virrsioy of field HUSBiyDRY 183 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FIELD CEOPS. 



As little autumn preparation could be made the area under spring crops was 

 limited. Thirteen acres of sod were ploughed for corn and one and one-seventh acres 

 were ploughed for jiotatoes. One and one-sixth acres of buckwheat stubble were culti- 

 vated in preparation for garden vegetables. 



0.\TS. 



As the season was wet, all the oats sown were late. The first seeding was done on 

 June 1. One and one-quarter acres of oats, grown on tile drained soil, gave a yield 

 of 48 bushels of grain per acre. Seven acres of o»ts gro'vvn on rather wet land gave a 

 yield of less than 22 bushels per acre. The advantages of underdrainage are clearly 

 illustrated by both the increased yield and superior quality of the oats grown on the 

 drained soil. 



ENSILAGE CORX. 



Twelve and one-half acres of tough couch sod were autumn ploughed and spring 

 worked with disc harrow. Eighteen 35-bushel loads of horse manure were applied per 

 acre and hiirrowed in. On June 5 and G four varieties of corn — Longfellow, Comp- 

 ton's Early, Leaming, White Cap Yellow Dent — ^were planted wnth a 2-row corn 

 planter, provided with a fertili/.er attachment, from which was distributed 468 pounds 

 mixed fertilizer per acre. The fertilizer was made up as follows : 78 pounds nitrate of 

 soda, 26 pounds sulphate of umraonia, 312 pounds acid phosphate, 52 pounds muriate 

 of potash, and containing 3-6 per cent nitrogen, 10 per cent phosphoric acid, and 

 5 -.5 per cent potash. 



The plants appeared above the ground on June 21 and were given thorough culti- 

 vation throug-hout the growing season. The crop was harvested on September 25, 

 giiang a yield of 115 tons for the 12} acres. The resulting silage was of excellent 

 quality. 



TURNIPS. 



Five acres that had pro^duced a crop of oats the previous year, were prepared for 

 turnips. The soil was sandj' loam with clay subsoil. There were many stumjxs, 

 lai'go boulders and surface stones in all 500 loads of stone being removed. The stumps 

 and larger boulders were blown up with dynamite. 



Twenty loads of horse manure were applied and worked in with the disc, and in 

 addition 400 pounds of basic slag and a mixed fertilizer made up of the following were 

 ai^plied : 70 pounds nitrate of soda, 70 pounds sulphate of ammonia, 100 pounds acid 

 phosphate, 100 pounds bone n>.eal, 120 pounds muriate of potash per acre. 



The time required for clearing and preparing the land delayed th.e seeding until 

 July 4 ajid 5. The seed was sown at the rate of 2 pounds per acre with a hand wheel 

 seeder. The stand was rather thin, and, due to the dry weather, made slow growth. 

 The crop was harvested on November 3, 4 and &. 



FUEDERICTON. 



