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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



PART II— THE IRRIGATED FARM. 



As would be expected, the yields from the corn roots and hay were all mivch 

 heavier on the irrigated thiin on the non-irrigated land. 



INDIAN CORN. 



As on llie dry land the corn was raised with the object in view of producing 

 ens i] aire. 



Eight varieties were tested. They were planted May 15 on stubble land that had 

 been manured the previous fall and were all cut September 8. The rows were 3 feet 

 apart. The yield was computed in each case from a plot %o of an acre in size. They 

 were irrigated once on July 24. 



Indian Corn.— Test of Varieties. 



o 



Name of Variety. 



Compton's Early 



Early Longfellow . . . . 



Longfellow 



Salzer's North Dakota 



Ninety Days 



Cana ia Yellow . . 



VVindus Yellow Dent. . 

 Thayer's White Dent . . 



Average. 



Character 

 of Growth. 



Tall and tillered... 

 Medium and tillnrs 

 Tall and tillers... . 

 Medium and tillers 



Erecc 



Short and tillered. 



Erect 



Erect 



Height. 



Inche.s. 



76 



72 

 73 



72 

 74 

 SO 

 (58 

 68 



Leafinei 



ss. 



So 



8-5 



8 



8-5 



8 5 



6 



8 



7 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Late milk 

 In silk. . . 

 Late milk 

 Doughy . . 



Late milk 



Weight per 

 lore. 



Tons. Lb, 



1.5 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 10 

 9 

 7 



1,278 



1,913 

 41 



1,810 

 854 

 417 

 915 



1,308 



12 317 



TURNIPS. 



Twelve varieties of turnips were sown May 10 on stubble land, manured the 

 previous fall and pulled October 16. They were sown in rows 28 inches apart and 

 thinned to about 10 or 12 inches apart in the rows and were irrigated on July 24. The 

 size of the plots from which the yield was computed was Vioo of an acre. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



11 

 12 



Variety. 



Yield Per Acre. 



Mammoth Groystone 



Perfection 



Good Luck 



Magnmii Bonum 



Hartley's Bronze Top . . 



Bangholm 



Mammoth Clyde 



SJLapland 



gJHairs Westbury 



10 Prize Purple Top 



Jumbo , . 



Halewood's Bronze Top. 



Average 



Tons. Lb. 



39 

 35 

 33 



32 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 30 

 29 

 28 

 20 



1,000 



1,000 



1,500 



1,000 



ryOO 



1,750 



1,000 



5(»0 



500 



750 



1,500 



1,000 



31 



833 



Bush. Lb. 



1,316 



1,183 



1,125 



1,0.S3 



1,075 



1.062 



1,050 



1,041 



1,008 



979 



958 



083 



1,047 



40 

 20 



20 



30 



40 

 20 

 10 

 20 

 20 



13 



Let H BRIDGE. 



