8 June, 1908.] 



Farm Re-ports. 



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Heytesbury Experimental Farm. 



O. H. Call, Manager. 



Crops. — The standing crops referred to m the last report have been 

 harvested, and, as anticipated, have turned out well. The oats, although 

 sown altogether too late, gave a return of 30 cwt. of hay to the acre. 

 Peas were a patchy crop, and returned 20 bushels to the acre. 



The potato crop has been the most successful yet grown, and will yield 

 over seven tons to the acre. Digging will commence some time in April. 



Three-quarters of an acre of Japanese millet has given a very good 

 crop of green feed ; it has been cut and eaten three times, and will stand 

 being eaten down again. The first cutting averaged about 3 feet in 

 height. The amount of fodder will be gathered from the fact that one 

 cutting would ha\e fed one cow for 1 1 7 days. 



PLOUGHING THE RECLAIMED LAND. 



The maize crop was a great success where sown in drills, growing to an 

 average height of 6 feet, and exceptional stalks as high as 10 feet. Where 

 sown broadcast, only about half the amount of fodder was taken off. The 

 Flat Red variety and White Horse Tooth were about equal as the best, 

 followed in order by North We.stern Dent, Ninety Day, and Minnesota 

 King. 



Although the cabbage plants were very poor the crop did fairly 

 well, some of the best going over 20 lbs. weight. Swede turnips were 

 exceptionally good where treated with stable manure, single roots weighing 

 up to 10^ lbs., and a run of one chain averaging 6 lbs. INIangolds on the 

 same ground have also done well. Rape and .swedes were sown early in 

 the year between the rows of trees in the orchard, and look promising. At 

 the end of January 2 acres of rye were sown for green feed, and in the 

 middle of March the crop was ready to turn the cows on. Early in Feb- 

 ruary 2 1 acres of Algerian oats were sown for winter feed, and are look- 

 ing splendid. 



The balance of the farm, with the exception of the timber portion, 

 has been cleared and ploughed by the traction engine, and the work of 



