460 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



PKASE-^-TEST CP VARIETIES, 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



6 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



10 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



32 



33 



Name of Variety. 



Kent ,. 



Macoun 



Canadian Beauty 



Daniel O'Rourke 



German White ... 



Duke 



White Marrowfat 



Victoria 



Early Britain 



English Grey 



Prince 



Wisconsin Blue 



Gregor J' 



Mummy 



Crown 



Pride 



Mackay 



Prussian Blue 



Paragon 



Carleton 



King 



Black-eyed Marrowfat . 



Nelson 



White Wonder 



Prince Albert 



Pear] 



Arthur 



Canadian Beauty 



Golden Viae 



Picton 



Archer 



Agnes 



Chancellor 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



O eg 



a, ^ 

 .^ to 



■^ 



15 

 10 

 11 



9 



9 

 10 

 15 

 16 



9 

 13 

 15 

 12 

 13 

 12 



8 

 10 

 14 



9 

 16 

 12 

 12 



9 

 12 



8 



13 

 16 

 13 

 11 

 10 

 16 

 16 

 13 

 16 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



122 

 123 

 118 

 116 

 110 

 123 

 122 

 123 

 116 

 120 

 122 

 119 

 120 

 119 

 115 

 117 

 121 

 116 

 123 

 119 

 119 

 116 

 119 

 115 

 120 

 123 

 120 

 118 

 117 

 123 

 123 

 120 

 123 



Stron?. 



Medium. 

 Strona. . , 



Medium . 



Strong. . . 

 Medium . 

 Strong. . . 

 Medium . 



11 

 Strong, 



Medium . 



n 



Strong. . . 



Medium. 

 Strong. . . 

 Medium . 

 Strong. . . 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



In. 



52 

 51 

 56 

 40 

 56 

 58 

 50 

 48 

 50 

 56 

 46 

 60 

 58 

 56 

 54 

 54 

 56 

 48 

 .58 

 60 

 54 

 50 

 56 

 56 

 48 

 68 

 50 

 56 

 56 

 50 

 50 

 55 

 54 



Si 



Lbs. 



5,000 

 5,400 

 5,200 

 5,040 

 5,400 

 5,680 

 5,640 

 5,360 

 5,400 

 5,520 

 5,200 

 5,280 

 5,200 

 5,600 

 5,440 

 5,600 

 5,600 

 5,520 

 5,200 

 5,680 

 5,440 

 5,720 

 4,800 

 5,840 

 5,200 

 5,320 

 5,690 

 5,200 

 5,920 

 5,000 

 5,240 

 5,360 

 5,280 



T3 

 O 



B 



h3 



In. 



2i 

 3 



2^ 

 3 



2i 



3^ 



3 



3 



3 



3 



2i 



3" 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



2h 



3~ 



3 



3 



2i 



3 

 3 

 3 



o 



2h 



3 



3 



Size of 

 Pea. 



Large 



Small 



Medium 

 Large . . 



Medium 



Large.. . 

 Small . . 

 Medium 



Small . . 

 Large. . . 

 Medium 



Large 



Small 

 Large , 



Very large 

 Small . 

 Medium 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



en 



3 



P3 



40 . 



38 50 



38 40 



38 40 



38 30 



37 30 



37 20 



36 40 



35 40 



35 30 



35 20 



34 40 



34 20 



34 .. 



33 20 



33 .. 



32 50 



32 40 



32 30 



32 20 



32 10 

 32 



30 40 



30 30 



30 20 



29 20 



28 40 



28 30 



28 10 

 28 



27 20 



27 10 



26 40 





Lbs. 



62i 



02 



01 



cii 



63 



601 



60 



01 



02 



60 



60^ 



61 



60 



61i 



61i 



61 



60^ 



60 



61 



62 



60i 



60 



61 



6H 



62 



01 



62i 



61 1 



Oil 



60^ 



60 



02 



62 



EXPERIMENTS \YITH INDIAN CORN. 



Nineteen varieties of corn were tested tliis year on soil which was quite sandy. 

 This had been in wheat the previous year, and with the wheat about 10 lbs. of red clover 

 seed was sown. The clover made a strong growth after the wheat was harvested, and was 

 ploughed under early the following spring, and harrowed several times before the corn 

 was planted. As in previous years, all the varieties were tested in drills three feet apart 

 in the drill, and the corn thinned to about six inches apart, and in hills three feet apart 

 "each way, and about three plants in the hill. In this district where there is as a rule 

 plenty of rain all summer, and a great deal of foliage on the stallis, we have generally 

 found a better development of ears when grown in hills, and where there was corn on 

 the ear it was more matured than that in the rows. Further, the hills give more room 

 for air and sunlight, and a better chance to fight the weeds, as the horse hoe can be 

 used both ways. This probably more than compensates for the larger crops secured from 



