The Wohurn Field Experiments, 1912. 



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average being 31 cwt. of hay per acre as against 15 cwt. from 

 tlie Canadian seed, this coming next in order. Provence 

 (ll'l cwt.) and North American (13*5 cwt.) were but little 

 behind, and the poorest of all was the Turkestan (8"2 cwt.). 

 This experiment will be carried on further. 



Varieties of Rye-grass {Stackyard Field, 1912). 



In the spring of 1911 three small plots were sown (May 12) 

 in Stackyard Field with different varieties of rye-grass, viz., 

 Italian rye-grass, Pacey's rye-grass, and a new Dutch variety. 

 The grasses came up, but, owing largely to the very dry 

 season, there was practically no crop to cut the first year, and 

 the plots were carried on to 1912. The only noticeable point 

 in the first year was that the Dutch variety was distinctly earlier 

 than the others. In 1912 the plots were cut for hay, the first 

 crop on June 14 and the second on October 4. The results are 

 set out in Table IX. 



Table IX. — Varieties of Rye-grass {Stackyard Field). 



I'roduce of Hay pei' acre, 1912. 



Again, the Dutch variety came the earliest, but it will be 

 seen that the yield of ha}^ though higher than that of the 

 Pacey rye-grass, was not nearly equal to that of the Italian 

 variety. 



Soya Bean. 



A small plot in Stackyard Field was utilised with the object 

 of seeing whether soya bean would, as a crop, come to maturity 

 in this country. 



The seed was sown on May 22, 1912, and the plant grew 

 quite well up to a point, but it never produced pods, and the 

 first early frost (September 21) entirely destroyed the plant. 

 This will be tried again in 1913 with earlier sowing of the 

 seed. 



Linseed. 



On another small plot in the same field linseed was similarly 

 sown on May 22, 1912. The plant came up well, and formed 

 seed duly. This was harvested on October 4 ; the yield of 

 clean linseed was, however, small, being only 4^ cwt. per acre 

 with 17 cwt. of straw per acre. Analysis of the seed showed 

 it to contain 34*8 per cent, of oil. 



