lo April, 1909. 



Maize droming for Milk Production. 



A little further along the same road can be seen a crop of Ninety Day 

 maize sown broadcast (see photograph No. 17). Here again one sees 

 the usual results of such methods. The crop was sown broadcast on 

 the 1 2th October, ploughed in 4 inches deep, and manured at the 

 rate of twelve loads of manure and 2 cwt. of bonedust per acre. The 

 ■crop looked very promising alx>ut the end of November, but as soon as 

 a. spell of dry weather set in and all the moisture evaporated out of the 

 soil, it commenced to wilt and go off at once. Then the weeds started to 

 grow, with the result that on the day the photograph was taken (13th 

 January) there was a better crop of "fat hen " and other weeds than 

 ;maize, and the field of green fodder, containing practically no nutriment, 

 would onlv vield about 2 tons to the acre. 



20. CROP OF NINETY DAY MAIZE SOWN BROADCAST, li FEET. 



Still a worse illustration of absolute wasteful methods was employed 

 ■by a farmer at East Brighton (No. 18). In this case the land w^as 

 ploughed twice and harrowed, and White and Flat Red varieties of seed 

 ploughed in on the 7th November at the rate of 7I bushels to the acre 

 in every third furrow. The land was manured at the rate of 24 loads 

 of cow manure to the acre. The result was a thick growth of stunted 

 maize that wilted off after the first few hot days, and consequently 

 neither flowered or colli ed and onl\ returned about 3 tons of fodder to 

 the acre. 



No. 19. — Plot of maize grown li\ Messrs. Ralph Brothers of Hamr- 

 ton, estimated to weigh 45 tons to the acre. It w'as sov/n early in 

 November in drills 3 feet apart and constantly cultivated between the 

 rows. It is of a very uniform crop and stands 10 ft. 6 in. high with a 

 tremendous wealth of green succulent foliage. It has stooled freeh- 

 and cobbed thickly. A great contrast is to be seen in a plot of broad- 

 cast maize (Ninety Day variety) at Waver ley -road, East Malvern (No. 20) 

 which was sown at the rate of 2 bushels of seed to the acre during No- 

 vember, and manured at the rate of twelve loads of stable manure to 



