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in the fall of 1S91. after ashes at the rate of 100 bushels to 

 the acre had been applied. A good crop of rye followed 

 in 1892. and from the same land Julv 1. ISOo" 16.711 lbs. 

 dried hay were cut. this being at the rate of 3 tons. 451 lbs . 

 per acre. 



ENSILAGE. 



20 acres — yield 4^0 tons. 



Land was j^repared as follows : 



10 cords of manure, (mostly from horee stable.^ to the 

 acre were ploughed under. 



Leaming corn was planted Avith phosphate, 400 lbs. per 

 acre, between the 30th of May and the 15th of June. 



Bradleys fertilizer was used on 1-2 the field. 



Bowker's •• the other half. 



*150 days" labor (^man), and 100 days' labor of team (^man 

 and two horses.) were requu-ed to plant, cultivate, harvest 

 and put in silo the 400 tons ensilage. 



*This is only hired help aud some of the work usiV* done by hospital 

 patients. 



POTATOES. 



5 acres of land in 4 lots. Whole yield — 886 bush. 1st lot> 

 5-8 of an acre, (in garden) early potatoes, transplanted from 

 cold frame. May 1st. Dug in July, yield 156 bushels. 

 April 1st, the seed was placed 5 inches apart on a bed of coal 

 ashes. A light covering of loam was sprinkled over the seed. 

 As rapidly as the tops came thi'ough the earth, additional 

 loam was sprinkled over them, until there were from two 

 to three inches of earth held together by a mass of rootlets. 



It was a late season, and too dry at a critical time for a 

 heaAW yield, but the experiment shows that it is possible 

 to get early potatoes two weeks sooner by tliis, than the or- 

 dinary method of planting. 



2d lot, 5-8 acre, (in garden) planted the usual way the 

 Tth of May. Dug in August, yield 146 bush. The land 

 in both lots was prepared as follows : 8 cords stable 

 manure to each acre were ploughed in and 200 lbs. Bradley's 

 potato manure, to the acre, was used. 



