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tances, viz., 21, 28, 35 and 42 inches apart. The soil was a sandy loam of fair quality; 

 the previous crop was barley. The land was gang-ploughed shortly after harvest, vei-y 

 shallow, to start weed seeds and shed grain, and ploughed aaain later in the autumn, 

 about seven inches deep. During the winter of 1899-1900, this land received a dressing 

 of barn-yard manure, fresh from the bam-yard, which was distributed over the land 

 in small piles of about one-third of a cart-load each. In the spring of 1900, the 

 manure was spread and ploughed under abotit six inches deep, and the land harrowed 

 twice before sowing. The corn was sown with the seed-drill on May 25, and cut for 

 ensilage on September 12. Four rows were sown in each case, and the yield per acre 

 has been estimated from the weight obtained from the two inside rows, 66 feet long. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS. 



Twenty-seven varieties of turnips were on trial during the past season, all sown 

 side by side on similar land. The soil was a heavy sandy loam of good quality, more 

 or less mixed with clay. The previous crop was experimental plots of wheat and 

 barley. Luring ihe winter of lb99 and 1900 this land received a dressing of about 

 12 tons of fresh barn-yard manure per acre, which was placed on the frozen ground in 

 small piles of about a third of a cart-load each to prevent fermentation. This was 

 spread in the spring, ploughed under about six inches deep, harrowed with the smooth- 

 ing harrow, and cultivated before sowing. The land was then made up in drills two 

 feet apart, and rolled with a heavy land roller, which flattened the drills nearly one- 

 half, leaving a firm seed bed. The seed was sown at the rate of three pounds per 

 acre. Two sowings were made of each sort, the first on May 16, the second on May 

 80. They were also pulled on two different dates. The first pulling was on October 

 16 and the second on November 6. The yield per acre has been calculated from the 

 weight of roots gathered from one row 66 feet in length. 



