324 EX/'ERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 FIELD CROP OF MIXED GRAIN. 



One field of six acres was seeded to mixed grain, May 14. Three pounds of Alsike, 

 7 pounds of Mammoth Red clover and 12 pounds of Timothy seed per acre were also 

 sown at the same time. The land is a clay loam, and was previously in clover, beina: 

 in grain in 1902, and in roots in 1901, for which crop, stable manure at the rate of 

 25 one-horse cart loads per acre was used. The ground was in a fair state of fertility. 

 The crop was cut August 17, iind the field yielded at the rate of 45 bushels per acre, 

 weighing 42 pounds per bushel. The field was seeded at the rate of three bushels per 

 acre with seed made up as follows: — Snsation oats, 2 bushels; Odessa barley, 1 bushel; 

 Golden Vine pease, 1 peck mixed together. 



FIELD CROP OF OATS ON MARSH LANDS. 



Three acres of oats were sown May 16 on marsh land that had been ploughed the 

 previous fall. This was seeded broadcast by hand and Timothy and clover seed was 

 also sown. The dry summer wis particularly disastrous to marsh grain crops. The 

 ground became hard and dry and very little growth was made after the early part of 

 July. On account of the dykes breaking in the fall of 1903 this land was flooded by 

 tide water, which may also have had a tendency to decrease the yield. The grain was 

 cut August 22, and gave a total yield of 80 bushels or an average yield of 26 bushels, 

 21 pounds per acre. 



FIELD CROP OF BUCKWHEAT. 



Five acres of buckwheat was sown on land three acres of which had been in rape 

 last year, and two acres in sand vetch. These two crops made light growth, and were 

 pastured to sheep. This ground is practically new land in a poor state of fertility, 

 and has been used as a sheep pasture for years. It was ploughed this spring and was 

 worked up with the springtooth and smoothing harrows and seeded to buckwheat at 

 the rate of 1^ bushels per acre, on June 16. The crop was harvested September 7. 

 The yield from this field was 64 bushels, or averaging hardly 13 bushels per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



The soil chosen for the corn plots is a light clay loam. The previous crop was 

 turnips, for which crop 35 one-horse cart loads of stable manure per acre was applied. 

 The ground was not ploughed last fall. It was worked up this spring first with the 

 spade harrow and then manured at the rate of 15 one-horse cart loads of stable maniire 

 per acre, which was ploughed under and again worked up with the spade harrow, fol- 

 lowed by the springtooth and smoothing harrows. Complete fertilizer at the rate of 

 400 pounds per acre was sown along the rows and hills when the seed was planted. 



The seed was planted in hills and rows June 1. One set of plots was in hills 3 

 feet apart each way, and from 4 to 6 plants were left in a hill, and the other was in 

 rows 3 feet apart and the plants were thinned to about 6 inches apart. There were 

 twenty varieties included in this test. The crop was harvested and weighed Septem- 

 ber 28. The yield per acre is calculated from the weight obtained from two rows each 

 66 feet long. The wind storm of August 23 and frost September 1 did some damage 

 to those plots, after which they made little growth. 



