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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 

 Indian Corn Sown at Different Distances Apart. 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow . 



Selected Learning. 



Champion White Pearl 



Distance 



between 



rows. 



Inches. 



21 

 28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 



Height. 



Inches. 



73 



73 

 73 



t-> 



72 

 72 

 72 



72 

 82 

 82 

 82 

 82 



Condition 



When 



Cut. 



Early milk . 



Weight 

 per acre 

 in rows. 



Weight 



per acre 



in hUls. 



Tons. Lbs. Tons. Lba 



Late milk. . . 



17 

 14 

 16 

 14 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 24 

 19 

 14 

 15 



697 

 1,700 

 1,943 

 1,417 

 1,714 

 1,640 



395 

 1,040 

 1,028 



600 

 1,869 



548 



15 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 18 

 16 

 16 

 13 

 21 

 18 

 14 

 14 



.548 



1,437 



1,643 



97 



960 

 1,377 

 1,716 

 1,908 

 1,368 

 1,620 



964 

 1,894 



Average Yield at Different Distances. 



FIELD ROOTS. 



The past season has been a very unfavourable one for all classes of field roots. 

 The very loose and dry condition of the soil at sowing time caused it to drift with 

 (he wind, in some instances carrying the seed into adjoining fields. No rain fell 

 between the date of sowing and June 26 so that very few seeds germinated until July 

 1, making the season much too short for any of the field roots. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TURx^IPS. 



In common with other field roots, turnips have given a small yield, t-his year the 

 returns being about one-half of an ordinary crop. The soil chosen for these experi- 

 ments was a rich clay loam ; the previous crop was fodder com. Two sowings were 

 made of each variety. The first plots were sown May 19, the second on June 2. and the 

 roots from botli were pulled on October 29. The estimate of yield has been made from 

 the product of two rows each 66 feet long. 



