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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD PEAS. 



Fourteen varieties of field peas were tested at Lacombe in 1910. The seed was 

 sown at the rate of from two and one-half to three bushels per acre, according to the 

 size of the pea. The land was black clay loam ploughed out of timothy sod in 1909. 

 In 1909, the pea plots were inoculated with soil from land on which had been suc- 

 cessfully grown at Brandon, Man. As a result of that inoculation, the yield, though 

 small on all plots, was doubled. Soil from the inoculated plots of 1909 was applied to 

 all the pea plots tins year which were one-sixtieth of an acre in size. 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



to 



Name of Variety. 



1 Prussian Blue. . 



2 Mackay 



3 Early Harvest. 



4 Chancellor. 



5 Prince 



6 Picton. . . . 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 



Arthur. . . 

 Black- eye 



Marrowfat 



White Marrowfat. 

 English Grey. . . . 

 Daniel O'Rourke. 

 Golden Vine 



Paragon . 

 G regory. 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Apr. 



15. 

 15. 



28. 



15. 



15. 

 15. 

 15. 

 15. 



1.5 . 



15. 

 15. 

 15. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



; c3 



2 



be 



<u to a 



to 



Sept. 3. 

 .i 3. 



Aug. 29. 



.. 29. 



Sept. 3. 



'„ 3. 



Aug. 30. 



Sept. 3. 



n 4. 



Aug. 29. 



.. 30. 



,. 30. 



15. Sept. 3. 

 15. ■• 10. 



ri o 



is '- 

 SO 



141 

 141 

 123 



136 

 141 

 141 

 137 

 141 



142 

 13G 

 137 

 137 



141 



148 



Strong . . 

 Medium 

 Fairly 

 strong. 

 Medium 



Fairly 

 j strong. 



Medium 



tt 

 Fairly 

 strong. 



ii 

 Strong. . 



9$ g 



be tc i3 



Inch. 



40 



37 



43 

 43 

 36 

 40 

 49 



37 

 46 

 28 

 37 



39 

 46 



60 



.5Pi3 



Lbs. 



5,640 

 4,440 



5,508 

 4,080 

 4,110 

 4,500 

 3,517 



4,845 

 4,785 

 3,390 

 4,305 



fccfcc" 

 3 a •" 



i-> £ o 



Inch. 



n 



2J 



2 



n 



3 



3 



2| 



H 



3,9901 2 

 5,310! 2\ 



5,220j 3 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



2,580 

 2,280 



2,231^ 



2,220 



2,190 



2,100 



2,0024; 



1,995 

 1,995 

 1,890 

 1.755 



1,590 

 1,530 

 1,500 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



43 .. 

 3S .. 



Hi 



37 



37 .. 



36 30 



35 .. 



33 22£ 



33 15 



33 15 



31 30 



29 15 



26 30 



25 30 



25 .. 



r ^ - 





- 



i t 



H.S'a 



Lbs. 



63 

 61 



63 

 64*5 



62-5 



<i3 



62 ■ 

 625 

 600 



63 



63 <'» 

 63 



ROTATIONS. 



Of the following rotations, ' B,' ' C,' ' E,' and the check plots have been got under 

 way this year, while ' A ' and ' D ' have been laid out and will be started in 1911. 



ROTATION K. 



SIX YEAR. 



About 25 acres. 



This rotation is to be located in an irregular area between the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway and the Edmonton trail. The field is to be divided into six equal blocks by 

 paralleling the north and south road allowance. 



First year — Hoe crop, peas and mixed grains. 



Second year. — Wheat. 



Third year. — Oats and barley seeded down. 



Part (a) Alsike clover 6 lbs., Rye grass 10 lbs. 

 Part (b) Alsike clover 6 lbs., Alfalfa G lbs. and Timothy 3 lbs. 

 Part (c) Red clover 6 lbs., Alsike 2 lbs., Timothy 2 lbs., and Western Rve grass 

 2 lbs. 



