REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



461 



the drills. All the plots were sown May 20, and cut October 8, 10 and 11. Four rows 

 one hundi-ed feet long wore planted, and the weight per acre computed from the crop 

 obtained from 66 feet of the two centre rows in each case. 



INDIAN COliN TEST OF VARIETIES. 



B 



Name of Variety. 



When 

 Tasselled , 



1 Compton's Early 



2 Superior Fodder 



3 Salzer's All Gold 



4 Mammoth Cuban 



5 Eureka 



6 Angel of Midnight 



7 Giant Prolific Ensilage. . . 



8 Red Cob Ensilage 



9 Early Butler 



10 Cloud's Early Yellow .... 



11 Champion White Pearl. . 



12 Pride of the North 



13 White Cap Yellow Dent. 



14 Longfellow , 



15 King Philip. 



16 Selected Learning . 



17 Early Mastodon Sept. 



18 North Dakota White L\ug. 



19 Evergreen Sugar Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



Aug. 



II 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



Sept. 



Aug. 



18.. 



4.. 

 10.. 

 12.. 

 28 , 

 24.. 



1.. 

 28., 

 24., 

 18.. 



4.. 



1. 



1., 

 18., 

 16., 

 28., 



4., 

 26. 



6. 



In SUk. 



Aug. 24. 



Sept. 20. 



.. 28. 



M 30. 



.. 14. 



,. 10. 



,. 20. 



1. 



5. 



7. 



M 20. 



„ 14. 



n 15. 



3. 



„ 14. 



„ 22. 



Oct. 1. 



Sept. 12. 



,. 20. 



Early 

 Milk. 



Sept. 20. 



Oct. 6. 

 Sept. 30. 

 Oct. . 6. 

 Sept. 20. 



M 30. 



.. 24. 



Oct. 1. 



8. 



Sept. 30. 



„ 20. 



Oct. 8. 



1. 



Oct. 



Condition 

 when out. 



Roasting ear 

 Eais formed 

 In silk. . , 



Early milk. 



Late milk 

 Early milk. 

 Late milk. 

 Early milk. 



Late milk 

 Early milk. 



In silk. . . 

 Early milk 



Weight per I 



Acre 



grown in 



Rows. 



m 



C 



19 



18 



16 



16 



14 



14 



13 



13 



13 



12 



11 



11 



10 



10 



10 



9 



9 



7 



6 



1,840 



88 



1,440 



560 



600 



490 



1,500 



1,500 



400 



240 



1,640 



1,430 



1,560 



1,120 



20 



1,800 



1,690 



300 



670 



Weight per 



Acre 



grown in 



Hills. 



o 



J2 



15 360 



15 800 



15 1,240 



10 1,240 

 15 800 



11 1,800 

 14 1,480 

 13 620 



11 

 13 

 13 

 12 



110 



180 



400 



90 



U 1,980 



9 1,800 



9 700 



10 240 



8 1,820 



8 1,380 



6 10 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH TUR:N'IPS. 



Twenty-five varieties of turnips were tested this year. The land was a sandy loam 

 which had given a crop of wheat in 1902, and was seeded with clover with the wheat, 

 top dressed with about 12 tons of barnyard manure per acre in the winter of 1902 and 

 1903. The clover, which was a fine stand, was mown twice in 1903, and a fine aftermath 

 turned under in November of 1903. It was disked and harrowed, and given another 

 light dressing of stable manure in early spring. This was well worked into tlie soil 

 with disk and drag, and the land was in good condition when the seed was sown. Two 

 sowings of each sort were made, the first May 13, and the second May 27. Had the sea- 

 son been a normal one there would doubtless have been a heavy yield. All were sown 

 on the flat in drills, four rows of 100 feet length, 30 inches apart, were sown in each 

 test, and the yield per acre computed from 66 feet of the two centre rows. All were 

 harvested October 24. 



