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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



HAY CROP. 



The hay crop the past season was light. Brome averaged about 1.^ tons per acre, 

 and Western Rye Grass IJ tons per acre. 



One-half acre of Brome, ploughed 2 inches deep in May, 1903, disced and rolled 

 flat, gave this year one ton of hay without re-seeding. 



All the Brome and Rye Grass fields have been cut for hay from 3 to 6 years. 



Timothy gave 850 lbs. on a i acre plot. 



The ^ acre of Alfalfa sown in 1902 was almost entirely killed by the spring frosts. 



TEST OF GRASSES. 



In May the following clovers and grasses were sown in plots of ^ to i acre each: — 



Western Red Clover, Lucern, Alsike, Turkestan Alfalfa, Utah Alfalfa, Mixture 

 of Red Clover, Alsike, Orchard and Blue Grass, Mixture of Orchard, Blue Grass and 

 Common Alfalfa, Meadow Fescue, Red Top, Kentucky Blue Grass, English Blue Grass, 

 Western Rye Grass. 



Three varieties of Alfalfa, Common, Utah and Turkestan, were tested for the 

 Department of Agriculture, Regina. 



With the exception of Red Top, which failed to germinate, all the varieties did 

 well. The three kinds of Alfalfa and the Red Clover did extra well. 



Common Alfalfa attained a height of 20 inches, Turkestan 18 inches, and Utah 

 Alfalfa 17 inches. All the clovers were quite well headed out before the growing sea- 

 son was over. 



Cattle were pastured on the grasses to a small extent after the growing season, 

 for fear of smothering out the plants from too rank a growth. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD ROOTS. 



With the exception of carrots, the root crop was very satisfactory. After the 

 carrots were in full leaf, they were eaten close to the ground by the larvaj of a small 

 moth or butterfly, and never recovered from the injury. 



Turnips and mangels were good, with the second seeding rather the better. 



The land for all the roots had been fallowed the previous year, with two deep 

 ploughings and surface cultivation, and when frost came in the fall, 10 loads of 

 manure per acre were spread on the surface, and cultivated in, shallow, just before 

 sowing the seed in the spring. 



The rows were made by grain drill, on the flat, and the seed sown by a Planet 

 Junior turnip drill. All the rows were 28 inches apart. 



Soil, clay loam. The yields per acre were obtained by weighing the roots from 

 two rows, each 66 feet long. 



TITRNIPS — TEST OF V.\RIETIES. 



Twenty varieties were sown on May 19, and again on May 27. The roots from 

 both seedings were taken up on October 18. 



