REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 283 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FIELD CKOPS OF MIXED GEAIN. 



Seven acres also were sown with mixed oats, barley and pease. The land was. a 

 clay loam, the previous crop being clover hay, the aftermath being ploughed under in 

 the fall. No fertilizer was used for this crop. It was sown June 18 and cut September 

 18. The yield was 41 bushels 6 lbs. per acre, weighing 40 lbs. per busheL 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Twenty-three varieties' of Indian corn were sown in rows 36 inches apart and also 

 in hills 36 inches apart each way. The land was a clay loam, the previous crop having 

 been clover hay. Stable manure at the rate of 20 loads per acre was spread on in the 

 fall of 1905 and ploughed under together with the crop of grass in the spring of 1906. 

 Early in June, just before planting, this was worked into a good condition of tilth, 

 when a complete fertilizer at the rate of 300 lbs. per acre was sown broadcast and 

 harrowed in. 



The corn was planted June 8 by hand machine. When the plants were about 

 6 inches high they were thinned out, leaving them from 4 to 6 inches apart where 

 in rows and from 3 to 6 plants per hill, where in hills. The land was gone over with 

 a very light harrow before the plants came up and four times with the cultivator dur- 

 ing the next four weeks. From the first this crop made satisfactory growth. The 

 following yields were obtained: — 



Corn — Test op Varieties. 



c 

 5? 



Name of Variety. 



1 Early Mastodon 



2 Thoroughbred White Flint. . . 



3 Angel of Midnight 



4 Eureka 



5 Early Learning 



Evergreen Sugar 



t Compton's Early 



8 Champion White Prarl 



fl North Dakota White 



10 Giant Prolific Ensilagt- 



11 Selected Learning 



12 Cloud's Early Yellow 



13 Longfellow 



14 Red Cob Ensilage 



15 Early Butler 



Ifi Superior Fodder 



17 Early Longfellow.. 



ISAVhite Cap Yellow Dent. . . . 



19 Mammoth Cuban 



20 Pride of the North 



2lSalzer's All Gold 



22 Wood's Northern Dent 



2.^ King Philip 



Height. 



Inches. 



Leafiness. 



106 Medium 

 94 



Leafy 

 Fair. . 



86 

 108 



96 



9t\ 



86 



90 



84 

 100 

 100 

 l')8 



87 

 104 



94 



96 



80 Leafy 



96 Fair 



96 

 104 



96 Leafy . . 



90 



80 



Leafy . . 

 Fair. . . . 

 Leafy . . 

 It . . 

 Medium 



Fair. 



When 



Tassel- 

 led. 



Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



In Silk. 



29 Sept. 



27 j .. 

 15 Aug. 



5 



27 Sept. 



27 .. 

 15 'Aug. 



29 Sept. 



17 M 



30 .. 

 27 u 



5 



15 

 31 

 29 



5[ 



15 Aug. 

 22 Sept. 

 29 „ 



5' 



31 Sept. 

 29 

 20 



Condition 

 when out. 



Watery 



II . . . . 

 Soft glazed. 



II . . 

 Watery 



11 . . . . 

 Soft glazed. 



Watery 



Soft glazed. 

 Watery 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



. Silking 



27 Soft glazed 

 15 Watery. 

 10 



Weight 



per Acre 



grown in 



rows. 



Tons. Lbs. 



Soft glazed. 

 Watery 



Watery 



II . . . . 

 Soft glazed. 



25 

 25 

 24 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 10 

 15 



Weight 



per Acre 



grn'.vTi in 



hiUs. 



Tons. Lbs. 



19 

 17 

 16 

 18 

 17 

 19 

 17 



600; 



160 

 1,500 

 l,85t) 



550 



330 



900 



20 18 



1,800 20 



1,800 15 



1,230 19 



920 20 

 1,600 18 

 1,27 J 12 



170 17 

 1,9.50,18 

 1,950117 

 1,40015 



850 13 

 1,70014 



650 13 



450,18 

 1.900 16 



1,380 



1,750 



1,550 



850 



100 



500 



100 



300 



1,470 



1,3.50 



170 



150 



1,9-0 



7.50 



l,2'-0 



1,400 



050 



580 



9.-0 



1,1.50 



1,500 



1,400 



1,330 



