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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



THICK AND THIN SEEDING OF FLAX. 



The size of the plots for the test was one-twentieth acre, the soil was a sandy 

 loam which had been summer-fallowed. 



The accompanying table gives the second sowing for this test. The first plots were 

 sown on May 16, and were destroyed by cutworm. 



BUCKWHEAT— A VOLUNTEER CROP. 



One of the objections to the cultivation of buckwheat in this country is the fact 

 that the grain ripens so unevenly that the first-formed grain shells before the rest is 

 fully matured, and the shelled grain, coming up in the next year's crops, injures the 

 samples. 



The shelled grain in last year's buckwheat plots was lightly covered this spring, 

 and the yield, as will be seen by the following tables, was a good one. 



Variety. 



Date Sown. 



Japanese . Autumn, 1900. . . 



Gray I .. 1900.. 



Silver Hull...; I .. 1900.. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Sept. 16. 

 ,. 16. 

 „ 16. 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



220 

 500 

 440 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



28 

 35 

 32 



19 

 20 

 32 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



47 



48* 

 52 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Fodder corn was somewhat later in maturing this year, but the crop was an 

 average one. 



