REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 291 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPEKBIEXTS WITH BEANS. 



Two varieties of beans were sown with a view to test their relative value as a 

 fodder plant, Common Soja beans and Horse beans (Tick variety). These plots were 

 sown June 29 and cut October 8. The following yields were obtained from plots of 

 one-twentieth acre each. 



Variety. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



Soja Beans (preen) 1 6 1,800 



Horse Beans (green) | 12 1,800 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MHXET. 



Eive varieties of millet were grown in plots of one-fortieth acre each. The land 

 was a heavy clay loam in a poor state of fertility, not having had any manure for some 

 years. The ground was ploughed in the fall and well worked up in the spring and 

 sown June 29. The crop was cut October 9. The following yield was obtained, cut 

 green : — 



variety. 



Algerian 



Moha Hungarian .... 



Italian 



Pearl or Cat-tail 



White Round French 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



6 

 4 

 3 

 2 



9 



1,600 



200 



SO 



1,200 



1,080 



CLOVER EXPERIMENTS. 



Experiments were again conducted this season to determine the gain, If any, 

 from growing clover with grain crops for the purpose of ploughing under the growth 

 of clover made during the season for the l)enefit of future crops. The ground was the 

 same land as that on which similar clover experiments were carried on last season. 

 The soil was a clay loam in a fair state of fertility. Three kinds of grain in twelve 

 plots of one-fortieth acre each were grown, and each of those series of plots was treated 

 the same. Six plots were seeded down at the time the grain was sown, June 16, and 

 six plots with grain alone without clover. These plots were sown in a similar manner 

 last season, and those seeded to clover this year had been seeded 'to clover the previous 

 season also, and those not seeded to clover this year had not been seeded to clover the 

 previous year. No fertilizer has been used for years except the clover turned under. 

 The two previous years had a particularly light crop each year, both seasons being 

 unsuited to clover growing. 



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