4 GEORGE V. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



A. 1914 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM, OTTAWA, ONT. 



REPOET OF THE DOMINION AGROSTOLOGIST— M. 0. MAXTE, Ph.D. 



INDIAN CORN. 



The whole season was rather unfavourable for experiments with Indian corn. 

 The very wet weather during the first part of June and the appearance of the larva? 

 of the Click beetle (Cryptohypnus abhreviatus) necessitated re-sowing in the middle 

 of June to such an extent that the results of the comparative tests can be used only 

 upproximately. 



Date of sowing, June 15. Date of cutting, September 30. Planted in hills o>) 

 inches apart each way. 



Indian Corn. — Test of Varieties. 



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12 



Name of Variety. 



Champion White Pearl.. 



Early Mastodon 



(Angel of Midnight, 



Improved Learning 



Early Longfellow 



Early Compton 



Salzer's North Dakota . . . 

 White Cap Yellow Dent. 



Eureka 



Woods Northern 



Salzer's All Gold 



Superior Fodder 



Condition when cut. 



Grain very soft 



n ii 



ii ii 



M beginning to harden 



ii h to glaz& . 



it ii to harden 



ii ii ii 



ii half hard 



ii soft 



ii very soft 



ii it ii 



ii soft 



Average 



Weight per acre. 



Tons. 



22 

 21 

 17 

 24 

 14 

 13 

 16 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 10 



lU 



Lb. 



1,000 

 1,200 

 1,300 



300 



100 

 1,900 

 1,400 



400 

 1,100 

 1,000 



400 

 1,700 



1,700 



FIELD ROOTS. 



Four main groups of field roots were experimented with during the year 

 1912-13, viz. 'turnips (including swedes), mangels, carrots and sugar beets. 



Of each of these groups, a number of varieties were grown in order to determine 

 their yielding power. Each variety was grown in two rows, the length of the rows 

 and the distance between them being calculated in such a way that each variety 

 occupied Vioa of an acre or thereabout. The yield per acre of the crop of each variety 

 is calculated from the weight of the crop from Moo of an acre. 



The advantage of late pulling having been definitely proven by experiments 

 carried out during a number of years previous to 1910, all field root3 were pulled as 

 late as possible. The exact date for the pulling of each group of field roots is given 

 in connection with the report of each group. 



The soil on which the experiments with field roots were made varied from rather 

 light and somewhat sandy loam to clay loam. 



Before sowing the land was made up in drills two feet apart and rolled so as to 

 make a good, firm seed bed. 



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