508 BOARD OF AGRICULTUKE. 



6. Miscellaneous Field Experiments with Farm and 

 Garden Crops. 



The field observations recorded under the above headinjr are 

 made, in the majority of cases, on a comparatively limited 

 scale. The supply of the seeds was, in many instances, quite 

 small ; some of them have been sent on by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C. The work 

 carried on in this connection has had, for obvious reasons, no 

 other aim than to study either the adaptation of some new field 

 crop to our climate, or to compare some new variety of a promi- 

 nent garden crop with those frequently raised in our section of 

 the State. The field set aside for these experiments was in a 

 good state of cultivation. Barnyard manure, supplemented by 

 commercial phosphates and potash compounds, had been used 

 in the past as manure ; no alteration was made in this respect 

 during the past season. The different crops were seeded down 

 in drills three feet three inches apart, and subsequently kept 

 clean by a frequent use of the cultivator. 



1. Cleveland's Rural New Yorker Pea (Pisum). — The seed 

 was planted May 8 ; the young plants appeared May 17 ; they 

 bloomed June 14. The first crop was ready for table use July 1 . 

 The fully matured vines had from five to six well-filled pods. 

 Three rows forty feet long produced eight pounds of air-dried 

 vines and six and one-half pounds of air-dried peas. 



2. Cleveland's Alaska Pea. — The seeds were planted May 8 ; 

 the young plants appeared May 19 ; they began to bloom June 

 14, and the first crop for table use was ready July 1. Each 

 matured vine had from five to six well-filled pods. Three rows 

 forty feet long yielded eight pounds of air-dried vines and six 

 pounds of air-dried peas. 



3. Champion of England Pea. — The seed was planted May 

 8 ; the young plants made their appearance May 20 ; they 

 showed the first flowers June 28. The first crop for the table 

 was ready July 15 ; they ceased growing August 7. Three 

 rows forty feet long produced twenty-three pounds of air-dried 

 vines and three and one-half pounds of air-dried peas. 



4. Marrowfat Peas. — The seeds were planted May 8 ; the 

 young plants appeared May 20 ; they showed their first blossoms 

 July 5, and the first crop was ready for table use July 17 ; the 



