REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



POTATOES. — E.VRLY A^^) J.ATE PLANTING. 



Two varieties were chosen for this test. They were planted alongside of the other 

 test plots and the conditions of soil and treatment were the same. The Early St. 

 George, being an early potato, does not yield so well when planted late. The Enor- 

 mous, being a late potato, not only increases in yield, but the per cent of marketable 

 potatoes is larger in the late planted plots than in the earlier. 



CLOVEE EXPEEmEXTS. 



These are in continuation of those for last year on clover and alfalfa seed treated 

 with the special culture, and a similar area alongside sown with a similar quantity of 

 untreated seed. The growth of clover on both plots, treated and untreated, was very 

 good and two crops of clover were cut and made into hay. The alfalfa did not amount 

 to much and the only growth worth cutting, on either treated or untreated plot, was 

 where a red clover plant had come in as a volunteer. The alfalfa was gone over with 

 the mower June 23, and again July 21, but there was not enough to rake up. 



The red clover plots were cut June 20 and again on July 19, and the cured 

 weigjits were as follows, the plots being each half an acre. 



Plot l.—Bed Clover, Treated Seed. 



Lbs. 



First crop cured hay 1,985 



Second cutting 1,385 



Plot 2. — Red Clover, Untreated Seed. 



Eirst crop cured hay 1,945 



Second cutting 1,370 



There was evidently no advantage derived from the treatment of the seed. 

 A third cutting might have been made in early September, but the land was 

 broken up and prepared for orchard planting. 



EODDEE PLANTS. 



The following forage plants were sown in plots of one-fortieth of an acre each 

 on May 3. The land was a sandy loam which had been manured with about ten tons 

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