REPORT OF MR. A. MAC KAY. 



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RESULTS OP TESTS OP VARIETIES OP CORN. 



Name of Variety. 



Planted in Hills, 3 ft. each way — 



North Dakota 



Pearce's Prolific 



Mastodon Dent 



Rural Thoro'bred White Flint. 



Angel of Midnight 



Com pton's Early 



Golden Dew Drop 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Smut-nose Flint 



Sown by Drill in rows, 3 ft. apart — 



North Dakota 



Pearce's Prolific 



Mastodon Dent 



Rural Thoro'bred White Flint. 



Angel of Midnight 



Compton's Early 



Golden Dew Drop 



Mitchell's Extra Early 



Smut-nose Flint 



Planted on Potato Ground of 1892— 



North Dakota 



Planted 

 or Sown. 



May 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 

 do 



26. 

 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26 



do 26. 



do 26 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



do 26. 



Tasselled. 



Cut. 



Aug. 28. 

 do 28. 



do 

 do 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



28. 

 28. 



do 28. 



do 28. 



do 28. 



do 28. 



do 28. 



28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 



do 28. 



Weight 

 per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



4 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 



5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 5 



1,900 

 1,020 

 1,000 

 1,350 



780 

 1,000 



450 

 1,680 

 1,900 



340 

 1,900 

 1,580 

 1,900 

 1,110 

 1,000 

 1,200 

 1,080 

 1,770 



280 



The horse-beans fully matured and were a fair crop. They were cut up along 

 with the corn and put in the silo. 



Between two and three acres of sunflowers were sown for the purpose of put- 

 ting the heads along with the corn and beans in the silo. On account of taking 

 longer to develop their seed, they were not far enough advanced when the corn and 

 beans were ready and the frost killed them when only a small percentage of the 

 heads were filled. The seed was probably put in too late, it will be sown earlier 

 next year. 



GRASSES. 



In the spring of 1892, sixteen varieties of grass were sown in plots, and mix- 

 tures of these with native grasses were sown in the field with barley. 



Most of the field plots were blown out and the balance killed by dry weather 

 after the seed came up. Out of the sixteen sorts sown only two produced a crop the 

 past season. They were Bromus Inermis and Muhlenbergia Sylvatica. The former 

 gave a yield of 3 tons 1,200 pounds per acre, and the latter f of a ton per acre. 



As Bromus Inermis had stood two winters and each j^ear given a good crop, 

 and believing that it will be a very valuable hay for the North-west, a quantity bf 

 seed was procured and fifteen acres sown with it last spring, to which large additions 

 will be made in the spring of 1894. 



This grass has the advantage of starting to grow almost as soon as the snow is 

 gone, and before a green blade is seen on the prairie or in any of the cultivated sorts, 

 the Bromus Inermis is six inches high. In addition to this good feature, it appears 

 to stand the winters and spring frosts to perfection ; at least it has done so for the 

 last two years, and although this may not be long enough to establish a claim to 

 absolute hardiness for years to come, it may safely be recommended as the best and 

 surest grass so far tested on the experimental farm. Good points also in its favour 

 are the ease with which a good catch can be obtained, and its ability to endure our 

 dry warm months. 

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