REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY. 



373 



EXPERIMENT WITH TARES. 

 One plot of -X^ acre was sown for feed and another of the same size for seed. 



Variety. 



For Feed. 



Black Tares. 



For Seed. 



Black Tares. 



Size of 



Plot. 



Acres. 



Date 



Sown . 



May 7... 

 May 7... 



Date 

 Cut. 



Aug. 9. 



Aug. 28. 



Length of 

 Straw. 



Feet. 

 4i 



Weight of 



Straw. 

 Per Acre. 



Green. 

 17,540 



I)ry. 



3,410 



Yield 

 Per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



33 30 



EXPERIMENT WITH SPRING RYE. 



One-tenth acre sown on 26th April, and cut for seed 6th Sept. ; 75 inches high ; 4,200 

 pounds straw per acre ; 50'50 bushels grain per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH GRASSES 



In the spring of 1896, five varieties of grass, viz., Awnless Brome Grass, Timothy, 

 ^leadow Fescue, Agropyrum Tenerum and Agropyrum Caninum were sown, also, AJsike, 

 Red and Mammoth Clovers. 



Awnless Brome Grass, Agropyrum Tenerum and Agropyrum Caninum were 

 sown separately ; the others mixed and sown together. Red Clover was entirely killed, 

 Alsike was also killed, except near protection, where snow lay till spring opened. 

 Mammoth Clover was very thin and little or no Timothy appeared. Meadow Fescue 

 was a fair crop, near the protection of the western wind-break, the yield was large ; 

 away from it only fair. The yield of the mixed grasses was from 2f acres, 3 tons 300 

 pounds, or 1 ton 290 pounds, per acre. 



Agropyrum Tenerum and Agropyrum Caninum. Both produced a good crop the 

 past season, but neither variety is eaten by stock as readily as Awnless Brome Grass. 

 Absence of loaves on the stalks is probably the reason for this. The varieties were 

 sown very thin, and during the season of 1896 gave little promise of yielding a crop 

 this year, but thin seeding proved an advantage during the dry weather in May, and a 

 good crop resulted. Seed of Agropyrum Tenerum has been saved, and further experi- 

 ments will be made with this grass. The following yields were obtained : 



Agropyrum Tenerum — 1;^ acre : 3 tons, 1,205 pounds, or 2 tons 1,764 pounds per 



acre. 

 Agropyrum Caninum — \\ acre : 3 tons, or 2 tons 400 pounds per acre. 



AWNLESS BROME GRASS (Bromus Inermis). 



As stated in the report for 1896, a large area was sown with Brome Grass that 

 spring. The grass made a good catch and growth, and gave excellent pasture up to the 

 time snow fell last fall or about 1st November. 



