288 EXPERIMESTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD GEAIX. 



In order to determine the relative yield of mixed grain as compared with single 

 varieties, plots of one acre each were laid out on a field of as uniform a character as 

 possible. This land was a light loam, of poor quality, the only manure used for many 

 years being a crop of peas ploughed under green in; 1899. This crop was ploughed 

 under in September as green manure. The land was again ploughed late in the fall 

 to a uniform depth of 6 inches. 



This was worked up in the spring with the disc, spring-tooth and smoothing 

 harrows, each going over it once. Complete fertilizer at the rate of 100 pounds per 

 acre was drilled in with the grain. One acre of mixed grain was also sown without 

 fertilizer to determine the increased yield from the small quantity of fertilizer used. 

 Five acres of land similar in character, and having had similar treatment to the 

 above, were also sown with mixed grain and fertilized as above. 



The seed was sown June 11, at the rate of 3 bushels per acre. The mixed grain 

 was in the proportion of 2 bushels oats, 1 bushel barley, and i bushel peas. The 

 yield per acre obtained from this field is as follows : — 



Bush. Lbs. 



1 acre oats (Imported Irish) .31 10 



1 " (Rosedale) 33 8 



1 " (Banner) 3.5 26 



1 acre mixed grain 36 6 



1 " (not fertilized) 30 6 



5 " (fertilized) 37 



FIELD CROPS OF MIXED GRAIN. 



To find out the gain, if any, of seeding heavy, an experiment was conducted on 

 plots of one acre each with mixed grain. The grain was mixed in the same proportion 

 as that sown on the above field. This field had as a previous crop mixed grain, this 

 being the first time the land had been ploughed for many years, never having been 

 manured. 



The field was ploughed in the fall of 1899 to an average depth of 6 inches, and in 

 the spring was once worked with the disc, spring-tooth and smoothing harrows. Com- 

 plete fertilizer at the rate of 200 pounds per acre was drilled in with the grain. The 

 grain was sown June 8. 



Two acres were marsh mudded at the rate of 90 tons per acre, and one acre of 

 this was left without fertilizer, the other being fertilized at the rate of 100 pounds 

 per acre. The following yields were obtained from the five acres : — 



Bush. Lbs. 



1 acre, 2 bushels seed sown per acre 30 12 



1 " 2* " " 36 24 



3 " 3 " " 39 8 



1 " 3 " « mudded and fer- 

 tilized 43 12 



1 " 3 bushels seed sown per acre, mudded and no fer- 

 tilizer used 40 



FIELD CROPS OF OATS ON MARSH. 



Five acres of marsh was ploughed in the fall of 1899, and in the spring it was 

 worked ui) wiih the spade and spring-tooth harrows. It was sown by hand at the rate 

 of 31- bushels per acre. Banner oats were used. 



Clover and timothy were sown at the same time at the rate of 3 pounds alsike and 

 7 pounds Mammoth red clover, with 12 pounds of timothy seed per acre. The land 

 was harrowed once with the spring-tooth harrow after the grain was sown, and once 

 with the smoothing harrow after the grass-seed was sown. No fertilizer of any kind 

 was used. The yield per acre was 53 bushels 15 pounds. 



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