Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo April, 1909. 



the acre. This crop wouhl 

 not yield i ton of fodder 

 to ihe acie, and at the time 

 of inspection was dry and 

 wilted, and practically 

 useless as far as nutriment 

 is concerned. 



No. 2 1 shows how the 

 waste land on the railway 

 lines can be utilized. Air. 

 \\. T. Picken at Hawks- 

 burn has successfully 

 grown the following ten 

 varieties of maize : — Early 

 Learning 10 feet high, 

 Longfellow 6 feet, Reflet 

 8 feet, White Horse 

 Tooth 9 feet, Hickorv 

 King 10 ft. 6 in.. Funk's 

 Yellow Dent 10 feet. 

 Yellow Moruya 11 feet, 

 Solomon's Pride 12 ft. 

 4 in., and Siblev 10 ft. 

 6 in. The soil is sandy 

 with a clay subsoil and the 

 plants were sown in check 

 rows 2 feet apart and 

 continuously cultivated. 

 The seed was sown on the 

 loth October, and all 

 germinated bv the 20th. 

 The land was heavilv 

 manured with stable 

 manure. 



A Simple Method of 

 Obtaining a Well 

 Balanced Ration. 



Photograph No. 22 

 shows the results of an 

 attempt made to obtain a 

 crop of beans and a croi> 

 of maize off the same land 

 in one year. 'I'ick beans 

 were planted in drills 

 6 feet apart early in July. 

 This was too late for a 

 satisfactory yield, but 

 owing to the unusual 1\ 

 dry conditions prevailing 

 during last autumn an(l 

 winter the lati' sowing 

 was unavoidaljle. This 



