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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



The season was fairly favourable, but rather wet, with the exception of a period 

 during the latter part of August, and beginning of September, when splendid growth 

 was made, and many of the varieties matured quite sufficiently for good ensilage. 

 Owing to the other farm work being backward, on account of broken weather, the 

 corn crop was harvested late, but it was noticeable that the crop matured very little 

 during the last two weeks, it being both wet and cold. 



Thirty-two varieties were sown June 7. The crop was cut October 8, not having 

 sustained any frost The yield per acre is calculated from two rows, each 66 feet 

 long : — 



INDIAN CORN-TEST OF VARIETIES. 



s 



t5 



1 



Name of Variety. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 1.3 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 



Rural Thorobred White 



Flint 



Champion White Pearl. 



Superior Fodder 



Cloud's Early Yellow... 



Mammoth Cuban 



North Dakota White. . . 



Pride of the North 



Red Cob Ensilage 



Early Butler 



Early Mastodon 



Giant Prolific Ensilage . 

 King of the Earliest. . . 



Angel of Midnight 



Selected Leaming 



White Cap Yellow Dent 



Evergreen Sugar 



Canada Wliite Flint 



Country Gentleman 



Mammoth 8 Rowed Flint 



Longfellow 



Pearce's Prolific 



Sanford 



Early August 



Salzer's All Gold 



Kendall's Early Giant. 

 Extra Early Huron Dent 



Compton's Early 



Mitchell's Extra Early. . . 



Extra Early Szekely 



YeUow Six Weeks 



Yellow Dakota 



Salzer's Earliest 



Height. Leafiness. 



Inches. 



106 



108 



98 



105 



96 



1C5 



98 



90 



94 



104 



100 



108 



90 



108 



104 



103 



98 



98 



100 



90 



96 



90 



85 



90 



85 



104 



88 



66 



84 



72 



64 



90 



Medium . 



Very. . . . 

 Medium . 



Very. . . . 

 Medium. 



Very. . . 

 Medium 



ti 

 Very. . . 



Medium 



Very. 



When 



Tassell- 



ed. 



Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



II 



Aug. 

 Sept. 

 Aug. 



Sept. 

 Auor. 



Sept. 



15 



12 



15 



3 



1 



21 



10 



15 



1 



6 



15 



15 



21 



25 



1 



3 



25 



1 



23 



20 



20 



23 



1 



1 



20 



23 



20 



13 



15 



13 



13 



1 



In Silk. 



Sept. 18 



„ 15 



3 



u 17 



Sept. 18 



Sept. 



Sept. 1 



Sept. 



Sept. a 



8 



1 



Aug. 23 



„ 24 



>, 20 



„ 23 



Sept. 15 



Condition 

 When Cut. 



Silked .... 



If 



Early milk. 



ir . 



H 



II • 



Silked....! 

 Early milk. 

 No ears. . . . 

 Silked..... 

 Early milk. 

 Glazed . . . . 

 Early milk, 



Silked 



Soft glazed 



Glazed 



II . . . . 

 Late milk. . 

 Silked... . 



II 



Late milk . 

 Soft glazed, 

 Glazed 



II 



If 



11 



M . . . 



Soft glazed 



Weight per 



Acre Grown 



in Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



27 

 27 

 23 

 25 

 26 

 23 

 22 

 25 

 20 

 22 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 22. 

 20 

 18 

 16 

 15 

 17 

 14 

 U 

 10 

 11 

 8 



1,.5.50 



1,000 



200 



1,150 



1,350 



750 



550 



1,150 



1,250 



5.50 



150 



1,050 



1,600 



350 



50 



700 



350 



1,800 



1,4.50 



1,450 



350 



1,256* 

 1,400 

 1,550 

 1,900 

 1,750 

 50 

 1,6.50 

 1,250 

 1,100 

 500 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SORGHUM AND BROOM CORN. 



One variety each of Sorghum and Broom Corn were sown June 7. The land was 

 a light clay loam, similar to that on which the other corn was grown, having received 

 the same treatment as the com plots, being on adjoining land. 



The seed was sown in rows 3 feet apart, and complete fertilizer, at the rate of 200 

 pounds per acre, applied. The crop was cut October 8, and the following yield was 

 obtained, calculated from two rows, each 66 feet long : — 



Yield per acre. 



Tons. 



Early Amber Sugar Cane 8 



Broom Corn 9 



Lbs. 

 650 



2no 



