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EJPERniEXTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



Flax — Test of Varieties. 



^ Xame of Variety, 



^ 



Character 



of 

 .Soil. 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



Common jCIay loam. 



Riga ! II 



linijroved Russian. 

 White Flowering.. 

 Yellow Seeded. . . . 



May 



I 



Weight 

 Straw. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. LVjs. 



1,800 

 2,480 

 1,820 

 2,7.-^0 

 1,760 



20 

 17 

 16 

 14 

 11 



20 

 48 

 44 

 36 

 24 



Weight 

 per Mea- 

 sured 

 Bushtl 

 after 

 Cleaning. 



Lbs. 



49h 



55" 



57 



55 



54^ 



Flax— Tkst of Sowixg Difpkrknt Quantitihs of Seed per Acre. 



Quantity of Seed 

 per Acre. 



20 lbs. 

 30 u . 

 40 M . 

 50 >, . 



May 8 

 8 



8 

 8 



Aug. 



1,4S0 

 1,000 

 1.680 

 1,660 



20 



20 

 18 



17 



40 

 52 

 28 



401 



rysh 



50" 

 49 



ALFALFA TESTS. 



In tliese tests it will be observed that Turkestan Alfalfa sown in 1904, stood two 

 winters and gave over 1^ tons of hay in the two cuttings, while the Common variety 

 sown at the same time was greatly injured. 



Of the two plots of Common Alfalfa clover sown in 1905, one was so badly in- 

 jured that it had to be cut over to check the weeds, while the other gave good returns. 



In the spring of 1905. Alfalfa seed was sent by the Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D.C., which had been secured from the following sources: Northern 

 Montana, Southern Montana, Nebraska, Samarkand (Turkestan), New York, Peru, 

 Minnesota (Grimm), Utah and First Quality Comm.ercial Seed. 



All the seed, as stated in my last report, germinated well, and made a good growth 

 during the season. Early in April all the plots made a start, but by May four were 

 quite dead, three were very uneven, and only one looked at all promising. 



Early in July the clover on the four plots was cut. One gave a good yield, while 

 the others had little or nothing except a promising crop of weeds. These plots were 

 cut again in August with much better results. 



Hay Crop. 



Variety. 



Western Rye Gras.s . . 



M II . . 



Awnless Brome Grass . 



Timothy. 

 Meadow . 



Year Sown. 



IflOl. 

 li'05. 

 1900. 

 1900. 

 *1899. 

 1905. 

 1904. 



Acres. 



2 



12 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. 

 2 

 1 

 

 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Lbs. 

 1,400 

 1,840 

 1,745 

 1,100 

 1,000 

 1,500 

 940 



'Renewed by shallow ploughing in 1904. 



