lo April, 1909.] Maize Growing for Milk Production. 



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of 20 lbs. to the acre in 

 drills 3 feet apart. No 

 ajtificial manure was 

 used on the six rows in 

 the foreground. The re- 

 mainder of the crop was 

 manured at the rate of 

 I cwt. superphosphate 

 per acre. All parts of 

 the paddock have re 

 ceived the same treat- 

 ment, namely, harrowing 

 about a week after the 

 crop was planted and 

 four scarify ings during 

 the growing season. The 

 jx>rtions without super- 

 phosphate have come up 

 very thin and irregular. 

 At pre.sent they an- 

 coming out in flower and 

 on the average are about 

 18 inches high. The 

 yield of green stuff will 

 probably be not more 

 than 5 cwt. per acre. In 

 the background the crop 

 is uniformly high, all 

 over 7 feet, the stalk^ 

 large and the leaves 

 broad and luxuriant. Its 

 yield per acre will pro- 

 bably be at least 8 tons. 



Summary. 



The number of varie 

 ties in the different tests 

 ranged from five to ten 

 different varieties of seed 

 maize. They were grown 

 as nearly under the same 

 conditions of soil, time 

 of planting, and cultiva- 

 tion, as it was possible 

 to provide. To eliminate 

 all inequalities in the 

 character of the land (if 

 any) the varieties sown 

 on the different faxms 

 were each planted in 

 separate rows and ar- 

 ranged consecutively. By 

 taking these precau- 

 284.'?. 



