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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 HOWARD VII., A. 1905 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Tliirty-one varieties of pease were on trial this year. The yield has been very 

 much above the average and the siample excellent. 



This grain is nearly always very productive here, the only obstacle to its more 

 general cultivation is the difficulty in harvesting find threshing it. 



The pea weevil is unknown, the sample is usually good and the weight per bushel 

 high. 



The soil selected this year was a sandy loam suramer-f allowed, the size of the 

 plots one-twentieth acre. All were sown on May 11, in the proportion of two bushels 

 of seed per acre for the small kinds and three bushels for the larger ones. 



PEASE — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



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p 



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Name of Variety. 



1 Ma<;kay 



2 MacouTi . 



3 Picton 



4 Arthur 



5 King. 



6 Carleton 



7 Paragon . 



8 Pearl 



9 Mummy 



10 Victoria. 



11 Early Britain 



12 Gregory . 



13 White Marrowfat. 



14 Daniel O'Rourke 



15 Golden Vine 

 10 Pride 



17 Archer. 



18 Prince 



19 Kent , 



20|Prince Albert , 



21|English Grey 



22 Duke , 



23 Prussian Blue . . 



24 Nelson 



25 Crown 



20 Wisconsin Blue 



27 Agnes 



28 1 White Wonder 



29^Black-eyed Marrowfat. 



•SO Chancellor 



SllGernian White 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



It 



Aug. 

 Sept. 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 



11. 

 12. 

 12. 



2. 



8. 

 10. 

 10. 

 20. 

 10. 

 20. 



5. 



9. 

 20. 

 10.. 



5.. 

 20.. 

 18.. 

 18.. 

 18.. 

 15 . 

 18.. 

 20.. 



1.. 

 10.. 

 25.. 

 10.. 



0.. 

 30.. 



1.. 

 25.. 



5.. 



^ bD 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



O eS 



123 Rank...*. 



124 I „ 



124 I M 



114 IxMedium., 



120 I Rank 



122 Medium., 



122 

 1.33 

 132 

 133 

 117 

 121 

 133 

 129 

 117 

 133 

 131 

 131 

 131 

 128 

 131 

 133 

 113 

 122 

 100 

 122 

 118 

 111 

 113 

 100 

 117 



Rs 



Medium . 

 Rank. . . . 



Fair 



Rank. . . . 



Fair. 



Rank. 

 Fair . . 



Weak 



Fair 



Weak . . . 

 Rank. . , 

 Weak . . 

 Medium . 



be 



1-^ 



cc 



In. 



42 

 37 

 30 

 31 

 42 

 37 

 38 

 40 

 53 

 44 

 43 

 54 

 03 

 40 

 48 

 54 

 43 

 44 

 44 

 03 

 42 

 42 

 •J3 

 33 

 37 

 ?.S 

 42 

 34 

 41 

 32 

 .30 



;ph 



fcD 



c 



0) 



In. 



■2h 

 2i 

 2l 



2| 



2 



2i 



2-i 



3 



2 



2| 



2h 

 3 



2i 



2 



2 



2 



24 



3 



24 



3 



2 



24 



2i 



2 



2 



2i 

 2 



2 



Size 

 of Pea. 



Mediun'. 

 Small . . 

 Large . . 

 Medium 



Small . '. 

 Medium 



Large . 



tt . . 

 Medium 

 Large . 

 Small . . 



If . . 

 Medium 



Large . . 

 Small . . 

 Medium 



Small . 

 II . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 

 Large . . 

 Small . . 

 Ijarge . . 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bus. Lbs. 



85 

 79 

 77 

 77 

 75 

 73 

 73 

 73 

 73 

 71 

 71 

 70 

 08 

 07 

 GO 

 04 

 04 

 03 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 58 

 58 

 57 

 57 

 57 

 56 

 55 

 52 

 51 

 50 



40 

 10 



50 



20 

 20 



40 



20 



20 

 20 



20 

 20 

 40 



40 

 20 

 20 



40 



20 

 20 





Lbs. 



03.^ 

 G4i 



mh 



65" 



05 



C4i 



624 



62 



64 



64 



61i 



65i 



04 



05i 



631 



G4i 



64^ 



64 



644 



034 



Gl| 



03 



65i 



04| 



05i 



GO' 



034 



Oii 

 03 

 65 

 65 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



The crop of Indian Corn was slightly above the average this year, but it was 

 scarcely as far advanced as usual when harvested. 



In addition to the uniform test of plots of corn, about eight acres were sown for 

 feeding purposes, 38 tons of this was used for ensilage, and the balance cured in stooks, 

 and will be fed during the winter months. We find that all classes of stock relish 

 dry corn fodder, even horses are benefited by one meal of it a day during the slack 

 montlis of winter. 



The seed was sown on May 26, in rows 30 inches apart, using about half a bushel 

 of seed per acre. The crop was cut on September 23. Twenty varieties were under 

 trial. The soil was a rather light sandy loam and the previous crop was com. The 

 yields were calculated from two rows, each 66 feet long. 



