REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKA7. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



Sowing different quantities per acre, and at different dates, 

 summer-fallow. Sown by hoe-drilL 



403 



Soil, clay-loam, 



401b8 



80 



40 



80 



40 



80 



40 



80 



Seed per Acre. 





Lbs. 



280 

 1,260 

 2,170 

 2,100 

 1,540 

 1,680 

 1,470 

 1,890 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



11 12 



11 22 



12 8 



13 18 

 12 34 

 12 36 

 10 44 



Expe^ iments were made with buckwheat and tares, but in both instances the crop 

 was destroyed by wind. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MILLETS. 



(Plots l-20th Acre each.) 



White Round Extra French, 

 Moha Hungarian, 

 Algerian, 

 Japanese, 



Italian, 



Pearl, 



Golden. 



(Sown May 18.) 



All except Japanese were killed out b.y drought. 

 Japanese, cut for ensilage September 5, in head. 

 Yield, 12 tons 1,000 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENT W^TH CANARY-GRASS. 



(Phalaris canariensis.) 



Sown May 15 ; cut August 20 ; time to mature 90 days. 

 Straw, 36 inches long ; heads, li inches long ; straw, strong. 

 Weight of straw, 3,350 pounds per acre. 

 Yield per acre, 23 bushels 20 pounds. 



EXPERIMENT WITH WHITE FLAX. 



(Received from Alfred Boyd, Esq., Toronto, Ont.) 

 Sown May 22 ; cut September 10 ; straw, 12 inches long. 

 This flax made a weak growth and ripened very unevenly. 



* Destroyed by wind. 

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