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lbs. an<l Novarossick with 22 bu. 8 lbs. per acre were the leading varieties. By sow- 

 ing flax on new breaking at this farm a yield of 8 bu. 12 lhs. per acre was obtained, 

 but tin- following wheat crop was reduced by 81 bu. per acre as compared with new 

 land not sown with flax. 



On old land wheat after flax gave a yield of 43 bu. 40 lhs. per acre as compared 

 with 37 bu. where it was grown after wheat, and still smaller yields where it fol- 

 lowed oats, barley, millet, or summer fallow. The following yields are recorded 

 for the different crops grown after tlax: Wheat 43 bu. 40 lhs., oats 68 bu. 8 lbs., bar- 

 ley 52 bu. 44 lhs.. and peas 53 bu. 20 lhs. per acre. 



At Indian Head sowing 40 lhs. of seed gave the best results, while the yields 

 obtained from plats sown at the rate of 20, 30, and 50 lbs. per acre were practically 

 the same. Flax on flax stubble at this farm yielded only 9 bu. 33 lbs. per acre, 

 while on 3 fallow plats from 12 bu. 24 lhs. to 19 bu. 18 lbs. per acre were obtained. 



Buckwheat.— Five varieties of buckwheat were sown June 11 at Xappan, and har- 

 vested September 5. Siberian or Tartarian ranked first in yield, with 29 bu. 8 lbs. 

 per acre, Silverhull with 22 bu. 24 lbs. standing next, 



Root crops. — Turnips, mangels, carrots, and sugar beets were sown at Ottawa on 

 May 17 and 31 and harvested October 14 and 28. In every instance the first sowing 

 produced much the better yields. At Brandon, where similar tests are in progress 

 the results were also in favor of the earlier sowing, while at Indian Head the second 

 seeding gave better yields. 



Grasses <m<l other forage crops. — Of 5 different grass mixtures at Ottawa only 1 

 gave a larger yield than the usual mixture of 10 lhs. of timothy and 8 lbs. of red 

 clover. A plat of 13.75 acres seeded to this common mixture yielded pasturage 

 during the season valued at $10.41 per acre. Notes are given on different grasses and 

 grass mixtures grown for hay. The best yield on the permanent pasture experiment 

 plats, 6 tons 1,398 lbs., was secured from sainfoin sown at the rate of 40 lbs. per acre, 

 while Awnless brome grass gave the lowest yield. The mixtures containing several 

 grasses and clovers stood next to sainfoin this season. 



Alfalfa, without a nurse crop, produced a more satisfactory growth at Xappan than 

 when sown with wheat at the rate of 2 bu. per acre. At this farm Moha Green 

 California millet yielded over 4 tons of green feed more per acre than Italian or 

 Indian, and gave more than double the yield of Pearl, or Cat Tail, White Round 

 French, Algerian, and Moha Hungarian. A mixture of 7 lhs. each of Western rye 

 grass and Awnless brome grass gave good results at Brandon. 



In a series of tests the highest yield of hay per acre, 2.7 tons, was obtained from 

 a mixture of alsike clover and timothy, being followed by Mammoth red clover 

 with 2.15 tons. The yields of millet at this farm were below the average, with the 

 exception of Moha Hungarian, which yielded 6 tons of hay per acre. At Indian 

 Head one-half acre of brome grass, plowed 2 in. deep in May, 1903, disked and 

 rolled flat, gave this year 1 ton of hay without reseeding. Alfalfa sown in 1902 was 

 almost entirely killed by the spring frosts, and this season Common, Utah, and 

 Turkestan alfalfa and red clover sown in May gave very good results. Soy beans 

 have generally given better results at Agassiz than horse beans, and the results with 

 clover and corn for silage showed a difference of nearly 6 tons per acre in favor of 

 clover. 



Miscellaneous.— The average results of fertilizer experiments with wheat, barley, 

 oats, carrots, mangels, and turnips, in progress since 1888 and previously described, 

 were as heretofore in favor of the use of 12 tons of barnyard manure per acre, an( 

 indicated that fresh manure is of equal value with rotted material. The season' 

 results at Ottawa with different fertilizer applications show that 800 lbs. of Thomas 

 phosphate produced the largest yield of oats, 400 lbs. per acre of the same fertilizer 

 produced the largest yield of clover, and 400 lbs. per acre of superphosphate tin 

 largest yield of Awnless brome grass. Clover as a green manure gave good increas 



