REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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MILLETS. 



The hot, dry August of this year was very much against a large yield of 

 millet, but the land selected for this crop was clean and naturally moist and the 

 returns were very fair for the season. 



The J^ acre plots were sown in drill.> 



The plots were of 2 sizes, ^ and 



tV acre. 



12 inches apart, and cultivated between the drills with a Planet jr. drill, the ^ acae 

 acre plots were sown in 7 in. drills and not cultivated, it will be noticed that in every 

 case the cultivated drills gave the largest return. 



One-twentieth of an acre of hemp was also sown. This reached 6 feet high and 

 gave 1,300 pounds of the dry product per acre. 



GRASSES. 



The plots of native and hardy imported grasses sown in 1890 and 1891 were 

 again cut this year: the yield of ail was somewhat smaller than usual, and the timothy 

 sown in 1890 was scarcely worth the cutting. The nativ-e grasses sown the same year 

 are however still giving fair yields. 



A considerable area was sown to grass seed this year both with and without a 

 grain crop ; owing to the dr}" summer very few of the vai-ieties, native or imported, 

 sown in spring with a grain crop, have grown well ; but six acres sown with native 

 grasses alone, have made a good catch, and were from four to six inches high when 

 winter set in. 



The plan of sowing grass seed alone on fallowed land late in summer, is, it seems, 

 the most certain for this countiy, and would be more generally adopted if it were 

 not for the loss of a grain crop which that method entails. 



The accompanying table gives the yield and other particulars of the plots of hardy 

 grasses sown during 1890-92; the plots vary in size from one-tenth to one- half an 

 acre each. 



Variety. 



Elymus Americanus 



Muhlenbergia glomerata . 

 Agropyrum teneram. . . . 



Austrian Brume 



Sheep's Fescue 



Timothy 



Size of Plot. 



25x310 links 



60x480 do . 

 25 X 480 

 25 X 480 

 25 X 480 

 i acre. 



do 

 do 

 do 



When sown. 



Spring 1891 

 do 1891 

 do 1892 

 do 1891 

 do 1890 

 do 1890 



Yield per 

 acre, dry. 



Tons. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



lbs. 



1,870 



881 



400 



333 



1,.500 



1,080 



