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HORSE BEANS. 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



Three plots of horse beans were sown April 25. 



Plot 7, sown in drills 21 inches apart; seed did not germinate evenly. Growth 

 poor, stalks about 20 inches long, not well podded. Weight when cut 2 tons 840 lbs. 



Plot 8, 28 inches apart in the drill; stalks 24 to 30 inches long; not many pods; 

 weight when cut 2 tons 1,620 lbs. 



Plot 9, 35 inches apart in the drill; pods 2 to 2 J inches long; not well filled; 

 weight when cut 2 tons 1,080 lbs. 



These plots were badly infested with aphis early in August, which doubtless re- 

 duced the yield; cut October 10 to October 31. 



Soja Beans.' — These make a better growth on our warm sandy soil than the horse 

 bean, and as they branch freely, and have a great deal of foliage, as well as many 

 pods, the cattle, horses, pigs and sheep are very fond of them, and on rich land fairly 

 heavy crops can be raised, but clover can be grown so much more cheaply and more 

 feed per acre can be got from clover, that it does not pay except under exceptional 

 conditions to raise Soja beans, especially as the seed seldom ripens suffi-ciently to be of 

 use. 



Three plots were sown April 25 and harvested October 10, at which time a fair 

 percentage of the pods contained seeds in a nearly matured state. 



Plot 10, sown at 21 inches apart in the drill; a fair even stand; well podded and 

 rery leafy; pods 1 to IJ inches long, containing from 1 to 3 seeds each; stalks 24 to 

 30 inches, and well branched ; weight when cut 4 tons 400 lbs. 



Plot 11, so^^n at 28 in<3hes apart in the drill; well podded; very leafy and well 

 ibranehed; pods more matured than where closer together in the drills; weight when 

 cut 4 tons 1,160 lbs. 



Plot 12, sown at 35 inches apart in the drills; a fine stand; stalks 30 to 40 inches 

 long; well branched and very leafy; well podded and the pods and seeds more mature 

 than those on the plots where the drills were closer together; weight when cut 4 tons 

 1,040 lbs. per acre. 



CLOA"ER VERSUS CORN FOR ENSILAGE. 



As the weather in June is so often showery, that hay is very difficult to harvest 

 and as clover makes good ensilage, it was thought desirable to compare the crop of an 

 acre of average clover, with an acre of corn. Clover had been seeded in the spring of 

 1903, and immediately after the wheat crop with which it was grown had been harvested 

 a dressing of about ten tons per acre of barn -yard manure was applied, direct from the 

 stable as fast as it was made, and in spring was harrowed to break up the manure. 



The first cutting was made June 20, a bright clear day, and the crop was hauled 

 direct to the barn, weighed and put into the silo. The second crop was cut August 3 

 and put into the silo. The first cutting weighed 13 tons 273 pounds, second cutting, 

 12 tons 1,450 pounds, making a yield of 25 tons 1,723 pounds per acre. 



One acre of Compton's Early corn, which is one of the best for this locality, 

 planted May 20 and cut October 8, when in roasting ear weighed 19 tons 1,840 pounds, 

 making a difference of nearly six tons per acre in favour of clover. There is a difference 

 in favour of the clover in the cost of production and also in the condition in which 

 the land is left for further cropping. 



GAEDEN VEGETABLES. 



Radishes. — Sown April 11. 



Early Scarlet Turnip. Eit for use. May 8. Crisp, sweet. 

 Olive-shaped Scarlet. Fit for use.. May 12. Crisp. 

 French Breakfast. Fit for use. May 20. Very good- 



