916 



EXPERIMEyiAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



ANNUAL HAY CROPS. 



A series of plots of crops suitable for the production of a hay crop the same sea- 

 son as sown, were put in this year. They were sown on May 2G on root land. The 

 results obtained are as follows; the yields are of dry hay in each case: — 



Name of Crop. 



Oats Good . 



Peas and oats ... 



Spring rye 



Millet " Karly Fortune ". 



Millet "Siberian" 



Millet " Japanese " 



Millet " Hungarian ". . . . 



Millet "German" 



Millet " Common" 



Character of Hay. 



Good ■ 



Tlather coarse 



Very coarse, early. 



Medium 



Very coarse, late. . 



Medium 



Coarse, late 



Fairly good 



Date cut. 



Aug. 4 



., 4 



July 18 



Aug. 4 



12 



12 



12 



12 



12 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Tons Lb. 



6 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 1 



800 

 1,200 

 400 

 200 

 160 



1,200 

 1,840 



These results would indicate that the common Manitoba practice of using sheaf 

 oats for hay, -when regular hay crops are insufficient is probably the best that could 

 be adopted. 



Br.^ndon. 



