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EX rERIM EX TA L FA h' MS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



The plots were one-eighth acre each on which fertilizers of different kinds had been 

 previously applied. These plots were divided into ten strips 14 feet wide, each runninij 

 len^-thwise across all the different fertilized plots. These strips were sown with fivd 

 different kinds of grain: namely, oats, wheat, barley, pease and mixed grain. A 

 margin of two feet was loft between each plot, and one foot between each crop plot. 

 The yield from these plots is given in the following table : 



EXPERIMENTS WITH EERTILIZEKS ON WHEAT. 



Experiments were conducted this year with wheat fertilized with different fer- 

 tilizing materials. The variety Australian No. 19 was used. The seed was sown at 

 the rate of If bushels per acre, June 1, and was harvested September 3. The ground 

 on which this wheat was grown is a clay loam, and was previously in roots, having 

 been manured with 30 one-horse cart loads of stable manure for that crop. The land 

 was ploughed this spring and subsequently worked into good tilth. The growth of 

 straw averaged 40 inches. This crop was practically ruined by rust. 



HAY. 



The crop of clover and timothy hay was light, being fully one-third less than an 

 average crop. Six acres of upland yielded 13 tons 1,165 lbs., and a 11-acre field 

 yielded 24 tons 1,710 lbs. One acre of Awnless Brome yielded 1 ton 1,250 lbs. The 

 12 acres of underdrained marsh produced 15 tons 700 lbs., and the 35 acres not un- 

 derdrained yielded 37 tons 1,270 lbs. This made a total of 93 tons 95 lbs. 



SUMMARY OF CROPS GROWN ON THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM 



THIS SEASON. 



Grain Field Crops. Bush. Lbs. 



Oats 181 18 



Barley 27 26 



Mixed grain 412 23 



Buckwheat 64 . . 



685 27 



