REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKA7. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Indian Corn — Test of Seeding at Different Distances. 



401 



Name of Variety, 



Selected Leamhijr. 



Lonpffellow 



Champion White Pearl 



Distance 



between 



Rows. 



21 



28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 

 21 

 28 

 35 

 42 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Height. 



Iiicli 



When 

 Tasselled. 



Ana 



15.. 



20. 



20. 



25. 



15., 



20., 



25. 



25 



20. 



20. 



Weif!-ht per 



A ere 



Grown in 



Rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



23 

 17 

 15 

 16 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 16 

 22 

 22 

 19 

 18 



200 

 l,fi40' 



800^ 

 1,000 



9(;a 



1,600 

 810 

 1,600 

 8S0 

 1,540 

 1,270 

 1,620 



KOTATION OF CEOPS. 



The plan inaugurated in 1S99 for a rotation of crops was followed out this year, 

 but on account of winds and dry weather, the results are far from satisfactory. 



Plan for Series of Rotation of Crops Beginning in Spring of 1899. 



Rotation Test — Second Year 1900 — Plots Half Acre Eath. 



Stubble ploughed five inches deep, last week in October, 1899, and harrowed. 

 Ploughed again before seeding (three inches deep), 1900. 

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