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EXPEJ?IMEXTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



Dr. Fletcher advises one pound of Paris green to 80 pounds of bran, which is 

 equal to 1 oz. of Paris green to 5 pounds of bran. The quantity used here was 3 ounces 

 to 10 pouiids of bran. The method adopted was to mix 3 ounces of Paris green in a 

 quart bottle nearly full of water by shaking violently. This was added to a little over 

 one-half gallon of water and poured slowly into the bran while it was being stirred 

 with a stick. It is very important to mix the Paris green water thoroughly with the 

 bran in order to get each flake of bran coated with some of the Paris green particles. 

 'J'he bran should be dampened just sufficiently to scatter nicely for if it is too wet 

 this cannot be done to so good advantage. 



Ten pounds of bran mixed in this way was found to do 500 feet of a row thoroughly. 

 After it w'as used in this quantity, on beans where the cutworm was doing the most 

 damage, few plants could be found cait off after the first night, and after the second 

 night no plants were found destroyed. For plants, a greater distance apart, less bran, 

 would be required, for it is necessary to only scatter a ring of bran around each one. 



The cutworm feeds during the night, cutting off the plant at the surface of the 

 ground. They appear to have a fondness for bran and will feed upon it in preference 

 to plants. A case particularly striking was noticed in the flower garden this year. 

 Bran bags were used to protect some tender annuals from a June frost, and out of one 

 of the bags a handful or two of bran happened to be deposited in one place. This 

 ground was stirred in weeding about a week after and it was noticed that cutworms 

 were collected in the soil under the bran while plants uninjured were close by. On 

 a close examination, eight cutworms were foimd together, they evidently finding thtj 

 bran a more suitable and convenient material to feed upon. Experience shows that this 

 is a practical and efiicient remedy for controlling this pest. 



GAEDEN PEASE. 



Experiments were conducted with six of the leading early sorts of garden pease to 

 find out the number of pounds of marketable green pease in pod from each. The 

 plots were two rows, each 66 feet long, equal to 1-165 of an acre. These were all fertil- 

 ized at the rate of 500 lbs. complete fertilizer per acre. The seed was sown May 12, 

 in rows 2 feet apart, and the seed was dropped 2 inches apart in the rows. The soil 

 was a poor sandy loam. The following yields were obtained per acre. Owing to the 

 very dry season these peas did not grow well, and the yield per aero was small : — 



Name of Variety. 



Rtat ion 



Tho.s. Laxton 



Gradus 



Prospterity 



Nott's Excelsior . . . 

 American Wonder. 



0.2 



Q 



July 12. 

 .. 14. 

 H 14. 

 .. li. 

 .. 14. 

 .. 14. 



s 

 0.2 





33 

 25 



29 



6i 



'V 



c 

 o 

 a 



«<- S 

 <D.2 



July 18 

 ., 21 

 .. 21 

 ,1 21 

 „ 24 

 .. 24 



to 



C o 



Ph 



10 

 20^ 

 12^ 

 9| 



42 





T3 



Lbs. 



7,005 

 7,507 

 6,765 

 6,270 

 7,796 

 8,001 



