REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



and two with Banner oats. One plot in each ease had common red clover sown with the 

 grain at the rate of 12 pounds per acre, the other had no clover. The soil was a light 

 sandy loam of fairly good quality, which had received no manure or other fertilizer 

 since 1897, when it had an application of about 12 tons per acre. 



After the grain was harvested in 1900, the clover on the alternate plots made good 

 growth, and when the time arrived for ploughing it under it had made a good mat of 

 foliage. This was turned under about the middle of October, and in the spring of 

 1901 it was cultivated twice with the two-horse cultivator, and harrowed before sowing. 

 The Banner oats were sown on May 4, and cut August 5. 



Variety. 



Banner oats sown after. 



Wheat Preston, 1900, no clover 



Wheat Preston, 1900, with ctover 



Barley Mensury, 1900, no clover , 



Barley Mensury, 1900, with clover 



Oats Banner, 1900, no clover 



Oats Banner, 1900, with clover 



Weight of 



Stiaw 

 per acre. 



Lbs. 



2,480 

 3,440 

 1,920 

 2,640 

 2,240 

 3,040 



The average gain in those plots where clover was grown was, in grain 3 bushels 31 

 pounds per acre, and in straw 827 pounds per acre, an increase of nearly 10 per cent in 

 the grain, and oyer 35 per cent in the straw. 



EFFECTS OF THE PLOUGHING UNDER OF GREEN CLOVER AS A 



FERTILIZER FOR INDIAN CORN. 



In the spring of 1900, six plots of one-eightieth of an acre each were sown with 

 grain. Two were sown with Preston wheat, two with Mensury barley, and two with 

 Banner oats. One plot in each case had common red clover sown with the grain at the 

 rate of 12 pounds per acre, the other had no clover. These plots were adjoining those 

 of a similar test of oats, and the soil was of the same character and had received the 

 same preparatory treatment. After the grain was harvested in 1900, the clover was 

 allowed to grow until the following season, and was ploughed under about the middle 

 of May, by which time it had made a very heavy growth. The variety of corn chosen 

 for these tests was the Selected Learning, which was sown on May 23, in rows 3 feet 

 apart, and cut September 18. The results are given in the appended table. 



Variety. 



Selected Learning grown after, 



Wheat Preston, no clover 



Wheat Preston, with clover 



Barley Mensury, no clover 



Barley Mensury, with clover 



Oats Banner, no clover 



Oats Banner, with clover , 



The average gain in green fodder on the plots where clover was grown, was 8 tons 

 1,066 pounds per acre, an increase of over 40 per cent. 



