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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



SUB-STATION, FORT VERMILION, ALTA. 



REPOET OF ROBERT JONES. 

 INDIAN CORN. 



TIk! past summer was very favourable for corn growing on account of the hot 

 and dry weather throughout the summer, with no setback except one slight frost on 

 the 24th of June. Of the six varieties planted four were fit for use. The seed was. 

 sown on May 6 in one-thirtieth acre plots in hills 3 feet apart. The crop was cut on 

 September 22, and weighed while still green. 



Below are the results obtained: — 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow 



Seed from Coloradi^. 

 Early Malcolm .... 

 Early Gorohoon . . . 

 Early Cory 



Longfellow Red Nose. . . May 6 



Condition 

 when cut. 



3bs very small 



and green. 

 Cobs first formed 



Doughy 



Late milk 



Late milk. 





CC 





Tons. Lb, 

 17 1,640 



17 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 



320 

 1,240 

 1,400 

 1,700 



140 



3 



Sept. 



1 

 5 



15 



WHITE SQUAW. 



One row 33 feet long 11 hills 3 feet apart, in tassel July 16 ; length of stalk 2 

 feet, in silk July 22; 4 bundles of stalks 6 pounds per bundle, could be used from 

 August 7, quite ripe when cut September 22. 



FIELD ROOTS. 



All the uniform test plots of roots were grown on land that had grown wheat in 

 1911 and had been fallowed in 1912. The land had been ploughed in the early part 

 of June, 1912, with manure at the rate of 20 tons per acre, and thoroughly cultivated 

 through the summer. 



TURNIPS. 



Four varieties of turnips were sown in uniform plots of one-thirtieth of an acre. 

 The seed was sown in drills 2i feet apart and the young plants thinned to about 12 

 inches apart in the rows. The seed was sown May 5 to 13, and the roots pulled on 

 September 29. 



