30 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



yiclil tlian :i similar (|iuuitity nl' l)n)kf'n seed. An experiment conducted this neasoii 

 rcsiiitiMJ ill the liest yields of su>j;ar beets and carrots when the seed was planted 

 (inly ;;, ill. deep. i>cvi'l cnlture is reported as having given ])etter yields of sugar beets 

 than ridge culture. .\ niixcd fertilizer, consi.sting of 52J lbs. each of nitrate of soda 

 and muriate of ])otash and lOHj lbs. of superphosphate, increased the yield of Swedish 

 turnips a])out 4 tons per acre, at a cost of about ?1 j)er ton. 



In a test of 1.S5 varieties of corn grown for fodder or silage New I )cia\vaic I )ent and 

 IVdrick Perfected (Jolden Beauty gave the greatest total yields, being 24 and 2:1H 

 tons per acre, respectively. The greatest yields of husked ears were produced by 

 (ioideii Leneway Hent, Simw White Dent, and P>lack Mexican Sweet corn, the yields 

 lieing l.:i, 4.:;, and 4.2 tons per acre, respectively. Sal/,cr North Dakota, Compton 

 Early, iuu\ King Phillip, flint varieties, and North Sttir Yellow Dent, a dent variety, 

 are reconunended for central and southern Ontario. An average of 4 years' tests 

 from jtlanting at different depths gave the following total yields: 2 in., 13.2 tons; 11 

 and ;> in., each, 11.8 tons; 1 in., 11.7 tons; i in., 10.0 tons; and 4 in., 9.8 tons. 



Other forage crops under test were millet, rape, sorghum, grasses, and clovers. 

 The average yield of green crop per acre for 8 years for (lolden Wonder, Holy Terror. 

 Gold Mine, Japanese Panic^le, Jajianese Barnyard, and !Magic varieties of millet was 

 11.6, 11.4, 10.4, 10.8, and 10.3 tons per acre, respectively. The results of an 8-year 

 test with rape show that Dwarf Essex and Dwarf Victoria yielded 23.4 and 21.8 tons 

 of green fodder per acre. Buckbee Wonderful Bonanza rape, grown foi- the first 

 time, gave a satisfactory yield. 



The average yields of 16 varieties of sorghum, including sugar cani^, broom corn, 

 Kafir corn, millo maize, Jerusalem corn, etc., under test for 3 years are tabulated. 

 Early Minnesota sugar cane has given the highe-t average yields of green fodder per 

 acre. Of 16 different leguminous forage crops, hairy vetch led in the production of 

 green fodder, with an average yield for 2 years of 13.9 tons per acre. The yields of 

 all the crops are recorded. 



The following mixtures of annual crops are reconunended for pasture: Oats, hairy 

 vetches, and Early Amber sugar cane; spring rye, hairy vetches, and Hungarian 

 grass; and barley, crimson clover, and Early Amber sugar cane. 



For i)ermanent pasture the following mixture of grasses and clovers has given the 

 best results in several years' experiments: Orchard grass 4 lbs., meadow fescue 4 lbs., 

 tall oat grass 3 lbs., timothy 2 lbs., meadow foxtail 2 lbs., alfalfa 5 lbs., alsike clover 

 2 lbs., white clover 1 lb., and trefoil 1 lb., making a total of 24 lbs. of seed per acre. 



Among the mixtures of grasses and clovers for hay tested for several years, tall oat 

 grass and alfalfa; tall oat grass, orchard grass, Mannnoth red clover, and alfalfa; and 

 timothy and alfalfa have given the best results, the yields of hay Ijeing 3.2, 3.1, and 

 3.1 tons per acre, respectively. The best yields in 1902 were i)roduced by timothy 

 with JNIammoth red clover, tall fescue with Mammoth red clover, tall oat grass with 

 Mammoth red clover, and orchard grass Avith Mammoth red clover. Cereal crops 

 after clover gave on an average for 3 years, 833 lbs. of grain more per acre than the 

 same crops grown after grass. 



A rotation study, F. S. Shiver {South Carolina Sta. Bui. 79, pp. 02). — The object 

 of the exijeriments here presented was to ascertain the effects of different rotations 

 on the composition of the soil, and whether or not there is any relation between the 

 amounts of i)hosphoric acid and potash removed l)y the crops and the amounts of 

 these constituents shown to have been removed from the soil l)y the present methods 

 of analysis. The work was conducted on 24 plats, 12 of which received 200 lbs. each 

 of cotton-seed meal and acid phosphate and 100 lbs. of kainit per acre and the rest 

 no fertilizer at all. Cowpeas were removed from the fertilized plats, but were plowed 

 under on the plats receiving no fertilizer. A 3-year rotation was practiced, and the 

 soil and subsoil 'of each plat was analyzed before and after the experiment. The 



