908 



EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Tliree varieties were grown on the same piece of land as the carrots, and they 

 were practically a failure just as in 1911 and 1912. 



DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS IN DIFFERENT CROPS. 



It may be interesting to see how the digestible nutrients compare in the different 

 classes of forage crops at this Station in 1913, and the following tables give the 

 information : — 



Kind of Forage Crop. 



Tm-!iips. 

 Cf)rn 

 Carrots. 

 Mangels 



Number 



of 



Varieties 



tried in 



1913. 



14 



7 



6 



11 



Pounds of Digestible Nutrients per Acre. 



Protein. 



Lb. 



415 



14y 



134 



44 



Carbohydrates. 



Lb. 



Fat. 



Lb. 



The varieties which yielded the most in 1913 show the following figures :- 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RED CLOVER AXD TI^IOTIIY. 



Two plots of Viso of an acre each of five lots of red clover and four of timothy 

 were sown with the intention of producing strains by natural selection, especially 

 adapted to the province of Quebec. It is hoped that the experiments with red clover 

 also will prove the superiority of home-grown seed in so far that hardier clover strains 

 may be obtained from seed raised in the province than from seed secured from the 

 outside, particularly from more soutliern localities. 



Cap Rornr. 



