68o Summary of Agricultural Experiments, [nov., 



lows (head corn, per acre) : — Wilhelmina, 47*4 bush. ; Red Admiral, 

 37'3 bush. ; Cambridge No. 1 (Little Joss), 30*3 bush. ; White Stand-up, 

 29*6 bush.; Treasure, 32*8 bush.; Sensation, 31*3 bush.; Red Marvel, 

 267 bush. ; White Marvel, 25*6 bush. ; Dreadnought, 22'8 bush. ; and 

 Cambridge No. 2, 20*0 bush. Cambridge No. 1 is a cross between 

 Girkha and Square Head, and is grown for its rust-resisting proper- 

 ties, as well as for its good yield, whereas Cambridge No. 2 is a cross 

 between Rough Chaff and Red Fife, and is grown mainly for its 

 strength. The Dutch variety, Wilhelmina, was sown on March 5th, 

 1910, at the rate of 9 pecks per acre, and manured with a top-dressing 

 of 8 cwt. soot per acre in May ; this variety stood up well, tillered out 

 splendidly, and gave the highest yield. Three of the French varieties, 

 Dreadnought, Sensation, and Treasure, were so backward that re- 

 sowing had to be carried out in March. The ordinary English variety, 

 Red Admiral, produced a larger crop than any of the French or 

 Cambridge wheats. The yield of Dreadnought was low, and both the 

 Cambridge wheats were somewhat disappointing in their yields. In 

 regard to quality, the two Cambridge wheats stood highest. Red 

 Admiral was the better of the two English varieties, White Stand-up 

 being inferior and weak. Of the French wheats, Red Marvel and 

 White Marvel were the best in regard to quality, Dreadnought being a 

 very poor sample. Wilhelmina was also considered a poor sample 

 with very little strength. 



Varieties of Lucerne (Rept. on the Woburn Field Expts., Jour. Roy. 

 Agric. Soc, Vol. 71, 1910). — Three varieties of lucerne — Provence, ! 

 American, and Canadian — first sown in 1905, remained on the ground 

 in 19 10. Three cuttings of each variety were obtained, the yields of 

 green produce per acre being from Provence seed, 9 tons 8 cwt. ; I 

 American seed, 9 tons 4 cwt. ; and Canadian seed, 16 tons 10 cwt. As 

 in the four previous years, the Canadian variety gave a markedly ! 

 higher crop than the other two. Inquiries have failed to discover 

 what particular variety the Canadian seed used at Woburn originally 

 was, and the experiment has been discontinued. Fresh seed of known 

 origin will, however, be obtained from Canada, and compared with 

 Turkestan, Provence, and other varieties of lucerne commonly obtain- 

 able. 



Growth of Sugar Beet (Rept. on the Woburn Field Expts., Jour, 

 Roy. Agric. Soc, Vol. 71, 1910). — A plot of sugar beet was grown in 

 1 9 10 and compared with mangolds, the two crops being grown under 

 the same conditions. The sugar beet seed used was white Silesia n 

 beet drilled on April 26th, 1910. The crop was pulled on November 

 2nd, the weight of roots per acre being 12 tons 2 cwt. in the case 

 of sugar beet, and 31 tons 12 cwt. in the case of mangolds. Analyses 

 of samples from each crop showed the mangolds to contain 6 per cent, 

 of sugar, and the sugar beet 14*53 P er cent, of sugar. The sugar beet 

 was grown, like the mangolds, in rows 24 in. apart, whereas for a 

 factory they would probably be grown only 18 in. apart, and the yieldl 

 might be increased by fully one quarter. On the other hand, the sugar 

 beet was much the more expensive crop to raise. 



Elliot System of Laying Down Grass (Rept. of the Consulting 

 Chemist, Jour. Roy. Agric. Soc, Vol. 71, 1910). — Two samples of. soil 

 were sent to the Consulting Chemist of the Royal Agricultural Socict) 



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