180 EXPERUIEXTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 HAY. 



Ten acres of dyked land were in hay. This produced about 18 tons of hay of fair 

 qualitj^ 



CORN. 



Ten acres of corn were planted. Part of it was seeded on M^y 26 on land 

 fertilized with barnyard manure at the rate of 30 tons per acre. The manure was 

 put into piles on the field during the winter and spread and ploughed mider on 

 Hay 13 to 15. A crop of buckwheat to be ploughed under had been grown the 

 summer before, immediately following the removal of the stumps. 



Three varieties of corn were sown in rows 3^ feet apart. The following yields 

 were obtained: — 



Longfellow, 11 tons 150 pounds per acre. 



Compton's Early, 10 " 1,440 



Canada Yellow, 8 " . 1,440 " 



Two acres of Xongfeliow, sown June 4, without stable manure, but fertilized 

 with 400 pounds per acre of a complete fertilizer containing 4 per cent nitrogen, 

 8 per (Tent phosphoric acid, and 10 per cent potash, yielded only 4 tons 100 ppunds 

 per acre. 



TURNIPS. 



.One and three-quarter acres of swede turnips were sown on May 19, the variety 

 Lapland being used. The ground had been manured in the fall of 1912 with 20 

 tons of stable manure per acre. A crop ,of buckwheat had been ploughed in during 

 the summer of 1912. This land was worked up and fertilized with 400 pounds per 

 acre of a complete fertilizer. The turnips were sown in drills with a horse turnip 

 seeder. The crop was harvested November 6 to 8, and yielded 628 bushels per acre. 

 Tw.o acres of turnips were sown on land which had been stumped the previous 

 summer and which had never before grown a crop. No stable manure was used, 

 but a commercial fertilizer, containing 4 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric 

 acid, and 10 per ,cent potash was applied at the rate of 800 pounds per acre. Thip 

 was sown broadcast just before the ground was drilled for seeding. The variety 

 Lapland was used. The yield was 5G5 bushels per acre. 



OATS. 



Ten acres of field oats, sown on newly-broken land, and fertilized with 200 

 pounds per acre of fertilizer containing 4 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric 

 acid, and 10 per cent potash, yielded an average of 38.6 bushels per acre. 



CLEAEING LAND. 



Seventeen acres of new land were cleared of stumps and ploughed during the 

 season. Ten acres of the more easily cleared area cost as follows: — 



Dynamite, 780 pounds (78 pounds per acre) ?140 40 



Fuse and caps ''^o nn "^ 



PuUing out stumps •■ ^^o nn 



-. Dynamiting Itl H 



Cleaning roots, piling and burning -1-5 ou 



Clearing up roots (second time over) and burning 183 00 



Moving stones ^^^ ^^ 



Harrowing •• J. H 



Ploughing ^^Q QQ 



Total cost for ten acres $2,187 50 



Cost pel- acre 218 75 



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