REPORT OF MR THOS. A. SHARPE 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



515 



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 X) 



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3 



Name of Variety. 



1, Chancellor. 

 2,Picton 



O.Gregory 



Black-eye Marrowfat 



Prince 



White Marrowfat. 



Golden Vine 



Prussian Blue 



Mackay 



English Grey 



Paragon 



Daniel O'Rourke. . 



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 t; 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13J Arthur 



Weight 



of 

 Straw 



Lbs. 



5,680 

 5,560 

 4,840 

 5,420 

 4,920 

 4,720 

 5,120 

 5,160 

 5,400 

 5,360 

 5,120 

 5,440 

 5,320 



Weight per 

 measured 



bushel after 

 cleaning. 



Lbs. 



65 

 62 

 64 

 63 

 65 

 63 

 64 

 64 

 63 

 62 

 Go 

 64 

 64 







1 



6 























•5 



•0 



■2 



•5 







EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Eight varieties of Indian corn, grown for ensilage, were planted on Mav 19, on 

 a clover sod which was ploughed early in April and harrowed repeatedly with disc and 

 spading harrows to cut the sods and start the weed seeds. A dressing with the spike 

 tooth drag left the land in fine condition for the seed. For convenience in cultivation, 

 the corn was planted in hills, three feet apart each way. To protect the sprouting seed 

 from crows, which are very plentiful, the seed received a coating of coal tar before 

 planting, and the stand was very uniform. 



The weather in spring was cold with showers and until the first week in July the 

 growth was poor. The season as a whole was a very unfavourable one for corn and, 

 although the gross yield was a fairly heavy one, the corn was very green and immature 

 and very few stalks had ears advanced in growth to the roasting ear stage. 



The plots were harvested October 7 and 8, and put into the silo at once. 



The yield per acre was estimated from the product of two rows, each sixty-six 

 feet long. 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties. 



A 



Name of Variety. 



Superior Fodder 



Longfellow 



Wood's Northern Dent 

 Compton's Early . . . 



Angel of Midnight 



Early Mastodon 



Eureka 



Selected Learning 



~16^33£ 



Height. 



Inches. 



120 

 112 

 112 

 112 

 106 

 116 

 107 

 106 



In Silk. 



Get, 

 Sept. 

 Oct. 

 Sept. 



If 



Oct. 



Sept. 



i 

 16. 



1. 

 16. 

 16. 



1. 



7. 

 24. 



Condition 



when Cut. 



Eai s forming 

 Late milk. . . 

 Ears forming 

 Late milk. . 

 ii . . . 

 Ears forming 

 In silk.. ... 

 Early milk... 



Weight per 



Acre 



Grown in Hills. 



Tons. Lbs. 



22 

 21 

 19 

 19 



18 

 16 

 16 

 16 



060 

 1,560 

 1,710 

 l.OCO 

 1,950 

 1,880 

 1,820 



SCO 



