REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



31 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. IS 



Variety. 



LonnfcUov) Corn Sown After. 



Oats Banner, 1S<)0, no clover. . . 

 Oats BanniT, 1899, with clover. . . 

 Barley ^ien-;ury, 1899, no clover . . 

 Barley Mensury, 1S99, with clover 

 Wlieat Preston, 1S99, no clover. . . 

 Wheat Preston, 1899, with clover. 



Late Milk. 



Late milk. 



Condition 

 when cut. 



Late milk. 



Weight per 



acre 



grown in rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



14 

 18 

 16 

 17 

 16 

 19 



1800 

 1720 

 1440 

 lliO 

 1160 

 1560 



While the effect as shown by the figures given has been very decided, the clover 

 was sown in this instance also, too late for the best residts to be obtained. 



ESrCEEASE IN THE YIELD OF POTATOES BY THE PLOUGHING UNDER 



OF GKEEN CLOVER. 



In the spring of 1899, six plots of one-fortieth acre each were sown with grain, two 

 with Preston wheat, two with Mensury barley and two with Banner oats. One plot in 

 each case had clover sown with the grain, at the rate of 12 pounds per acre, the other 

 had no clover. The soil was a sandy loam. In the spring of 1900, the clover was 

 ploughed under, and the plots were all planted with one variety of potatoes, Rochester 

 Rose. These were planted on May 28, came up June 15, and were dug October 5. with 

 the following results : — 



Yield per acre. 

 Bus. Lbs. 



Plot No, 1, on which Preston wheat was sown in 1899, without 



clover 280 40 



Plot No. 2, on which Preston wheat was sown in 1899, with 



clover 320 . . 



Plot No. 3, on which Banner oats was sown, without clover. . 290 40 



Plot No. 4, on which Banner oats was sown, with clover. . . . 301 20 



Plot No. 5, on which Mensury barley was sown, without clover. 280 . . 



Plot No. 6, on which Mensury barley was sown, with clover. . 330 .. 



EFFECTS OF FERTILIZERS ON SPRING WHEAT AND OATS. 



During the past season two series each, consisting of sixteen one-eightieth acre 

 plots, have been laid out, twelve of which in each set have been treated with different 

 fertilizers, and the remaining four left as check plots, receiving no fertilizers. One 

 set of these plots has been sown with spring wheat of the variety known as Preston, 

 the other with Ligowo oats. 



The object in view in this test is to watch the effects on land in a fair average 

 condition of fertility, of barn-yard manure fresh and rotted, fresh slaked lime, nitrate 



