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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 FIELD CROP OF CORN — FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS. 



Name of Variety, liow fertilized, size of {'lot, and when cnt. 



Awjd of Midnight. 

 Cut. Sept. 27th. 

 \ acre— Manure and Bowker'.s ' Square ' brand fertilizer, 400 lbs. per acre. 



4 II ri fi II 200 II II 



I II Manure only, 20 tons per acre 



Comploii's Early. 



Cut Sept. 30th. 



^ acre — Manure and Bowker's ' Square ' brand fertilizer, 400 lbs. per acre. 

 4 II II 11 II 200 II II 

 \ II Manure only, 20 tons per acre 



Longfelloio. 



Cut Sept. 29th. 



^ acre — Manure and Bowker's ' Square ' brand fertilizer, 400 lbs. per acre 

 4 II II II II 200 II II 

 I II Manure only, 20 tons per acre 



South Dakota. 



Cut Sept. 29th. 



i acre — Manure and Bowker's 'Square' brand fertilizer, 400 lbs. per acre. 

 5 II II II II 200 II II 

 I II Manure only, 20 tons per acre . . 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



13 4-20 

 12 GOO 

 11 1,.W0 



12 40 



11 1,720 

 11 1,000 



11 760 

 10 1,900 



12 1,100 



12 300 

 12 1,700 

 12 40 



CORN. SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCE.? APART. 



Experiments were again conducted this year with corn planted in rows at dif- 

 ferent distances apart. Three varieties of corn were used. The corn was planted 

 June 13 and harvested October 4. The plots were each one-fortieth acre. The ground 

 was similar to that on which the field corn was grown and received the same cultiva- 

 tion and the same amount of manure per acre. In addition to this 400 lbs of complete 

 fertilizer per acre was used on these plots. The yield was as follows : — 



Selected Learning. 



Longfellow . 



Champion White Pearl . 



Name of Vai iety. 



