. per 

 acre. The two made a very good mixture, which would have made excellent ensilage 

 under favourable conditions. 



SOUTIIERX MAMMOTH SWEET AXD EARLY BUTLER. 



vSouthcrn Mammotli Sweet and Early Butler. 7 acres, sown June 0, cut for ensil- 

 age vSeptember 28. It made a strong even growth, but showed verv few cobs on either 

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