470 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 Pease — Test of Varieties — Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Ripening. 



Chancellor Aug. 30 . 



French Canner (Sept. 5. 



Prince m 3. 



Canadian Beauty n 8. 



Prince Albert n 5. 



Dover » 8. 



Centennial . . ■■ 5. 



Perth ii 6. 



English Grey . .... » 4 



Archer „ 8. 



Picton it 1 . 



Creeper n 6 . 



Fergus ,. 8. 



Vincent ■■ 8 . 



Duke. „ 8. 



Pearl „ 11. 



Harrison's Glory ., 10. 



Bright „ 12. 



Victoria n 10. 



Maokay h 11 . 



Wisconsin Blue n 5. 



Bedford „ 8. 



Herald •• 5 . . 



Multiplier I „ 5 . 



Elder „ 10. 



Chelsea j ,. 5. 



Grass Pea ; „ 12., 



O) "i C 



a a - 



107 

 113 

 111 

 116 

 113 

 116 

 113 

 114 

 112 

 116 

 109 

 114 

 116 

 116 

 116 

 119 

 118 

 120 

 118 

 119 

 113 

 116 

 113 

 113 

 118 

 113 

 120 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Weak 



Strong, 



Weak 



Strong 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



Small . 



ii . 



Large . 



Small 

 Large . 



ii 

 Medium 

 Large . 

 Small . 

 Large . 



Small . 

 Medium 



Small . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



50 

 49 

 49 

 49 

 49 

 49 

 49 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 46 

 46 

 46 

 46 

 45 

 45 

 44 

 43 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 39 

 36 



40 

 40 

 40 

 20 



40 

 20 

 20 



40 



40 

 20 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 20 





■5- m 



Lbs 



65 



64 



63 



64 



63£ 



61$ 



63 



62? 



62* 



63$ 



64 



64 



63 



62 



64 



62* 



64 



62 



63 



63 



63 



62* 



63 



63 



624 



65A 



INDIAN CORN. 



TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Thirty-four varieties of Indian Corn were sown on May 22, in rows 36 inches 

 apart, by grain-drill ; and for comparison, planted by hand in hills three feet apart 

 each way, on the same date. 



Both plots were cut for ensilage on September 2. The yield was computed from 

 the weight of corn on two rows, each 66 feet long. 



The land used for the test had been fallowed in 1900, and in the fall of that year 

 twenty loads per acre of well-rotted manure was spread evenly over the ground. 

 Before seeding in the spring this was gang-ploughed in, three inches deep, and the 

 plots were well harrowed. 



Before and after the corn came up the weeder was used, and until it was too high 

 to permit the working of a horse, a scruWer was run at short intervals. No weeds 

 were allowed to appear. 



When cut for ensilage, on September 7, all varieties were well advanced, and the 

 quality and quantity of the fodder is the best we have ever been able to secure here. 



