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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Potatoes. — Test of Varieties. 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow 



Compton's Early 

 Extra Early Adams. 



Height. 



Sown in hills. 



Inches. 

 50 I May 11. 

 54 

 44 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



7 592 



7 80 



5 720 



All these varieties of corn were very green and frosted when cut on August 23, 

 and their growth had been much retarded by drought. Two varieties of table corn. 

 Malakoff and Golden Bantam, were sown, but did not succeed owing to the dry weather. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH GRASSES AND CLOVERS. 



Sainfoin. — A small plot was sown en May 11. It produced a very strong growth, 

 standing 3 feet high when cut on August 13. 



Alfalfa. — The small plots of Alfalfa sown on May 16 did not do well. The plots 

 were cut by hand on July 30, but there was not enough to rake up. 



Timothy and Brome Grass. — Sown last year. Did not yield over l£ tons per acre. 

 Timothy, Brome and Western Rye grass sown with a nurse crop of oats this year were 

 a fairly good catch. 



Orchard Grass. — This was sown on a small plot of summer-fallow, without a nurse 

 ^rop and is looking well. 



