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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RAPE. 



Three varieties were sown on May 23, on l-20th acre plots of fall-ploughing, 

 manured. 



Cut for feed on September 14. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CANARY GRASS. 



(Phalaris canariensis). 



Sown May 15, on l-20th acre plot of fallowed land, cut August 26; time of 

 mature, 103 days. 



Straw, strong ; 46 inches long. 

 Head, If inches long. 

 Weight of straw per acre, 3,060 lbs. 

 Yield per acre, 25 bushels 30 lbs. 



EXPERIMENT WITH SUNFLOWERS. 



Mammoth Russian was sown on May 22 ; frozen September 17 ; height, 12 feet. 

 Very few heads had matured before frost came, and the greater portion of tbe 

 crop was lost. 



EXPERIMENT WITH SPRING RYE. 



Sown on May 14, on 1-40 acre lot of fallowed land. 



Ripe August 22 ; time to mature, 100 days. 



Straw, strong; 51 inches long. 



Length of head, 4 inches. Yield per acre, 52 bushels and S pounds. 



