DIVISION OF FORAGE PLANTS 



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:SSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LACOMBE, ALTA. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— G. H. HUTTON, R.S.A. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



The results of the test of varieties of Indian corn were unsatisfactory, and yields 

 per acre were quite low. The heavy precipitation delayed growth, and no variety got 

 much more than well tasselled. Seed was planted in hills, two and one-half feet 

 apart each way, on May 24. The crop was cut on August 31. The land was ploughed 

 out of sod in August, 1911, thoroughly fall worked and cultivated again in the spring, 

 previous to planting time. 



Indian Corn for Ensilage. — Test of Varieties. 



V 



3 



Name of Variety. 



Canada Eight-row 



Compton's Early ........ 



Longfellow (Steele Briggs) 

 North Dakota (Rennie) . . . 



Longfellow (Rennie) 



North Dakota (McKenzie) 

 Longfellow (McKenzie) . . . 

 North-western Dent 



Average. 



1,864 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD ROOTS. 



The results of experiments with turnips, mangels and sugar beets, for the season 

 of 1912, are far from satisfactory. The mangel and sugar beet crop was a failure. 

 The yield of turnips and carrots is extremely small. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



V 



-3 



3 



Name of Variety. 



Rennie's Prize 



Derby 



Bangholm 



N. W. Purple Top. . . 



Imperial 



Perfection.. 



Jumbo , 



Average 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



203 

 199 

 180 

 159 

 146 

 120 

 67 



Lb. 



30 



6 

 57 

 30 

 18 

 40 



6 



153 



52 



