84 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 

 PEASE. 



Prussian Blue. — 8 acres. This crop was grown on land that had beeii pastured 

 for two years. It had been broken up early the preceding autumn. The seeding was 

 done May 11, and the crop matured in 108 days, August 27. The growth of straw 

 was heavy, but grain light, yielding 18i bushels per acre. Measured bushel weighed 

 63 lbs. 



Cost of Growing 8 Acres of Pease. 



Eent of land at $3 per acre $24 00 



i manure, 15 tons to acre at $1 24 00 



Ploughing in autumn at $2 per acre IG 00 



Harrowing and cultivating in spring 7 50 



Seed, 16 bushels at 80c 12 80 



Cutting 1 day, team and 2 men 5 00 



Drowing in, 2 teams and 4 men, 1 day 11 00 



Threshing at 2i cents per bushel, 147 bushels 3 68 



Total $103 98 



Yield : 147 bushels grain or 8,820 pounds, and 20 tons straw. 



Cost to produce 1 ton grain $15 70 



Cost to produce 1 bushel grain 47*1 



Cost to produce 1 ton straw 1 73 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. digestible dry matter, grain.. .. 90 "2 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. digestible dry matter, straw. ... 21 



MIXED CROP EXPERIMENT. 



Side by side on the first year of the rotation field, that is on what had been pas- 

 ture the preceding year, were sown 8 plots of 2 acres each, the aim being to get some 

 data as to the comparative yields of crops grown as mixtures and as pure grains. 



Pounds of grain. 



Plot 1, pure pease, yielded 2,202 



Plot 2. pure barley, yielded 2,504 



Plot 3, pure oats, yielded 4,119 



Plot 4, mixture, barley 1 bushel, oats 1 bushel, pease 1 bushel, 



yielded 3,117 



Plot 5, mixture, pease 1 bushel, oats 2 bushels, yielded 2,493 



Plot 6, mixture, oats 1^ bushels, barley 1 bushel, yielded .... 2.915 

 Plot 7, mixture, wheat ^ bushel, barley | bushel, oats 1 bushel, 



pease f bushel, yielded 3,120 



Plot 8, mixture, oats and pease equal parts by weight, yielded 1,341 



It wo\ild be difficult to put a value on the straw from thei various plots. Plot 8 

 gave a very heavy yield, of coarse long straw. The soil was in this case of a mucky 

 nature. 



MILLET. 



A plot, 1 acre in area, was sown to domestic millet. The soil, a sandy loam, was 

 rather wet, due to imperfect drainage. It had been in pasture the preceding year. 

 The millet was sown broadcast, and made a fair growth. Sown June 15, it was har- 

 vested for hay August 24, and yielded 1 ton 920 pounds of dry fodder. After har- 

 vesting it made a fair growth on the stubble, but not sufficient to v/arrant cxitling 

 again.' 



