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EXPmUMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



PART I.— HON-IRRIGATED OR "DRY FARM." 



INDIAN CORN. 



Corn has done better than usual this season. Some varieties, such as North- 

 western Dent, Canada Yellow, and Long-fellow ripened a few ears. Nine varieties 

 were tested. They were planted May 15 on summer-fallow in rows 3 feet apart. Each 

 variety was grown in a plot of Ms of an acre. They were all cut September 8. The 

 character of the soil was a chocolate sandy loam. 



Indian Corn. — Test of Varieties. 



o 



Name of Variety. 



Character 

 of Growth. 



Ninety Days jErect. 



Coiiipton's Early iTillers freely. 



Longfellow ~ 



Early Longfellow 



Canada Yellow 



Salzer's North Dakota 



Windus Yellow Dent 



Thayer White Dent 



Squaw 



Tillers freely 



Tillers freely 



Low and branchinp^ 



Tillers freely 



Erect 



Erect 



Low and branching 



Height. 



Inches 



66 

 63 

 60 

 56 

 42 

 63 

 63 

 60 

 32 



Leafiness. 



4 



10 



10 



10 



9 



10 



4 



4 



8 



Condition 

 When Cut. 



Late milk . 

 Early milk. . 

 Early milk . 



Silk 



Late milk . . 

 Early milk. . 

 Late milk . . 

 Late milk . . 

 Almost ripe. 



Average 



Weight per 



acre 



grown in 



rows. 



Tons. Lb. 



11 



11 



10 



9 



8 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 4 



1,064 

 178 

 520 



1,248 

 176 



1,264 



72 



656 



1,024 



8 467 



TURNIPS. 



Twelve varieties of turnips were sown on summer-fallowed land on May 20, and 

 pulled October 6. They were sown in rows 28 inches apart and thinned to about 10 

 or 12 inches apart in the rows. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



o 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



Variety. 



Good Luck 



Perfection 



Hartley's" Bronze Top . . 



Hall's Westbury 



Magnum Bonum 



Lapland 



Bangholm 



Prize Purple Top . 



Jumbo 



Mammoth Clyde . . . . 

 Mammoth Greystone. . . 

 Halewood's Bronze Top. 



Average 



16 



Yield per acre. 



Tons. 



20 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 14 

 13 



Lethbridge. 



