REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE. 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



INDIAN" COEN PLANTED AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



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Three varieties of corn were chosen for this test, and the distances rangred from 

 21 inches apart to 3^, feet. The plants were thinned to 6 inches apart in rhe rows. 

 The closer planting has in each case given the heaviest yield, but the ears were fewer, 

 not so well filled out, nor so long or as well matured as where the rows were wider 

 apart. The hills were of equal distance apart, and were thinned to three or four 

 strong plants in each hill. The soil was sandy loam, and the yields per acre have 

 been calcidated from the weight of green corn cut from two rows, each 66 feet long. 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow . 



Champion White Pearl. 



Selected Leaming . 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 



Distance apart 

 in rows. 



23 



23 

 23.. 35 

 23.. 42 

 23..|21 

 23.. 28 



21 inches apart . 



28 



23. 

 23. 

 23. 



35 

 42 

 21 



23.. 128 



23. 

 23. 



35 

 42 



Distance apart 

 in hills. 



21 inches 



28 



35 



42 



21 



28 



35 



42 



21 



28 



35 



42 



apart 



Condition 

 when cut. 



Early milk 



Weight 



per 



acre grown 



in rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



19 228 



21 145 



17 1074 



18 1528 

 32 1820 

 25 1055 

 24 428 

 18 1714 

 30 1166 

 23 671 



22 1962 

 17 1263 



Weight 



per 



acre grown 



in hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



21 581 



21 1843 



15 1228 



17 1384 

 31 1206 



244 

 499 



18 1431 

 30 852 



22 1822 

 22 1030 



16 246 



26 

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EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS. 



Twenty-eight varieties of turnips were tested, two sowings of each variety being 

 made. The first on May 18 and the second on June 1, and the roots from both sowings 

 were pulled on October 23. The land was similar in character and preparation to that 

 on which the mangels were sown, and, but for the damage done to the crop by cut- 

 worms it would have been a very heavy one as the stand was even and very promising 

 when they came up. The roots averaged small but uniform, and the quality is very 

 good. Four rows of one hundred feet each were sown of each variety at both sowings, 

 and the yield per acre has been computed from 66 feet of the two centre rows in each 

 case. 



