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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 Special Experiments with Fertilizers. 



FIELD CROP OF CORX. 



Two acres of corn was grown on land that had timothy as a previous crop. It was 

 manured on the sod in the fall of 1900, with 20 one-horse cart loads of stable manure 

 per acre. This was ploughed June 1, when a good crop of grass was turned under with 

 the manure. The land was then worked up with the disc, spring-tooth and smoothing 

 harrows, and the seed sown June 3 with the grain drill in rows three feet apart. This 

 corn made excellent growth. The yield obtained was 31 tons. 



Two acres was also grown on land that was previously seeded to clover in the 

 spring of 1900, together with a pea crop. The pea aphis destroyed the pea crop, and 

 the clover produced a grand aftermath by fall. This was manured in the autumn, and 

 in the spring was ploughed and worked up, and the corn sown June 6 in rows 3 feet 

 apart. The varieties ' Longfellow ' and ' Selected Learning ' were mixed and sown to- 

 gether. The yield obtained from this field was 34 tons 650 pounds. 



One acre was grown on land that was of poor fertility, not having had any manure 

 previously. The previous crops were grain, with one crop of pease ploughed under in 

 the year 1899. This land was manured this spring at the rate of 30 one-horse cart 

 loads per acre, which was spread broadcast and ploughed under. It was then worked 

 up with the disc, spring-tooth and smoothing harrows, after which the seed was sown 

 in rows 3 feet apart. The variety, ' Angel of Midnight,' was sown. The yield from this 

 field was 13 tons. The crop was sown June 6, and harvested October 1. 



FIELD CROP OF TURNIPS. 



The soil of this field was a clay loam in a poor state of fertility. It had never had 

 any manure before. The previous crops were grain, and with the exception of a crop 

 of pease ploughed under in 1899, no fertilizer had been previously given. The land 

 was ploughed in the fall of 1900, and in the spring was disc-harrowed, after which 30 

 one-horse cart loads of stable manure per acre was spread and ploughed under. It was 

 then worked with the disc, spring-tooth and smoothing harrows, after which 200 pounds 

 of complete fertilizer was sown on one-half of each one acre plot. 



