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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 

 Mixed Grain for Feed, 



Two kinds of mixed grain were sown on one-tenth acre plots, to be cut green 

 and cured for hay, with the following results : — 



No. 1. Mixture sown May 11. Harvested August 11. 



No. 2. Mixture sown May 11. Harvested August 11. 



Weight. 



6 lbs. Golden Vine Pease ^ 



6 do Red Fife Wheat M bushel each per acre . 



3^ do Banner Oats J 



Corn. 



N"ine varieties of corn were sown in two rows each, in hills 3 feet apart 

 each way QQ feet long, and in rows 3 feet apart and QQ feet long, with the fol- 

 lowing results : — 



Name of Variety. 



Compton's Early 



Golden Dew Drop 



Mastodon Dent 



Pearce's Prolific 



Smut Nose Flint 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Angel of Midnight 



Thoroughbred White Flint . . 

 North Dakota 



Condition when cut. 



Glazed. 



Silking. 



do 



Soft glazed. 

 Silking. 

 Glazed. 

 Silking. 

 Tasselled. 

 do 



The Eobertson Combination for Ensilage. 



Two acres of corn and beans of this combination were sown on May 23rd, also 

 one-half acre of Russian sunflowers, and were cut on Sept. 23rd and 25th. 



The corn and beans weighed when wilted two days 28,060 pounds, and the sun- 

 flower heads weighed 3,635 pounds. 



The land was prepared the same as for turnips, being in grain last year, 

 ploughed in the fall, manured this spring with forty 30 bushel oart loads of manure 

 from the barn-yard per acre well ploughed in and cultivated, 2 barrels of superphos- 

 phate per acre was sown broadcast and then harrowed in. The seed was then sown 



