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gave a Borneo hal better yield than the check plat. Ina fertilizer test at Agassiz, 100, 

 150, ami 200 lbs. of Thomas slag increased the yield, respectively, over the untreated 

 plat by 88.6, 92.7, and 102.4 bu. per acre. 



Flu v. — At Ottawa, Riga flax yielded at the rate of 22 bu. and White Russian at the 

 rate of 24 bu. per acre. Seven varieties compared at Brandon were sown June 2 and 

 harvested from August 25 to September 1. Navarossick, the leading variety, yielded 

 26 bu. 44 lbs. of seed per acre; followed by La Plata, with 20 bu. 40 lbs. Bombay 

 yielded only 8 bu. 32 lbs. per acre. Sowing 60 lbs. of seed per acre gave a better 

 yield than either thicker or thinner sowing. Improved Russian and Early Riga, 

 sown at Agassiz May 7, ripened August 10, and yielded, respectively, 14 bu. 23 lbs. 

 and 12 bu. 8 lbs. of seed per acre. 



Buckwheat. — A test of 5 varieties made at Nappan resulted in favor of Silver Hull, 

 yielding 45 bu. 40 lbs. per acre, with Rye buckwheat, yielding an even 45 bu., rank- 

 ing second. On 4} acres of new land Silver Hull produced 23 bu. 16 lbs. per acre. 



Root crops. — Analyses of mangels, carrots, and turnips show that Giant Sugar 

 Feeding, Half Long Sugar White, and Half Long Sugar Rosy, varieties known as 

 sugar mangels, led in sugar content with, respectively, 10.40, 9.82, and 9.61 per cent 

 of sugar in the juice. Gate Post and Giant Yellow Globe mangels have been com- 

 pared for 4 years, but the changes due to season did not disturb the relative position 

 of the 2 varieties with reference to the percentage of dry matter and sugar, Gate 

 Post being the leader. Results with sugar beets at the different experimental farms 

 and other points are also briefly noted. 



The results of experiments at Ottawa in sowing root crops on May 7 and 21 and 

 harvesting on October 19 and November 2 show that turnips and sugar beets pro- 

 duced the largest yields from the early sowing and early harvesting, and mangels 

 and carrots from the early sowing and late harvesting. Owing to the season the 

 results with root crops did not harmonize with those of previous years. At Nappan 

 5 varieties of turnips were sown on acre plats and fertilized at the rate of 250 and 500 

 lbs. of complete commercial fertilizer after a general dressing of barnyard manure 

 had been given. In each case the heavier application gave the largest yield, but the 

 difference in its favor was not very large. An experiment with mangels on the same 

 plan gave similar results. 



Grasses and other forage crops. — Soybeans and horse beans at Ottawa gave better 

 yields in 28-in. rows than in 21-in. rows. At Nappan and Indian Head better yields 

 were obtained from 21-in. rows than from £S or 35 in. rows, w r hile at Agassiz the 

 results were in favor of the rows 28 in. apart. The leading varieties of millet at 

 Ottawa were Pearl and Algerian, yielding 8.08 and 6.4 tons of green fodder and 3.92 

 and 4.6 tons of hay per acre, respectively. At Brandon the best yields were in favor 

 of Algerian and Moha Hungarian millets, while at Indian Head Hungarian and 

 "White Round French stood first, with a yield of 6 tons each. At Agassiz White 

 Round Extra French and Red Orenburg were the leading varieties, yielding 3 tons 

 and 1,920 lbs. and 3 tons 960 lbs. per acre, respectively. Canary grass (Phalaris 

 canariensis) required 131 days to mature at Indian Head and produced 29 bu. 20 lbs. 

 of seed and 3,960 lbs. of straw per acre. The yields of brome grass (Bromus inermis), 

 Western rye grass (Agropyrum tenerum), alfalfa, and timothy at this farm are also 

 recorded. 



In 1900 a series of plats were sown with grain and the alternate plats were sown 

 at the same time with clover at the rate of 12 lbs. per acre. This crop of clover was 

 plowed under and the increase in yield of wheat, oats, barley, corn, potatoes, man- 

 gels, turnips, sugar beets, and carrots for the next 3 years was observed. In every 

 case the use of clover showed an increase in yield. 



At Ottawa, among 5 different grass mixtures grown for hay, 10 lbs. of timothy and 

 8 lbs. of common red clover per acre gave the best results. In a similar experiment 

 at the same place a mixture consisting of 5 lbs. of timothy, 4 lbs. of Awnless brome 



