DIVISION OF FORAGE PLANTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LACOMBE, ALTA. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, G. H. HUTTON, B.S.A 



INDIAN COEN. 



Eight varieties of Indian com were planted on May 26, 1913, in hills 30 inches 

 apart each way. The soil was black clay loam which was ploughed out of timothy 

 and clover sod in July of 1912. The land was packed immediately after ploughing, 

 worked up with the disc and drag harrowed in the fall. All varieties of corn were 

 tasselled when cut, though the earlier "Sorts were considerably further advanced than 

 later varieties. Each variety was grown on an area Voo of an acre in extent and the 

 yield per acre computed from same. 



Indian Corn for Ensilage. — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Vaiiety. 



Comptou's Early 



Early Longfellow 



Salzer's North Dakota, 



Longfellow 



Canada Yellow. ...... 



Ninety Days 



Wind us Yellow Dent. 

 Thayer White Dent. 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



Date of 

 Cutting. 



A verage 

 Height. 



Inches. 



67| 



65i 



65^ 



70i 



62| 



66 



58i 



57 



Condition 

 when cut. 



Tasselled.. . 



Weight per Acre. 



A vera^'e 



Tons. Lb. 



10 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 4 

 3 



1,500 



1,750 



300 



400 



1,450 



1,950 



019 



TUKNIPS. 



Sixteen varieties of field turnips were tested. The land was ploughed in July 

 of 1912 out of timothy and clover sod. It was packed and well cultivated in the fall. 

 The seed was sown on June 4 on the level in rows 28 inches apart. The plots were 

 %o of an acre in size. Harvest took place on October 4. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



White Glojbe 



Mammoth Greystone 



Yellow Aberdeen (Green Top). 

 Yellow Aberdeen (Purple Top) . 



Good Luck 



Perfection ... 



Lapland 



Hartley's Bronze Top 



Mammoth Clyde 



Prize Purple Top 



1 Jumbo . 



i Magnum Bonum 



jBangholm 



I Hall's Westbury 



Halewood's Bronze Top 



White Swede 



Average. 



16—61 



