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sowing barley on two plots at the rate of 3 and 5 bushels to 

 the acre, a crop larger by 3 bushels of grain and i\ cwts. of 

 straw per acre was obtained from the thinner seeding ; 

 while so far as the appearance of the samples goes, their 

 quality was practically the same. This test will be 

 repeated. 



In certain parts of Yorkshire the following rotation is in 

 general use: (1) roots; (2) barley or oats; (3) clover; 

 (4) wheat ; (5) barley. In the fifth year it is sometimes 

 considered necessary to broadcast and work into the land, 

 previous to drilling the barley, a quantity of artificial 

 manure. In 1900 and 1901 experiments were undertaken at 

 two centres to test this, as well as to ascertain whether this 

 practice had any influence on the quality of the barley for 

 malting purposes. The manures employed were : (1) 1 cwt. 

 sulphate of ammonia ; (2) 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia and 

 2 cwts. superphosphate ; (3) 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia, 2 

 cwts. superphosphate, and 2 cwts. kainit ; and (4) a quantity 

 of Damaraland guano equal in money value to the last ; 

 control plots being also left without manure. It was 

 concluded that, when barley is grown as a second corn crop, 

 and when yield of grain and straw and malting properties 

 are considered, the experiments point to a complete mixture 

 of artificials as being the most profitable ; also that a suitable 

 proportion is about 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia, 2 cwts. 

 superphosphate, and 2 cwts. kainit. 



[ Yorkshire College, No. 22, Report on Experiments with Barley, IQ01.] 



Maize- Growing Experiments. 



Some experiments in the cultivation of maize were carried 

 out last year at the South-Eastern Agricultural College, 

 Wye. 



Six varieties of seed were sown which came, from the 

 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, and for purposes of 

 comparison a seventh, grown in the neighbourhood and 

 commercially known as "red cob," was obtained from a 

 local seedsman. About four acres of land were set aside for 

 the experiment, the soil being a chalk loam of a fair depth, 



