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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



FIELD PEASE. 



Twelve varieties of field pease were sown, at the rate of from 2^ bushels per 

 acre for. small pease, to 3^ bushels per acre for the larger varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Multiplier 



Mummy 



New Potter. 



Crown 



Centennial . . 



Prussian Blue 



Pride 



Prince Albert 



Golden Vine 



Rennie's No. 10 



Black-eyed Marrowfat 

 White Marrowfat . 



Seed 

 per acre. 



Bushels. 



2^ 

 3 



24 

 2^ 

 3 



24 

 3 



li 



34 

 3| 

 35 



Sown. 



May 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



Ripe. 



Sept. 5.. 



do 2., 

 Aug. 30.. 



do 29.. 



do 30.. 



do 31.. 

 Sept . 1 . . 



do 3.. 



do 4.. 



do 1.. 

 Aug. 28.. 



do 29., 



Length 

 of straw. 



Feet. 



Length 

 of pod. 



Inches. 



2 



2 to2J 



24 to 3 



2 



2i 



2 



24 



2 



14 

 2 

 2 

 If 



Yield 

 per plot. 



Lbs. 



128i 

 12fi| 

 119i 



70| 

 102 

 1204 

 117 



94 



944 

 122| 

 10l| 



8O4 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



21 25 



21 5 



19 55 

 11 424 

 17 



20 05 



19 30 

 15 40 



15 45 



20 25 



16 55 

 15 05 



CORN. 



Eleven varieties of corn were planted in rows three feet apart, and the stalks 

 thinned out to four to six inches in the row. 



The same varieties were planted in hills three feet apart each way, leaving two 

 to four stalks in the hill. 



The drills are the least trouble to plant, and there does not appear to be any 

 advantage to compensate for the extra trouble of planting in hills. 



The season has been a very poor one for corn, the wet weather in the 

 rotted some of the seed, and retarded the growth of that which did germinate. 



spring 



