DiriSIOX OF FORACE rLAXTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, ROSTHERN, SASK. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, W. A. MTJNRO. B.A,, B.S.A. 

 EXPERIMENTS AVITH INDIAN CORN AND FIELD ROOTS. 



Eleven varieties of Indian corn, twenty-seven of tnrnips, eleven of mangels, ten 

 of carrots and three of sugar beets were grown side by side. Each Aariety was grown 

 in two rows 78 feet long. The ground had been summer-fallowed and manured in 

 1912. Turnips, mangels, carrots, and sugar beets were sown on May 6 and pulled 

 October lo, while Indian corn was sown on May 10 and harvested September 17. The 

 following tables show the yield per acre of the different varieties under test: — 



Indlvn Corn for Ensilage. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 



« 



8 



9 



10 



11 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow 



Compton's Early. 



Longfellow 



Karly Longfellow 



Aug. 1.5th variety 



Canada Yellow 



North Dakota 



90 Day.s 



White Cap. Yellow Dent. 



Wind lis Yellf>w Dent 



Thayer White Dent . 



Average . 



Average 

 Height. 



Inches. 



84 

 75 

 7S 

 70 

 48 

 74 

 7t 

 84 

 G3 

 CO 



Weight per acre 

 grown in rows. 



Tons 



2G 

 20 

 20 

 13 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 15 

 15 

 9 



18 



Lb. 



600 



110 



fi40 



1,.300 



i,4(;o 



840 



810 



840 



1,820 



1,240 



1,420 



♦ 646 



