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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



FIELD CROP OF INDIAN CORN. 



Three acres of Indian corn were grown in four plots, two plots of one acre each 

 and two plots of one-half acre each. The land was a clay loam, the previous crop 

 being clover hay. The land was manured in the fall and early winter at the rate of 

 20 tons per acre, and ploughed under early in June along with the growth of grass. 

 The ground was well worked up with the spade and smoothing harrows. The varieties 

 known as Longfellow and Angel of Midnight were used for these plots — one acre of 

 each and one-half acre of each. 



The acre plot of Longfellow had manure only, the half acre plot had 300 lbs. per 

 acre of commercial fertilizer added. The acre plot of Angel of Midnight had manure 

 only, the half acre had 300 lbs. per acre of bone meal added. The corn was sown in 

 rows 35 inches apart with the drill seeder on June 8. The land was gone over once 

 with a light smoothing-harrow before the corn came up and cultivated with the one- 

 horse cultivator four times during the summer. The crop made very satisfactory 

 growth. The following table shows the results: — 



Field Crop of Corn. 



Name of Variety, How Fertilized, Sine of Plot. 



Longfdloiv (Out Oct. G to 8). 



\ acre — Manure, 20 loads; fertilizer, 300 lbs. per acre 



1.1 M only . 



Cost of commercial fertilizer, 300 lbs. at $30 per ton .$ 4 50 



Value of gain in crop over manure only 1 ton. 400 lbs. per acre at $2 per ton . 2 40 



Loss per acre $ 2 10 



Angel of Midnight (Cut Oct. 4 and 5). 



\ acre — Manure, 20 loads; fertilizer, bone meal, 300 lbs. per acre . . , . , 



111 M only 



Cost of commercial fertilizer, 300 lbs. at $30 per ton .$ 4 50 



Value of gain in crop over manure onlj', 550 lbs. per acre at S2 per ton 55 



Loss per acre $ 3 95 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



16 1,100 

 15 1,500 



15 1,050 

 15 500 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS. 



Twenty varieties of turnips were sown this year on a clay loam soil that had been 

 in clover the previous year. 



The ground was ploughed early in the fall and harrowed once with the spring- 

 tooth harrow. In the spring this was again cultivated with spade and spring-tooth 

 harrow. Barnyard manure was then spread on with the manure spreader at the rate 

 of 20 tons per acre, and ploughed under and again thoroughly cultivated. Complete 

 fertilizer at the rate of 500 lbs. per acre was then sown broadcast and harrowed in 

 with the smoothing harrow. Rows were made 24 inches apart, and the plants thinned 

 out to one foot apart in the rows. This crop made a very satisfactory growth for a 

 time, but continued dry weather in the latter part of the season materially reduced 

 the prospective crop. 



The yield was calculated from the weight obtained from two rows each 66 ft. long. 

 The first plots were sown June 16, and duplicate lots sown June 30, and all pulled 

 October 24. 



