338 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. iS08 



of fresh farmyard manure the previous fall, which was well worked into the soil with 

 disk and spike-tooth harrow. 



Plot 1. — Soja Beans. — Sown in drills 21 inches apart, cut October 2. Length of 

 Btalk 30 inches ; length of pod 1 to 1 J inches ; weight of crop 298 lbs. Per acre 5 tons 

 1,920 lbs. 



Plot 2. — Soja Beans. — Drills 28 inches apart, cut October 2. Length of stalk 

 30 inches ; length of pod 1 to 2 inches ; weight of crop 274 lbs. Per acre 5 tons 1,060 

 lbs., better furnished witL pods than plot 1. 



Plot 3. — Soja Beans. — Drills 35 inches apart, cut October 2. Length of stalk 

 30 inches; pods 1 to 2 inches and well filled with beans; weight of crop 283 lbs. Per 

 acre, 5 tons 1,920 lbs. Stalk very branching, leafy and better furnished with pods than 

 those in the narrower drills. 



Plot 4. — Horse Beans. — Drills 21 inches apart, cut October 2. Length of stalk 

 26 inches; pods 2 to 2i inches long. Did not germinate well and the stand was very 

 uneven. Weight, 214 lbs. Per acre, 4 tons 560 lbs. 



Plot 5. — Horse Beans. — Drills 28 inches apart, cut October 2. Length of stalk 28 

 inches; pods 2 to 2i inches long; weight of crop 201 lbs. Per acre 4 tons 40 lbs. 



Plot 6. — Horse Beans. — Drills 35 inches apart, cut October 2. Length of stalk 

 26 to 30 inches; pod 2| to 3 inches long and fairly well filled out with beans. Weight 

 of crop 211 lbs. Per acre 4 tons 440 lbs. 



Plot 7. — Hungarian Millet. — Sown June 1, alongside of the other plots and on 

 similar soil, cut September 20. Stalks 26 to 28 inches long; heads 3 to 4i inches long. 

 Weight of crop 212 lbs. Per acre 4 tons, 480 lbs. 



Plot 8. — Pearl Millet. — Seed did not germinate well. Stalks 28 inches long; 

 heads 2 inches long; weight of crop 128 lbs. Per acre 2 tons 1,120 lbs. A poor stand. 



Plot 9. — Algerian Millet. — Did not germinate freely and produced a very Tineven 

 stand. Stalks 24 to 30 inches long; heads 3 to 4 inches. Weight of crop 134 lbs. 

 Per acre 2 tons 1,360 lbs. 



Plot 9. — Italian Millet. — StaUvS 34 to 38 inches long; heads 6 inches; weight of 

 crop 328 lbs. Per acre 6 tons 1,120 lbs. A fair even stand. 



Plot 10.— White Round French Millet.— Stalks 20 to 24 inches long; heads 2 to 

 2| inches ; weight of crop 214 lbs. Per acre 4 tons 5G0 lbs. A very uneven stand and 

 a weak growth. 



SUNFLOWERS. 



An eighth of an acre of sunflowers was sown in drills three feet apart and thinned 

 to six inches in the drill. The seed germinated well and the plants made fine heads on 

 stalks from four to seven feet long. The heads ripened very unevenly and the birds 

 began to cat the seed as soon as it was in the dough stage and destroyed a large per 

 cent of the earliest ripened heads. A small plot is well worth raising as it furnishes 

 a very fine food for the poultry in the autumn when they are moulting. 



'SUMMARY OF CROPS. 



Tons. Lbs. 



Hay .* 39 1,700 



Ensilage — 



Clover 70 



Corn 28 



— 98 



Boots — 



Turnips 47 1,000 



Carrots 7 1,200 



Mangels 6 1,700 



Potatoes 5 200 



— 61 1.900 



