450 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 

 EXPEKIMENTS WITH FODDEE PLANTS. 



The following fodder plants were tested again this year. The Japanese millet 

 being a strong grower, and the stalks very leafy, was sown in drills 9 inches apart ; 

 all the others were sown in drills 7 inches apart. The soil was a warm loam, which 

 had produced a crop of potatoes in 1899, and was in good condition. The weather 

 was so wet when the crops were cut that they were put into the silo, it being impossible 

 to cure them. The Japanese millet is the best and most valuable of this class of 

 plants, so far tested here, being a strong grower with long heavy heads and the stalks 

 are very leafy, and it is readily eaten by all kinds of stock. 



The Soja bean is also a very valuably fodder plant. 



All were sown May 15, and cut October 11. 



MILLETS. 



Plot 1 — Japanese Millet : — 



Length of stalk, 40 to 48 inches. 

 Length of head, 3J to- 8 inches. 

 Yield when cut green, per acre, 7 tons. 



Plot 2— Golden Millet :— 



Length of stalk, 26 to 30 inches. 

 Length of head, 2^ to 6 inches. 

 Weight when cut green, per acre, 5 tons 1,120 pounds. 



Plot 3— Italian Millet :— 



Length of stalk, 30 to 36 inches. 



Length of head, 6 to 8 inches. 



Weight per acre, cut green, 5 tons 1,600 pounds. 



Plot 4 — White Round Extra French : — 



Length of stalk, 24 to 28 inches. 



Length of head, 2i to 3 inches. 



Weight per acre, cut green, 3 tons 1,600 pounds. 



Plot 5— Early Pearl :— 



Length of stalk, 32 to 36 inches. 



Length of head, 4 to 6 inches. 



Weight per acre, cut green, 3 tons 1,440 pounds. 



Plot 6— Pearl Millet :— 



Length of stalk, 32 to 36 inches. 



Length of head, 3i to 6 inches. 



Weight per acre, cut green, 4 tons 800 pounds. 



Plot 7 — Hungarian Grass : — 



Length of stalk, 34 to 36 inches. 



Length of head, 3 to 5 inches. 



Weight per acre, cut green, 5 tons 120 pounds, 



SOJA BEANS. 



Three plots of this bean were sown in drills, one at 21 inches apart, one at 28 

 inches, and one at 35 inches. 



The medium distance, or 28 inches, appears to be about right here, unless the 

 land is very fertile, when it would be better drilled in at 35 inches apart. Being 



