334 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 19v05 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH SOJA BEANS AND HORSE BEANS. 



Experiments were again conducted with Soja beans and Horse beans to test their 

 rehitive value as forage crops, and also the yield per acre when grown in rows at different 

 distances apart. The plots were 1-10 acre each. The soil was a clay loam in a good 

 state of fertility. The seed was sown June 1-5. Many of the plants of both these plots 

 were destroyed by the cutworms. The ' Black Dolphin ' aphis destroyed the remaining 

 plants of Horse Beans, and a frost September 1 killed the Soja Beans, making it im- 

 possible to obtain any reliable data from either of these plots. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH ALE ALE A. 



A one-fortieth acre plot of Alfalfa was sown early in June, 1902, with barley as 

 a nurso-crop. The nurse-crop was cut early in August. The plants only made fair 

 growth and during the following winter were all killed out except a few plants. These 

 made very poor growth during the season of 1903, and now only two weak plants re- 

 main. 



In 1903 a similar plot was sown early in June. Wheat being used as a nur.je-crop, 

 was left uncut and allowed to remain as a protection to 'the plants during winter. 

 The Alfalfa plants made a good start and nearly all came through the winter, but 

 were in a sickly condition and made very poor growth this season. A few odd plants 

 of Red clover that happened by chance to get into this plot lived through the winter 

 and made exceptionally good growth. This plot was cut twice through the summer, 

 at which times the Alfalfa was only from 4 to 6 inches high, while the few plants of 

 Red clover in this plot were at least 'three times their height and weight. The soil of 

 these two plots was a heavy clay, underdrained, in a fair state of fertility and well 

 cultivated before sowing. 



This season a plot of 1-10 acre of Alfalfa was sown. The soil was a heavy clay, 

 underdrained, and in a good state of fertility. This land was plowed May 13 and well 

 worked up. It was again worked May 29, June 20 and 29 with the spring'tooth and 

 smoothing harrows. On July 7 this ground was again worked with the spado, spring- 

 tooth and smoothing harrows and Alfalfa sown at the rate of 25 lbs. per acre with the 

 grain seed drill. One-half of the plot was sown v/ith wheat at the rate of 2 bushels 

 per acre as a nurse-crop, and the other half with Alfalfa alone. The Alfalfa on the 

 plot without a nurse-crop made a much more satisfactory growth than that M'ith the 

 nurse-crop, and was much better than that of any former year. On October 20 the 

 growth of that sown alone averaged 10 to 12 inches, and that with the nurse-crop 

 averaged only 5 to 7 inches. The nurse-crop, which made a growth of about 24 inches, 

 was allowed to remiain as a protection during winter. 



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MILLET. 



Six varieties of millet were grown on land that was in grain last year. The 

 ground was manured last fall at the rate of 15 one-horse cart loads per acre and 

 ploughed under this spring. This ground was again ploughed and worked up with the 

 disc, sprlngtooth and smoothing harrows. The seed was sown June 15 with the 

 Planet Jr. hand drill in plots of one-fortieth acre each. The crop was cut August 

 29, while still in a green state for feed. The yield per acre is for green feed when cut. 



Tons. Lbs. 



Moha Green California 14 750 



Italian or Indian 10 350 



Pearl or Cat Tail 7 



White Round Ercnch 5 1,750 



Algerian 5 1,050 



Moha Hungarian 5 250 



