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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 INDIAN CORN SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



o 



Name of Variety. 



Selected Learning. 



1 Longfellow. 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 1 ; Champion White Pearl. 



2 II If II 



O II fl tl 



Distance 

 Apart. 



Inches. 



24 

 30 

 36 

 42 

 24 

 30 

 36 

 42 

 24 

 30 

 36 

 42 



Height. 



Inches. 



90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 93 



Condition 

 when cut. 



In silk. 



Weight per 



acre, cut 



green. 



Tons. lbs. 



25 

 26 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 23 

 26 

 27 

 31 

 29 

 25 



1,810 



1,592 



1,500 



1,857 



1,460 



1,176 



640 



800 



1,440 



40 



300 



1,291 



It will be noticed that fodder corn planted in rows 30 inches apart and cultivate(f 

 gives the heaviest yield. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH FIELD EOOTS. 



This year all kinds of field roots fell below the average in yield, but the quality 

 was excellent. 



Two sowings, about two weeks apart, were made, but neither was touched with 

 frost. The yield from the earlier sowing was the better. This seems to have always 

 been the case here. 



TITEXIPS. 



Twenty varieties of turnips were sown on sandy loam, treated with well rotted 

 barnyard manure. Two sowings were made. There was no damage by frost or in- 

 sects. The yield was below the average of past years. 



The average yield, per acre, of Hartley's Bronze for five years has been 31 tons 

 7&7 lbs., or 1,046 bushels 27 lbs. 



The first plots were sown May 22 and pulled October 11; the second plots were 

 sown June 8 and pulled October 11. The yield from the earlier sowing was much the 

 larger. The estimate of yield per acre was made from two rows, each 66 feet long. 



