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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 

 Indian Corn for Ensilage— Test of Varieties. 



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 3 

 4 

 5 

 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Name of Variety. 



Compton's Early . . . . 



Wood's Northern Dent. . . 



Longfellow 



Eureka 



Early Mastodon 



Selected Learning 



Angel of Midnight 



White Cap Yellow Dent. . 



Superior Fodder 



North Dakota White 



Davidson's Quebec Yellow 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Weight 



per 



Acre Grown 



in Rows. 



Tasselled. 



In silk 



Early milk. 

 Tasselled . . . 

 Late milk. . . 

 Tasselled.. . . 



In silk 



Tasselled . . . 

 Glazed, ripe 



Tons. Lbs . 



30 

 27 

 27 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 21 

 15 



60 

 1,310 

 780 

 1,150 

 1,940 

 1,280 

 1,300 

 1 780 

 1,312 



Weight 



per 



Acre Grown 



in Hills. 



Ti 



Lbs 



18 1,510 



20 150 



22 1,650 



17 , 1,310 



15 140 



8 1,150 



MIXED GRAINS. 



On small, triangular corners of ground, mixed grains were grown. These made 

 very rank growth and lodged. They were, in most cases, cut and fed green. The 

 seed was mixed equal parts by weight of oats, barley and peas, and was sown at the 

 rate of three bushels per acre. A record was kept of one-half acre which yielded 1,513 

 pounds mixed grain, or at the rate of 75 bushels and 26 pounds per acre, allowing 40 

 pounds per bushel. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS (SWEDES). 



FIRST SOWING. 



Ten varieties of Swede turnips were tested on fallowed sandy loam, which was 

 manured at the rate of twenty tons per acre early in the spring and thoroughly worked 

 into the soil. The seed was sown in drills two and one-half feet apart and the young 

 plants were thinned out to about twelve inches apart in the rows. This seed was sown 

 on May 27, and the roots pulled on November 7. 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 



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1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 



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9 



10 



Name of Variety. 



Hartley's Bronze 



(iood Luck 



Perfection Swede 



Hall's Westbury 



Hale wood's Bronze' Top 



Mammoth Clyde 



M agnum Bonum 



Jumbo 



Carter's Elephant 



Bangholm Selected. . . . 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 



27. 



27. 



27 



27. 



27. 



27. 



37. 



27. 



27. 



Date 



of 



Pulling. 



Nov. 8. 

 8. 

 8. 

 8. 

 8. 

 8 

 8. 

 8 

 8. 

 8. 



Yield per Acre. 

 1st Sowing. 



Tons. 



32 

 30 

 28 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 23 



Lbs. 



1,604 



60 



232 



1,744 



1,612 



556 



292 



708 



312 



68 



Yield per Acre. 

 1st Sowing:. 



Bush. 



1,093 

 1,001 

 937 

 862 

 860 

 842 

 838 

 811 

 80 _ ) 

 767 



Lbs. 

 24 



12 



24 

 12 

 36 

 12 

 48 

 12 

 48 



