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EX PERI MENTA L FA RMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Sugar Beits — Test of Varieties. 



The average yield from the first sowing was 25 tons 466 lbs. per acre. 



The average yield from the second sowing was 19 tons 1,900 lbs. per acre. 



INDIAN CORN. 



The corn was sown with the seed drill in rows thirty-five inches apart, and was 

 also sown in hills thirty-five inches apart each way. When the plants were about six 

 inches high they were thinned out, leaving them from six to eight inches apart in the 

 rows, and leaving four or five plants in each hill. The seed' was sown May 17, and the 

 corn was cut green for ensilage September IT. The yield has been calculated from the 

 weight of crop cut from two rows, each sixty-six feet long. The soil was a rather 

 heavy loam. 



For the making of ensilage, the corn should be cut when the kernels are in the 

 doughy stage ; but the summer at Ottawa is not always warm enough to bring the late 

 varieties to this stage of maturity before it is necessary to cut the crop to avoid serious 

 frost. 



In Canada the ton contains 2,000 pounds. 



Indian Corn for Ensilage — Test of Varieties. 





Name of Variety. 



1 Eureka 



2 Champion White Pearl . 



3 Compton's Early 



4 Superior Fodder 



5 Wood's Northern Dent . 



6 Angel of Midnight. . . . 



7 Selected Learning 



8 Early Mastodon ... 



9 Longfellow 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



May 17. 



,. 17. 



„ 17. 



-, 17. 



„ 17. 



.. 17. 



„ 17. 



,. 17. 



.. 17. 



Date 



of 



Cutting. 



Sept. 17. 



,. 17. 



„ 17. 



.. 17. 



„ 17. 



„ 17. 



., 17. 



■i 17. 



,. 17. 



Average 



Height. 



Inches. 



115 



100 

 100 

 130 

 105 

 75 

 118 

 100 

 105 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Early miik . 



Doughy . . . 

 Early milk. 



lazed.. 

 Doughy 

 Glazed.. 



Weight 



p< r Acre 



Grown 



in Rows. 



Weight 



per Acre 



Grown 



in Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



36 



30 

 20 

 20 

 •20 

 28 

 28 

 25 

 24 



GOO 

 1,160 

 1,020 

 1,620 

 1,510 



650 



650 

 50 



730 



Tons. Lbs. 



36 

 25 

 27 

 27 

 3:? 

 23 

 23 

 19 

 25 



50 

 100 



10 

 450 

 220 

 860 

 530 

 720 

 3S0 



The average yield from the first sowing was 25 tons 466 lbs. per acre. 

 The average yield from the second sowing was 19 tons 1,900 lbs. per acre. 



INDIAN CORN SOWN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES. 



Three varieties were chosen for this test : Champion White Pearl, Selected Learn- 

 ing anrl Longfellow. The seed was sown May 17, and the corn was cut for ensilage 

 September 17. Sixteen rows of each variety were sown; that is, four rows at each of 



