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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Test of varieties of Potatoes — Concluded. 



Name of variety. 



Seedlinpr No. 25 



Vanguard 



Pearce's Prize Winner. . . 



Delaware 



Bras d'Or Seedling ... . 

 Manitoba Kidney White 

 Seedling No. 33 



do No. 54 



do No. 77 



Red River Valley 



Seedling No. 188 



Brant 



Seedling V 



do No. 140 



do X 



Size of Plot . 



Feet. 



132 X 2\ 

 1.32 X 2| 

 132 X 2l 

 132 X 2j 

 132 X 2| 

 132 X 2| 

 132 X 2| 

 132 X 2\ 

 132 X 2i 

 132 X 2i 

 132 X 2| 

 66x2j 

 66x2i 

 132 X 2| 

 66x2| 



Total Yield 

 per acre 

 of Sound 



and Rotten. 



Bush. Lbs. 



161 42 



160 36 



147 24 



143 00 



137 30 



109 27 



102 18 



90 12 



80 18 



72 36 



56 39 



52 48 



48 24 



30 48 



22 00 



Yield 



per acre of 



Sound. 



Bush. Lbs. 



84 42 



27 30 



40 42 



15 24 



39 36 



33 



7 42 



8 48 

 8 48 



3 51 



2 12 



24 12 



2 12 



6 36 



Yield per 



acre of 



Marketable. 



Bush." Lbs. 



67 06 



26 57 



36 18 



14 18 



33 00 



6 36 



7 42 

 6 36 



3 18 



Yield 

 per acre 

 of Unmar- 

 ketable. 



Bush, Lbs, 



17 36 



33 

 4 24 



1 06 

 6 36 



1 06 



1 06 



2 12 



33 



Yield 



per acre of 



Rotten. 



Bush, Lbs, 



77 00 



133 06 



106 42 



127 36 



97 54 



108 54 



94 36 



81 24 



71 30 



72 36 

 52 48 

 50 36 

 24 12 

 28 36 

 15 24 



THE HAY CEOP. 



The crop of hay at the Central Experimental Farm has been remarkably good 

 during the past season. About 104 tons have been harvested of extra good quality, 

 the yield running from 2 to 2J tons per acre. This important fodder crop has also 

 given very satisfactory returns over the larger part of the provinces of Ontario and 

 Quebec. 



In view of the very short supply of hay in Great Britain and some of the 

 countries on the continent of Europe, and the consequent high prices prevailing, it 

 was deemed desirable that the attention of Canadian farmers should be promptly 

 called to the importance of making the best of the advantage which this shortage 

 offered, and by taking extra care in the curing of their hay to have it of that quality 

 which would command a ready sale at che highest price. 



On the 30th of June, 1893, copies of the following letter were sent to the press 

 which was generally and widely published and commented on: 



Hat fob the English Market. 



To the Editor of . 



Sir, — Hay is the most important and valuable of all Canadian crops, and this 

 year the yield promises to be most abundant. The scarcity in Europe has led to 

 increased demand in Canada, and if the incoming crop be of good quality and well 

 cured it will no doubt command high prices. Hay containing a considerable pro- 

 portion of clover is pi*eferred in Great Britain, and this is more difficult to cure 

 properly than hay composed chiefly of timothy. Permit me to draw the attention 

 of farmers generally, through your columns, to the method of curing hay practised 

 at the Central Experimental Farm, where under the good management of the farm 

 foreman it has given excellent results. It is also, I find, the practice of many of the 

 best Canadian farmers. When the first flower-heads of the clover have about half 

 withered cut the hay in the morning, after the dew is oflF, and begin at 1 p.m. to 

 shake it up with forks or tedder, and cock up early enough in the afternoon to 

 permit of the work being completed before the dew falls in the evening. The cocks 

 are allowed to stand undisturbed the next daj', but during the following morning 



