248 



EXPEKI3IENTAL FARMS. 



Fodder Corn planted on 26th May, in hills, three feet ap.irt each way, three 



grains in a hill, cut l4th September. 



Variety. 



Mastodon Dent 



Great ]\orthern 



Anffel of Midnight.. . . 

 Golden Dew Drop. . . . 

 Compton's Early. . . 

 Thorobred White Flint 

 Gold Coin 



Smut Nose Flint 



Pearce's Prolific 



Gold Dollar 



North Dakota Flint . . 



Early Minnesota 



Early Champion 



Mitchell's Extra Early 

 Burpee's First of All. . 



T3 









'in 



Stage 

 when cut. 



Aug 20 

 do 2 



do 1 

 do 4 

 do 1 

 do 25 

 July 28 



Aug 4 

 do 3 



do 3 

 do 1 

 do 1 

 do 1 



July 25 

 do 29 



Aug 25 

 do 9 



do 9 

 do 20 

 do 10 



Sept 5 Sept 

 Aug 9 Aug 



Sept 

 Aug 



do 

 do 

 do 



Sept 6 



do 

 do 

 do 



25 

 27 

 25 

 11 

 23! Aug 



29 



do 15 do 

 do 9 do 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Sept 

 Aug 



Sept 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Aug 

 do 



Early milk 



Roasting 



ears .... 



do .. 



Late milk. 



do .. 



Early milk 



Roasting 



ears .... 



3iLate milk. 



Roasting 



ears 



do .. 

 do .. 

 do .. 

 5! do . . 

 20, Nearly ripe 

 24 Roasting 

 ears 



24 



5 



4 



5 



to 



"I 



84 



64 

 62 

 63 

 62 



52 



65 

 63 



56 

 69 

 59 

 52 

 39 

 45 



44 



Leafiness. 



Little . . 



Good . . , 

 Fair.... 

 Good... 



do ... 



do ... 



do ... 

 do ... 



Fair 



Very good 

 Good... 



do ... 

 Poor . . . 



do ... 



do ... 



o 

 o 



d 



a 



li 



Li 



bo 2J 



flj c 



Lbs. 



04 



U 

 9 



Yield per 

 acre, green. 



Tons. lbs. 

 11 1,100 



64 

 6| 



5 

 10 



8 



8 

 4 



54 



10 

 9 

 9 



9 



900 

 1,800 



700 

 1,500 



8 1,600 



8 1,000 

 8 500 



1,400 

 1,400 

 300 

 .SOO 

 1,000 

 1,000 



160 



MIXED GRAIN FOR HAY. 



Six plots have been sown with mixed grain for hay, the returns are very 

 variable ranging from under 2 to nearly 4 tons per acre. 



Plots 5 and 6 were sown for the purpose of testing cross-sowing pease against 

 sowing them in every other drill. 



In plot 5 the oats were sown at the rate of 8 pecks with a seven-inch drill, then 

 the pease were sown at the rate of 4 pecks in the spaces between the oat drills, 

 making alternate drills of oats and pease, 3|^ inches apart. 



In plot 6 the oats were sown in 7-inch drills, east and west, and then the pease 

 north and south. 



It will be seen that the 'dt\ inch drills gave much the best return. 



Soil clay loam, size of plots one-tenth acre, summer-fallowed. 



Variety. 



, /Oats, Prize Cluster.. . . 



t Pease, Crown 



2 / Wheat, Red Fern 



i Pease, Crown 



0/ Barley, Prize Prolific . 



\ Pease, Crown 



(Wheat, Red Fife 



4-! Oats, Banner 



t Pease, Golden Vine. . . 

 ^/Oats, Holstein Prolific, 



\ Pease, Crown 



J. /Oats, Holstein Prolific. 



1 Pease, Crown 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



May 



o. 



5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 

 16. 

 16. 

 16. 

 16. 

 16. 

 16. 

 16. 



How Sown. 



*Press drill 1 



do J 



Press drill \ 



do / 



Press drill \ 



do / 



Common drill \ 



do \ 



do J 



Press drill, 3^ in \ 



do do / 



Press drill, east and west. 



do nortVi and south 



When Cut 



Aug. 17. . 

 " 21.. 

 " 14.. 



" 17.. 



Weight per 

 Acre Dry. 



l.< 



17.. 

 17.. 



Tons. lbs. 



1 1,850 



2 350 

 2 1,850 



2 1,800 



3 1,950 

 2 1,500 



Injured slightly by alkaline soil. 



