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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties — Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



Table King .., 



Seedling No. 214 



Prize Taker 



Clay Rose 



Polaris 



Flemish Beauty Seedling, 



Ohio Junior 



Pearce's Extra Early 



Sir Walter Raleigh 



Dug. 



Oct. 



11.. 



9.. 

 11.. 



9.. 

 11.. 

 11.. 



9.. 



1.. 

 11.. 



Total Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. 

 215 

 200 

 195 

 192 

 182 

 177 

 175 

 170 

 165 



lbs. 



30 

 30 

 30 



Yield per 

 Acre of Un- 

 marketable. 



Bus. 

 47 

 112 

 70 

 52 

 25 

 37 

 37 

 70 

 15 



lbs. 



30 



30 



30 



30 

 30 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



Twenty-five varieties of Indian Corn for ensilage were sown on 4th June. The 

 land used for this experiment was a sandy loam, the previous crop was wheat, barley, and 

 oats ; it being the land used for the early, medium and late sown plots of grain last 

 year. This was ploughed in the spring. — It was fertilized with 5 barrels of hardwood 

 ashes and 200 pounds of bone meal per acre, which was sown broadcast and harrowed in. 



Owing to the limited amount of barn-yard manure there was none of this available 

 for the corn land, with result that a smaller yield than ilsual was obtained. 



One set of plots were sown in rows 3 feet apart, and a duplicate set were planted 

 alongside in hills 3 feet apart each way. The following table gives the results 

 obtained : — 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Comptons Early 



Longfellow 



Sanford 



Early Butler... 



Angel of Midnight .... 

 Cloud's Early Yellow. . 

 New White Cap, Yellow 



Dent 



King of the Earliest 



Mamm. 8-Rowed Flint. 

 North Dakota, White.. . . 

 Mitchell's Extra Early. . 



Red Cob Ensilage 



Champion White Pearl. . 

 Extra Early Huron Dent 



Pearce's Prolific 



Selected Learning 



Thoroughbred White 



Flint 



Pride of the North 



Canada White Flint 



Cuban Giant . . 



Kendall's Giant 



Giant Prolific, Ensilage. . 

 North Dakota, Yellow . . 

 Mammoth Sweet Fodder. 

 Ninety Day 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Very strong, 



Strong 



ti 



K 



Very strong. 

 Strong 



M 



Medium 



Weak '.'.'.'.'.. 



II 



Medium 



Weak . . 

 Medium . 



Weak .. 

 Medium . 



Weak 



Very weak. 



.J3 



In. 



84 

 83 

 60 

 60 

 84 

 64 



80 

 70 

 60 

 G5 

 50 

 40 

 60 

 60 

 84 

 60 



60 

 65 

 60 

 60 

 40 

 45 

 50 

 40 

 35 



13 



m 



a 



H 

 a 



0) 



Aug. 20 



I. 20 



.1 20 



n 31 



n 18 



Sept. 10 



Aug. 



11 

 II 

 II 



Sept. 



II 

 Aug. 



II 

 Sept. 



30 



25 

 20 

 20 

 15 

 16 

 16 

 31 

 18 

 16 



m 



a 



Aug. 30 

 31 



Sept. 1 

 10 



Aug. 31 



Sept. 16 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



II 



Aug. 



16 



31 



6 



8 



28 



Aug. 28 

 .1 27 

 .1 24 

 Sept. 16 

 Aug. 20 

 Sept. 16 

 Aug. 25 

 „ 25 

 Sept. 6 



Sept. 10 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 22 



15 

 10 



8 

 30 



5 

 28 



1 



6 

 25 







Sept. 16 

 14 

 15 

 20 

 16 

 25 



•I 20 

 14 

 20 



., 20 

 6 



Sept. 20 

 15 

 28 



28 

 20 

 21 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 20 

 20 

 Oct. 5 





a 



a 

 o 



'23 



Sept. 30 2nd milk 



30 



30 

 Oct. 1 

 Sept. 30 



Sept. 22 



1st 



2nd 



Ist 



Sept. 15 Glazed . 

 Tassel'g. 



II 

 2nd milk 



II 

 lat II 



Oct. 1 



Sept. 28 



Sept. 28 

 28 



Oct. 

 Oct. 



2nd .1 



Silk.'.'.. 

 2nd milk 

 Silk.. . 

 2nd milk 

 II 



1st II 



ax . 



2.9 



a 

 . . o 



bo 



o 



11 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 



10 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 6 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 2 







m 

 XI 



1,10010 

 00011 

 00011 

 1,670 6 

 1,450 10 

 1,340 9 



130 9 

 370 9 



1,27013 

 850 7 

 170 4 



1,40013 

 63011 

 300: 6 

 300 6 



1,200 13 



1,550 



1,550 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 



1,200 



800 



800 



11701 



Si 



^ 

 460 

 550 

 440 



1,970 

 240 



1,470 



150 

 700 

 400 

 1,400 

 800 

 500 

 000 

 870 

 870 

 400 



870 



870 



1,800 



1,270 



1,200 



250 



1,000 



250 



340 



