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EXPERIMENTAL FIRMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MILLET. 



Name of Variety. 



Japanese 



Moha Hungarian . . 

 Italian, or Indian . 



C%t-tail 



German, or Golden 

 Pearl 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SOJA BEAXS. 



Experiments were again conducted with soja beans to gain information as to their 

 value as a forage crop, and also to find out the yield per acre from this crop sown at 

 different distances apart. The soil used was a clay loam, which had potatoes on it as 

 a previous crop. It was manured for the potatoes in the fall of 1899 with stable ma- 

 nure, at the rate of 25 one-horse cart loads per acre. The land was ploughed after the 

 potatoes were dug, and worked up the following spring with the disc, spring-tooth and 

 smoothing harrows. The beans were sown with the Wisner seed drill, June 10, in rows 

 21, 28 and 35 inches apart, and the crop was cut and weighed October 1. The yield 

 per acre has been calculated from the quantity obtained from plots of one-fortieth acre 

 each. The crop made strong growth, but the beans had only just commenced to form 

 at date of cutting. . The season here does not appear to be long enough to bring this 

 crop to sufficient maturity to make it valuable. 



Distances apart. 



Soja beans, 21 inches, 

 i, 28 it 



ii 35 n 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. 

 8 



Lbs. 

 1,800 



■t 1,000 

 6 400 



EXPERIMENTS WITH HORSE BEANS. 



Experiments were also conducted with the English horse bean, the variety ' Tick ' 

 being used. They were sown at different distances in rows 21, 2S and 35 inches apart. 

 The soil was similar to that on which the soja beans were grown, and received the same 

 treatment. The beans were on plots of one-fortieth acre each. These made good 

 growth during the first part of the season, but were almost destroyed, as were all the 

 other horse beans on the farm, by the ' Black Dolphin ' horse bean aphis, which infested 

 the plants in countless numbers. 



Distances apart. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Horse beans, 21 inches 

 n 28 ii 



<■ 35 ii 



Tons. Lbs. 



3 

 3 



1,000 

 1,080 



