REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY 



353 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Tests of Alfalfa. 



Variety. 



Turkestan . 

 CoiiiDion. 



Inoculated seed . . 

 Untreated seed . . . 



Received from Dei>t. 



Year 



Sown. 



of Agriculture, Washington- 



Minnesota (Grimm). 



New York 



Samarkand 



Nebraska 



1004. 

 1904. 

 1905. 

 1905. 

 1905. 

 1905. 

 1 — 

 1905. 

 1905. 

 1905. 

 1905. 



First Ccttino. 



Second Cotting. 



Dato Cut. 



July 



July 



11. 



11. 



11. 

 4., 

 4., 

 4., 



11. 

 4 

 4. 

 4. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. 



Lbs. 



1,800 



9G0 



Cut for weeds. 





 

 



1,020 

 1,000 

 1,430 



2 180 



Cut for weeds. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



6. 



7. 

 7. 



7. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 









 



1 

 1 

 1 



1,940 

 1,020 

 1,370 

 756 

 112 

 1,378 



1 930 



1 500 



1 500 



1 450 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN COEN. 



Twenty-three varieties were sown on May 19, on backsetting, in rows 3C inches 

 apart, and also in hills three feet apart each way. Three varieties were also sown in 

 rows at four different distances apart. The corn was cut on September 13, the yield 

 of green fodder per acre being computed from the weight of two rows, each 66 feet 

 long. 



Cutworms did considerable injury to the corn when coming above ground, but by 

 applying, poisoned bran along the rows, and re-seeding at once, no loss resulted in tlie 

 end. 



Corn — Test of Vahieties. 



Name of Variety. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



6 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 U 

 15 

 IG 

 17 

 IS 

 19 

 20i 

 21 

 22 

 23 



Eureka 



Thoroughbred White Flint. 



Pride of the North 



Angel of Midnight 



Champion White Pearl 



Early Mastodon 



Giant Prolific Ensilage ... . 



Red Cob Ensilage 



Selected Learning 



T<ougfeIlow . , 



Evergreen Sugar 



Early Longfellow 



North Dakota White 



Cloud's Early Yellow 



Early Butler 



Co;npton'.'i Early 



King Philip 



Early Learning 



Salzer's All Gold 



White Cap Yellow Dent .. . 



Sujjerior Fodder . . 



Mauunoth Cuban 



Wood's Northern Dent 



Character 



of 



Soil. 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



Height. 



Inches. 



80 

 81 

 80 

 75 

 86 

 S5 

 80 

 92 

 80 

 75 

 75 

 75 

 75 

 94 

 90 

 82 

 80 

 80 

 85 

 90 

 75 

 80 

 82 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Weight 

 per Acre 



grown 

 in Rows. 



Weight 



per Acre 



grown 



in Hills. 



Ta-sselled 



In silk. 



Tons. Lbs. Tons. Lbs. 



Tasselled . , 



It , . . 



In silk . . . 



Tasselled . . 

 Early milk. 



In silk..", . 



Early milk. 

 In silk ... 



Early milk. 

 Tas.'^elled. . 

 InsUk ... 



16 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 U 

 U 

 U 

 11 

 10 



1,000 



1.570 



1,020 



800 



800 



l,9f'0 



],70<J 



1,150 



710 



100 



50 



50 



1,500 



l,5i;o 



620 



1,850 



1,6."0 



1,870 



1,650 



550 



1,240 



17 

 14 

 ]2 

 15 

 H 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 •8 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 13 

 11 

 11 



9S0 



(.00 



1,630 



800 



50 



1,500 



1.150 



1,370 



1,490 



270 



160 



1,500 



1,150 



50 



1,500 



COO 



6fi0 



400 



400 



1,100 



1,500 



1,87*^ 



1,760 



' 'I'his was the outside row. 

 16—23 



