REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



317 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



King 



Alma 



Bedford 



Trilby 



Mummy 



Bright 



Carleton 



Creeper 



Archer 



Centennial 



Victoria ? 



Mackay 



Prussian Blue 



White Wonder 



New Potter 



Kent 



Golden Vine ... 



Chancellor 



Elephant Blue 



Crown 



Prince 



Prince Albert 



Agnes 



Harrison's Glory 



Pride. 



Canadian Beauty 



Black Eyed Marrowfat. . 



Oddfellow. 



Arthur.. . 



Duke 



Nelson 



Early Britain 



Paragon 



Multiplier 



Vincent 



Daniel O'Rourke 



Macoun 



Perth 



Large White Marrowfat 

 Bruce 



Aug. 26... 

 M 26... 

 Sept. 

 Aug. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Sept. 



6.... 

 26.... 

 25.... 

 6.... 

 4... 

 Aug. 26.... 

 26.... 

 26.... 

 30.... 

 26.... 

 26.... 

 18.... 

 26.... 

 26.... 

 20 ... 

 10.... 

 20..., 

 20.... 

 26..., 

 Sept. 5..., 

 Aug. 25 . . . 

 „ 25... 

 .. 19... 

 .. 26... 

 ., 26... 

 „ 26... 

 20... 

 4... 

 23... 

 20... 

 6... 

 2... 

 Aug. 25... 

 M 18... 

 Sept. 4... 

 Aug. 26. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



Sept. 



Sept. 



30. 

 6. 



'A 



i>C 





"A 



131 

 131 

 142 

 131 

 130 

 142 

 140 

 131 

 131 

 131 

 135 

 131 

 131 

 123 

 131 

 131 

 125 

 115 

 125 

 125 

 131 

 141 

 130 

 130 

 124 

 131 

 131 

 131 

 125 

 140 

 128 

 125 

 142 

 138 

 130 

 123 

 140 

 1.31 

 135 

 142 



o 

 1-5 



Inch's 



38 

 34 

 28 

 39 

 24 

 35 

 38 

 30 

 44 

 33 

 36 

 33 

 42 

 24 

 28 

 31 

 30 

 32 

 34 

 30 

 39 

 32 

 33 

 20 

 16 

 36 

 33 

 36 

 30 

 30 

 37 

 27 

 30 

 42 

 33 

 31 

 34 

 36 

 44 

 30 



•72 



o 

 Ph 



«4-l 



o 



1-5 



Inch's 



3 



3i 



2| 



3i 



2 



8 



3 



2 



21 



3i 



3 



3i 

 3 

 2 

 2 



3i 



2 



2 



3 



2 



3i 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3i 



3 



2i 



3 



3 



2i 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3:^ 



3i 



Size of Pea. 



Large 



Medium. 

 Large . . 

 Medium. 



Small. 



Medium . 

 Large . , 



Medium. 



Large 

 Small. 



Medium. 

 Small. . . . 

 Large . . 

 Small- .. 

 Medium. 



Large . . 

 Medium. 



II 

 Large . . . 

 Medium. 



Small. . . . 

 Medium. 



Large 



u 



(a 



*3 li 



ft' 



Lbs. 



62 



C3i 



64 



62 



62 



031 



04 



03^ 



64 



62 



64 



63 



63 



64 



63 



63 



63i 



63 



624 



63^ 



63 



03i 



63i 



02 



65 



63| 



64 



65 



62 



64 



64 



01 



03 



03 



63 



65 



62^ 



62 



64 



634 



EXPERIMENTS WITH INDIAN CORN. 



The very light rainfall of the past season lessened the yield of fodder corn very 

 materially, and the returns were considerably below the average. 



The soil was a black loam ; all the varieties were sown on the 19th of May, and the 

 yield per acre has been calculated from the weight of crop cut from two rows, each 66 

 feet long. 



The long open fall was favourable for ripening, and matured ears could have been 

 obtained from many varieties, but it was thought advisable to cut the fodder at the 

 usual date, 28th August. 



For the first time in our experiments, the yield from corn sown in hills exceeded 

 that sown in drills. This is probably to be attributed to the hills being in a soil slightly 

 more moist. 



In addition to the test plots of fodder a field of 8 acres was planted for ensilage 

 purposes, and a fair crop was harvested and cured for ensilage. As the corn in this field 

 was in the late milk stage when cut, the ensilage will doubtless be fully up to the average 

 in quality. The yield, however, is less than usual. 



