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Experiments in Growth of Maize. 



(12) . Norfolk, Saxlingham. — The plots were a failure and had 

 to be ploughed up. No special cause is assigned. 



(14) . Kent, Charing. — The plant was so patchy and overgrown 

 with weeds that it was not weighed. The plant had been much 

 injured by jackdaws. A plot of shallow seeding was a complete 

 failure, being attacked immediately after sowing by small birds 

 and jackdaws, and it was found impossible to keep the former off. 



(15) . Kent, Leigh. — Immediately after the seed was sown a 

 wet period set in, followed by drought, and this caked the land 

 like a board, so that the plant could not come through. 



As regards the plots where all or most of the produce was 

 weighed, the following particulars are of interest : — 



(1). Cardiganshire, Tregaron. — The result was fairly satisfac- 

 tory, but the crop required such frequent cleaning that the 

 farmers in the district condemned it. The season was, however, 

 most unfavourable, being wet and cold. The produce was fed 

 to dairy cattle in the green state, and eaten with avidity, an 

 increase of 30 per cent, being reported in the milk yield. 



(6). Hampshire, Old Basing County Council Farm. — The plots 

 were only about a fourth of the regulation size. 



(8 & 9). Cambridgeshire, Cambridge University Farm. — The 

 duplicate plots do not come out very well, although they come 

 out in very similar order to the others. They were only half 

 the size of the main plots. 



(10). Norfolk, Whitlingham, and (11) Warham. — The plant 

 at Whitlingham was better than at Warham ; this is probably 

 due to the former being in a small field well sheltered by trees 

 and fences. 



(13) . Kent, Wye College. — Besides the varieties sown at the 

 other centres in England and Wales, further varieties were 

 grown at Wye, and yielded the following amounts per acre, viz. : 

 Mitchell's Early, 14 tons 19 cwt. ; Whitecap, 5 tons 17 cwt. ; 

 Mastodon Dent, 15 tons 4 cwt. ; Canada White Flint, 13 tons 



13 cwt; and ordinary American feeding maize, supplied by a 

 local merchant, 19 tons 19J cwt. Experiments were also con- 

 ducted on four other plots with regard to the manner of sowing. 

 Seed sown in 1 foot drills gave 22 tons 19 cwt, that sown in 

 3 foot drills gave 6 tons 6 cwt; shallow sown seed yielded 



14 tons 1 cwt., and late sown 7 tons 9 cwt. 



