REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACK AT 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERTMENT WITH TARES. 



Sown on one-twontioth iicre plot of fallowed land, May 2. Tlipo Auffnst 17; days 

 to mature, 107. Straw strong, 40 inches long. Pod, 2 inches long. Yield per acre, 

 24 bu "hels 44 lbs., at 54 lbs. per bushel. 



EXPERIMENT WITH CANARY GRASS. 

 (Phalaris Canariensis). 



Sown on one-twentieth acre of fallowed land on May 8. Ripe August 15; time 

 to mature, 99 days. Straw strong, length 34 inches. Heads 1^ inches long. Weight 

 of straw, 3,820 lbs. per acre. Yield of grain, 37 bushels (of 48 lbs.) per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MILLETS. 



Five varieties of millet were sown May 9, but were com.pletely destroyed by cut- 

 worms. 



EXPERIMENT WITH HORSE BEANS. 



Sown May 9, in rows 21, 28, 35 and 42 inches apart. Cut September 17. 



Height. Green f&dder. 



YieM per acre. 



Rows 21 inches apart 36 inches. 11 tons 1,850 lbs. 



"28 " 36 " 8 " 550 " 



"35 " 36 " 8 " 480 " 



"42 " 36 " 7 " 1,070 " 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SOJA BEANS. 



Sown May 9, in rows 21, 28, 35 and 42 inches apart. Cut September 17. 



Height. Grean fo;!cier. 



yield per acre. 



Rows 21 inches apart 30 inches. 4 tons 250 lbs. 



« 28 " 30 " 3 " 900 " 



"35 " 30 " 2 " 950 " 



"42 " 30 " 2 " 110 " 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



The flax test was made on Western Rye Grass sod, broken in June of the preced- 

 ing year. A considerable number of the plants in all the plots were destroyed by cut- 

 worms, but as soon as observed, the eaten spots were resown, and eventually the crop 

 ripened before frost came. 



Poisoned bran — 1 lb. Paris green to 100 parts moistened bran — was scattered on 

 the plots where the worms were working. This remedy, which is cheap and easily 

 applied, stopped further loss. 



