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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Sugar Beets. — Test of Varieties. 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



MILLETS. 



Millets as a rule have not yielded particularly well at this Station. It appears 

 that the land must be carefully prepared or otherwise the crop will be light. On 

 stubble or fresh broken sod it produces very little indeed. It has been found that the 

 only way to get a satisfactory yield is to sow them on summer-fallow. The following 

 table gives the results of seven varieties sown on summer-fallow in plots of 3^o acre 

 ■each. 



' MiLLET.s. — Test of Varieties. 



Variety. 



Date Sown. 



Siberian 



Hungarian 



Common 



Hog 



•German 

 Early Fortune. 

 Japanese 



May 5. 

 5. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 II 5. 

 2. 



Date Cut. 



Aug. 6.. 



6.. 



6.. 

 July 30 

 Aug. (5.. 

 July 24.. 

 Aug. 6.. 



Yield Per 



Acre 



in 1913. 



Tons. Lb. 



1,000 

 600 

 200 

 100 



1,200 

 1,200 



Average Yield 

 per acre for 

 Two Years. 



Tons. Lb. 



1,600 

 300 

 950 

 850 

 400 



1,700 

 750 



PERENNIAL HAY CROPS. 



One of the most difficult problems confronting the dry land farmer in the drier 

 parts of southern Alberta is the question of raising some kind of profitable hay or 

 pasture crop. 



By the use of summer-fallow, whereby storing of a certain amount of moisture in 

 the subsoil is effected it is possible to raise profitable crops of grain in medium dry 

 seasons. Thus, the safest means to obtain feed, would be to cut grain green. This 

 is, however, expensive as it entails the necessity of ploughing and seeding for each 

 crop raised. 



In the case of a perennial crop, conditions are quite different. A perennial crop 

 keeps on growing during the summer and late into the fall using up all the available 

 moisture. In the spring when it continues its interrupted growth, there is therefore 

 no reserve moisture in the subsoil to draw on, and to tide it over the dry periods. The 

 perennial crop has consequently to depend entirely on the rains that come during its 

 growing period. 



Lethbridoe. ' 



