78 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



With 

 corn f-nsilage. 



Lbs. of milk 



Per cent of butter-fat. 

 Lb.s. of butter-fat 



Lbs. of skim-milk 



Per cent of butter-fat in skim-milk., 

 Lbs. of butter-fat in skim-milk . . . . 



Lbs. of cream 



Per cent of butter-fat in cream. 

 Lbs. of butter-fat in cream .... 



Lbs. of butter-milk 



Per cent of butter-fat in butter-milk . 

 Lbs. of butter-fat in butter-milk. . . . 



Lbs. of marketable butter 



Lbs. of milk per lb. of butter 



Lbs. of butter per 100 lbs. of milk 



Per cent of butter-fat unrecovered. 



Lbs. of butter per lb. of bntter-fat in milk. 



122 

 379 

 4-62 



97 

 •50 



•49 



25 



16-52 

 413 



21-50 

 •40 

 •09 



5-00 



24-40 



4-10 



13-34 



1-08 



With corn 



ensilage 



and sunflower 



heads. 



121 

 3-54 

 4-28 



96 

 ■35 



•34 



25 



15-76 

 3-94 



22-50 

 •30 

 •07 



4-75 

 •25.47 



3-93 

 9 58 



1-11 



Butter from both groups was examined on 15th March, when it was found that 

 the hutter from the sunflower lot, was of richer flavour and a little higher colour than 

 the other. 



In order to obtain reliable information upon the methods of growing these three 

 plants, Indian corn, horse beans and sunflowers, in the most advantageous manner 

 in different parts of the Dominion, arrangements were made for distributing a small 

 quantity of seeds, at cost price, to a number of farmers in different localities. Our 

 experience in 1892 had pointed in the direction of planting the horse beans and 

 corn mixed in the same rows, and the following circular of directions was sent 

 to the farmers to whom seed was supplied : — 



Central Experimental Farm, 



Ottawa, 20th April, 1893. 

 Circular op Directions for the Eobertson Mixture for Ensilage. 



■Soil 



If a field with a drained, warm, loamy soil be convenient to the silo, and can be 

 used, it should be selected in preference to a heavy clay or wet soil. In all cases,the 

 land should receive a liberal dressing of manure, be ploughed in the spring, and be 

 harrowed to a state of fine tilth before the seeds are planted. 



Time to Plant. 



The time at which Indian corn for fodder may be planted with the best-results, 

 is the best time at which to plant or sow these seeds also. In most districts that 

 period is during the last ten daj^sof May, or late enough in the season to escape frosts 

 at night, and earlj' enough to give the plants the advantage of as long a season for 

 growing as is practicable. The horse beans and sunflowers are loss liable to injury 

 from frost than Indian corn. 



