404 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 

 EXPEETMEXT WITH SUXFLOWEES. 



(Plot l-20th Acre.) 



Mammoth Russian — Sown May 25 ; frozen September 13 ; height, 7 feet. 

 A few heads which had matured before frost came were saved but the greater 

 portion of the crop was lost. 



EXPERIMENT WITH SPRING RYE. 



(Plot 3 Acres.) 



Sown May 22 ; cut September 3 ; time to mature 104: days. 

 Straw, 38 inches long ; growth, strong ; length of head, 4 inches ; yield of 

 straw, 3,800 pounds per acre, of grain, 21 bushels 26 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH HORSE BEANS. 



(Sown in rows in l-20th acre plots on May 18.) 



Rows. 21 inches apart ; height of straw, 33 inches ; length of pod, 3 inches ; cut 

 September 10 ; yield, 6 tons 1,800 pounds per acre. 



Rows, 28 inches apart ; height of straw, 29 inches ; length of pod, 3 inches ; cut 

 September 10 ; yield, 8 tons 130 pounds per acre. 



Rows. 35 inches npart ; height of straw, 35 inches ; length of pod, 3 inches ; cut 

 September 10 ; yield, 8 tons 320 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SO J A BEANS. 



(Sown in rows in l-20th acre plots on May 18.) 



Rows, 21 inches apart ; length of straw, 32 inches ; yield, 8 tons 1,000 pounds per 

 acre. 



Rows, 28 inches apart ; length of straw, 31 inches ; yield, 7 tons 600 pounds per 

 acre. 



Rows, 35 inches apart ; length of straw, 31 inches ; yield, 7 tons 1,200 pounds per 

 acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD BEANS. 



(l-20th acre plots, sown May 18 ; frozen September 13.) 



Marrowfat' — Length of straw, 29 inches ; yield, 5 tons 1,040 pounds per acre. 

 "White Field — Length of straw, 28 inches ; yield, 3 tons 880 pounds per acre. 

 ^Mexican Tree — Length of straw, 17 inches ; yield, 1 ton 720 pounds per acre. 

 California Pea — Length of straw, 15 inches ; yield, 3 tons 880 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENT WITH TUREIESTAN ALFALFA. 



(Size of plot, l-20th acre.) 



Sown in sheltered ground on May 22. 



Catch good ; growth strong and even ; plants 24 inches high on October 1. Thia 

 variety promises well. 



