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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, INDIAN HEAD, SASK. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— ANGUS MACKAY. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN AND ROOTS. 



Indian corn and roots were satisfactory the past year. The land had been 

 summer-fallowed the previous year, and twelve tons of well-rotted manure applied 

 late in the fall, and disced under. In the spring, before sowing or planting, the land 

 ■was double-disced or cultivated. 



Corn was sown in rows three feet apart, and the yield was taken from two rows 

 sixty feet long. 



Roots were sown in rows thirty inches apart, on the flat, and the yield computed 

 the same as corn. 



Five and one-half acres of corn- were grown and cut after three nights of frost; 

 on the 14th, 15th and 16th of September. The ensilage was not injured in the least, 

 so far as can be determined. 



Indian Corn for Ensilage. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow 



North Dakota White Flint. 



Com pton's Early 



Early Canada 



Genu 



Minnesota King 



Giant Prolific 



North Western Dent 



Average. 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Date 



of 

 Cutting. 



Sept. 



1G. 

 16. 



1G. 

 1G. 

 1G. 

 1G. 

 1G. 

 1G. 



be 



'5 



© 

 bo 

 c3 

 u 

 v 

 > 



Inch , 



78 

 80 

 84 

 87 

 60 

 90 

 84 

 85 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Eariy milk 



Late milk 

 Early milk 



ii 

 Late milk. 



Weight 



per Acre 



grown in 



Rows. 



Tons. Lb. 



24 1,23G 



25 688 



24 

 28 

 23 

 23 



48 

 760 

 860 

 464 



19 1,732 



22 352 



23 1,768 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Magnum Bonum. 

 Elephant 



Average. 



[Character 



of 

 Soil. 



Prize Purple Top jClay loam 



Hartley's Bronze... 

 Hall's Westbury... 



Invicta 



5|New Century 



Size 



of 



Plot. 



1/132 

 1/132 

 1/132 

 1/132 

 1/132 

 1/132 

 1/132 



Charac- 

 ter of 

 Growth. 



Strong 



Sown. 



May 22 



h 22 



.. 22 



„ 22 



,, 22 



„ 22 



.. 22 



Pulled. 



Oct. 11. 

 ,i 11 

 „ 11. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre . 



a 

 o 



H 

 39 

 36 



£1 

 ►J 



144 



468 



36 1,524 

 11. '33 1,320 



i; 



ii 

 ii. 



38 

 38 

 39 



1,748 



32 



672 



37 844 



Description of 

 Variety. 



Large & smooth. 



u 

 Large, very fine. 

 Medium, good. 

 Large, very good. 



