420 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 Average Results of a Five Years' Test of Twelve Varieties of Potatoes. 



Variety. 



Years included. 



Seedling No. 7 . . . 



Delaware 



Carman No. 1 



Clarke's No. 1 ... . 

 Money Maker .... 



Lizzie's Pride 



New Variety No. 1 

 Brownell's Winner 



Dakota Red 



Troy Seedling. . . . 

 Seedling No. 230.. 

 Carman No. 3 



1897-98-99-1900-] 901... 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901. . . 

 1897-98-96-1900-1901. . . 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901... 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901 . . . 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901 . . . 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901 .. 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901... 

 1897-98-90-1900-1901. . . 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901... 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901... 

 1897-98-99-1900-1901... 



GRASSES. 



The season has been a very favourable one for all varieties of grass, the area de- 

 voted to this crop has been largely increased on the farm, but most of the plots and 

 fields have been seeded some time and the yields for that reason are not very heavy. 

 All were sown in June without a nurse crop. 



Variety. 



Brome Grass , 



it 



Timothy 



Western Rye Grass 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



2 1,C5S 



2 1,200 



1 200 

 3 



CLOVERS. 



When sown with a nurse crop of grain even the hardier varieties of clover only 

 produce in this country small weak plants, which are almost invariably winter killed, 

 but if sown alone, either on ploughed stubble or summer-fallow, and the weeds kept 

 mowed during the summer, the plants become sufficiently strong to withstand the win- 

 ter, and give a fair return the following summer. 



Perhaps the best clover for general cultivation in the western portion of the pro- 

 vince is Alfalfa or Lucerne. This should be sown on land free of grass or perennial 

 weeds, in the proportion of thirty pounds of seed per acre. The mower should be run 

 over the land several times during the first year to destroy all annual weeds before 

 they go to seed and the perennial weeds should be hoed or pulled out. The young 

 clover plants are very weak during the first year and must have every opportunity of 

 growing. 



The greatest obstacle to clover growing on this farm is the ground or pocket 

 squirrel. This small animal is very fond of clover roots, and if not caught, soon de- 

 stroys a large proportion of the plants. As they seldom appear above the surface, their 

 run-ways require to be opened ; a spring trap set below the surface of the groufid and 

 covered with a board to exclude the light ; by this plan they are generally caught in 

 a short time. 



