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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Twelve varieties of pease were sown on plots of y^^th of an acre each as a test of 

 relative eailiness and productiveness. All were sown on 29th May, and in the fol- 

 lowing table will be found the particulars of the results obtained. The soil ^as 

 clay loam, adjoining the J^th acre plots of barley, and had similar preparation. 



TEST OF VARIETIES OP PEASE. 



Name of variety. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Canadian Beauty \ Sept. 1 . 



Prussian Blue. Aug. 30. . 



Prince Albert Sept. 2. . 



Pride . 



Large White Marrowfat. 



Centennial 



Black-eyed Marrowfat.. . 



Crown 



Multiplier 



New Potter 



Mummy 



Colden Vine 



Aug. 21... 



do 30... 



do 25... 



do 30... 



do 28... 



do 30... 



do 30.., 



do 23.., 



do 28.., 



No. of 



days 

 Maturinsr. 



95 

 93 

 96 

 84 

 93 

 88 

 93 

 91 

 93 

 93 

 86 

 91 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



34 40 



33 30 



29 .. 



27 50 



26 20 



25 10 

 24 . 



23 20 



22 50 



22 50 



22 40 



18 20 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



61| 



62| 



G2i 



62 



61i 



eii 

 ml 



62i 



62i 



61 



62 



6U 



OTHER PLOTS OF PEASE. 



Canadian Beauty. — Sown on light sandy loam, previous crop was oats; 

 ploughed in autumn of 1892, gang-ploughed and harrowed in spring of 1893, -jig- 

 acre. Sown May 27th, 2J bushels per acre, ripe August 25th, time to mature, 90 

 days, yield per acre, 35 bushels, weight per bushel, 61^ lbs. 



' New Potter. — Adjoining Canadian Beauty on similar soil with same treatment 

 Y^g acre, sown May 2'7th, 2J bushels per acre, ripe August 25th, iime to mature 

 UO days, yield per acre, 30 bushels 49 lbs., weight per bushel, 62f lbs. 



Centennial. — On light sandy loam, ploughed in autumn of 1892, on which was 

 spread a light coating of manure, about ten tons per acre, in spring of 1893, which 

 was turned under with gang plough and harrowed before sowing ; |- acre. Sown 

 May 27th, 2f bushels per acre, ripe August 25th, time to mature, 90 days, yield per 

 acre, 30 bushels 15 lbs,, weight per bushel, 61|- lbs. 



Golden Vine. — Sown on land adjoiningCentennial, of same character and received 

 same treatment, \ acre. Sown May 27th, 2J bushels per acre, ripe August 25th, 

 lime to mature, 90 days, weight per bushel, 62 lbs. 



FALL RYE. 



Variety Reading Giant sown on light sandy soil, previous crop was partly oats 

 and partly wheat. Land ploughed, then harrowed three times, no manure was 

 used. Sown Sept. 8th, 1892, 1^ bushels per acre, ripe July 27th, 1893, jneld per 

 acre, 25 bushels 8 lbs., weight per bushel, 54 lbs. ; length of head, 3 to ' 

 average length of straw, 58 inches, badly lodged, no rust or smut. 



3^^ inches. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TUENIPS. 



Eighteen varieties were tested in 1893 in experimental plots in two sets sown 

 eight days apart. In sowing the first set only fourteen varieties of seed were used 

 and they were sown 1st June in rows 2^ feet apart, the second series Avith eighteen 



