332 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



between tlie rows, and another plot 15 inches apart in the row and 36 inches between 

 the rows. In this experiment the yield from one row was greater where the distance 

 apart was greater, but when consideration is given to the area the yield per acre was 

 the reverse. 



The following were the results : — 



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Seed 12 inches apart, rows 30 inches apart 657 bushels per acre. 



Seed 14 inches apart, rows 33 inches apart 609 



Seed 15 inches apart, rows 36 inches apart 570 



One experiment was conducted to determine the value of the different parts of 

 the potato for seed. One plot was planted with whole tubers. For the other two plots 

 the tuber was divided across the middle and one plot was planted with the seed end 

 of the tuber and the other plot with the stem end. The following are the results : — 



Whole tubers 867 bushels per acre. 



Seed ond 703 



Stem end 615 



This is the only experiment in which several varieties were used. All the other 

 experiments were conducted with Irish Cobbler. 



One plot of potatoes was planted on land that had been summer-fallowed in 1911 

 and received a coating of manure at the rate of 12 tons per acre in the autumn of the 

 same year. Another was planted on land that had grown a crop of peas in 1911 

 which was ploughed under in July of that year. The following are the results : — 



Summer-fallow, with manure 657 bushels per acre. 



Pea ground 563 '* 



FLOWEKS. 



Heretofore the flower garden has been in exceedingly cramped quarters and the 

 display was unsatisfactory from the standpoint of arrangement, but there was a good 

 opportunity to observe the development of the different varieties; Asters, antirrhinum, 

 candytuft, coreopsis, larkspur, mignonette, nicotiana, phlox, poppy, pansy, petunia, 

 portulaca, stocks, salpiglossis, verbena, dianthus, sweet peas and zinnia. All came to 

 •full bloom and when grown in artistic arrangement in a large border will make a 

 splendid showing. 



A border was prepared in 1912, twelve feet wide and extending completely around 

 the lawns, to a length of about one-quarter mile. This was ploughed in the autumn 

 of 1912 to a depth of four inches and subsoiled to a further depth of four inches. In 

 this will be planted both perennial and annual herbaceous plants. 



In the autumn of 1912 more than three thousand tulip and other bulbs were 

 received direct from Holland. These were planted in well-worked, rich soil to a 

 depth of about five inches, eight inches apart in the rows, and eight inches between 

 rows. The holes for planting the bulbs were made with a blunt spade handle. After 

 planting, a layer of straw was put on the bed, and they were left in this condition 

 until spring. For the past three years, tulips planted in this way have bloomed for 

 from two to three weeks in May, and added very much to the appearance of the 

 surroundings. 



BULBS FOR THE HOUSE. 



Several hundred bulbs of tulips, narcissi and hyacinth'', were potted in November, 

 well watered, and left in a dark, cool cellar until the winter. Beginning about 

 Christmas time these were taken up to a warm room and allowed to bloom. All the 

 varieties of bulbs attempted in this way forced well and came to good bloom, with 



