REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



21 



PEASE SOWN AT DIFFERENT DATES. 



yame of Variety. 



Miunmy. 



Golden Vine. 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



April 13 

 „ 21 

 ,. 28 



May 6 

 „ 12 

 .. 19 



April 13 

 ,. 21 

 „ 28 



May 5 

 .. 12 

 ,. 19 



Date 



of 



Ripening 



Aug. 



2 

 4 

 6 



7 

 8 

 14 

 4 

 7 

 9 



13 

 14 

 18 



No. of 

 Days 

 Matur- 

 ing. 



Ill 



105 



100 



94 



88 



87 



113 



108 



103 



100 



94 



91 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



48 



48 

 48 

 48 

 42 

 40 

 55 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 



to 52 

 to 54 

 to 54 

 to 54 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 60 

 to 58 

 to 54 

 to 56 

 to 55 

 to 55 



SUMMARY OP RESULTS OF EARLY, MEDIUM, AND LATE SOWINGS FOR 



THE WHOLE PERIOD. 



The following are the average crops which have been obtained, during the full 

 period these testa have been continued — that is eight years with the oats, barley and 

 spring wheat, and three years with the pease : — 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



During the season of 1897, twenty-eight varieties of Indian corn have been tested 

 side by side on fairly uniform land. The soil was a sandy loam of fair quality which 

 received in the spring of 1894, an application of about 12 tons of barn-yard manure 

 per acre. No fertilizer has been applied since. The previous crop was pease. The 

 land was ploughed in the autumn of 1896, about 8 inches deep and again in the spring 

 of 1897, about 6 inches deep and harrowed twice with the smoothing harrow before 

 planting. The varieties were all planted 25th May, and were cut for ensilage 17th 

 September. The yield per acre has been calculated from the weight of the crop cut 

 from two rows each 66 feet long. 



