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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Three varieties of sugar beets were grown in uniform test plots of one-thirtieth 

 (.if an acre each. The seed was sown in drills 26 inches apart and the plants thinned 

 out to 1 foot apart in the row. The seed was sown May 10, and the roots pulled Sep- 

 tember 22. 



The following are the yields obtained: — 



Sugar Beets. — Test of Varieties. 



GRASSES. 



Two plots of Canary grass were sown : one plot of one-sixtieth of an acre and one 

 of one-half acre. ' 



The yield from the one-sixtieth acre plot was at the rate of 2 tons 86 pounds per 

 acre, and, that from the one-half acre plot 2 tons 940 pounds per acre. They were cut 

 August 1. All the other plots of grass were ploughed up in June after manure at the 

 rate of 15 tons per acre had been applied. The land was disced twice and a smooth- 

 ing harrow run over a number of times. This land will be in readiness for the spring 

 of 1914. 



ALFALFA AND SAINFOIN. 



Alfalfa was again sown this summer. The seed was sown on June 4 in one- 

 fortieth acre plots on land that had grown roots the previous year. The alfalfa made 

 very healthy growth throughout the season. 



Up to the present no entirely satisfactory crop of alfalfa has been grown at the 

 Station, it being always partially killed out during the first winter. So far, there 

 has consequently never been a full stand the following season. The seed sown this 

 summer was from the Lacombe Experimental Station. 



Sa7id Lucerne. — Out August 12; length of stalk, 22 inches; yield per acre, 1 ton 

 1,000 pounds. 



Grimm's Alfalfa. — Cut August 12; length of stalk, 21 inches; yield per acre, 1 

 ton 600 povmds. 



Spanish Sainfoin. — One plot sown on June 4 in a one-fortieth acre plot; cut on 

 August 12 ; length of stalli, 16 inches ; yield per acre, 1 ton. 



Vermilion. 



