REPORT OF MR. ANGUS UACKAY 



411 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



GRASSES AND RED CLOVER. 



The hay crop was light, but the weather being favourable when cut, was secured 

 in good condition. 



Variety. 



Western Rye Grass 



Western Rye Grass and Red Clover 



Western Rye Grass, Red Clover and Timothy 

 Jirome Grass 



Year 



Sown. 



1906 

 1906 

 1007 

 1899 



Date 

 Cut. 



July 8. 

 n 13. 

 „ 13. 

 „ 13. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



1 



1 101) 



1 500 



. . 1,970 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Ten varieties of Indian corn were sown in drills thirty-five inches apart, and 

 Wanted in hills three feet apart each way. The land had been fallowed the previous 

 year. No manure was applied. 



TJp to August 15, the promise was not good for a satisfactory return, but heavy 

 rains after that date, with warm weather, made a great improvement, and when cut 

 on September 7, a good yield in all cases was obtained. No frost injured the crop 

 from sowing to cutting. 



The corn was sown with the grain drill, by closing up enough cups to make the 

 rows as nearly thirty-six inches apart as possible. The farm drill is a seven-inch, 

 causing the rows to be thirty-five inches apart. The corn was sown two inches deep. 

 The yield was computed from the weight of two rows, each sixty-six feet long. 



Indian Corn for Ensilage — Test of Varieties. 



l 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



G 



7! 



8j 



91 



10 



Name of Variety. 



Eureka 



Champion White Pearl. 



Salzer's All Gold 



Selected Learning 



Wood's Northern Dent. 



Angel of Midnight 



Compton's Early 



Northwestern Dent 



Longfellow 



Superior Fodder 



Date of 

 Sowing . 



May 25. 



.. 25. 



„ 25. 



.1 25. 



11 *2c . 



.. 25. 



■1 25. 



.. 25. 



., 25. 



11 25. 



Date of 

 Cutting. 



Sept. 7. 



7 



11 i . 



.1 7. 



.. 7. 



A 7. 



,. 7. 



- 7. 



.. 7. 



.1 7. 



.. 7. 



Average 

 Height 



Inches. 



86 

 90 



80 

 88 

 88 

 78 

 84 

 80 

 78 

 88 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Tasselled. 



Not tasselled. 



In cob 



Not tasselled. 



Weight per ! Weight per 



Acre Grown Acre Grown 



in Kows. in Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. Tons. Lbs 



29 

 27 

 24 

 21 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 20 



1,400 

 1,044 

 1,104 



184 

 180 



1,520 

 200 



1,540 

 220 

 656 



26 1,400 



22 880 

 24 180 

 20 920 



23 200 

 19 1,600 

 19 1,600 

 19 1,600 



19 1,600 



20 920 



FIELD ROOTS. 



Turnips, mangles, sugar beets and carrots were sown on fallowed land. The 

 land was ploughed in June, seven inches deep, cultivated three times during the grow- 

 ing season, and ploughed five inches deep in October, and twelve loads of well-rotted 

 manure applied per acre. 



In the spring before the frost was out of the soil, the land vvas harrowed, which 

 helped to scatter the manure. A few days before sowing the root seed, the land was 

 gang-ploughed shallow and harrowed. 



