Sessional Papers Volume 32, No. 6 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...3 1,317 Plot 17. Sown with Odessa barley, 6th May, with 6 pounds Alsike clover per acre. Tons. Pounds. Dug 20th Oct.--Weight of clover leaves and stems per acre 2 847 "roots per acre 2 1,360 Total 5 207 Some idea may be formed of the value of this crop turned under when we consider that each ton of the mixed leaves, stems and roots will add as much nitrogen to the soil as 2 tons of average barn-yard manure, while the essential mineral fertilizing constituents gathered from depths to which the roots of many other plants do not reach, make the clover plant an important enricher of the soil in these ingredients also. EXPERIMENTS WITH HORSE BEANS. Two field plots were sown with horse beans during 1897. The soil was a sandy loam of fair quality, rather heavy, which was manured during the winter of 1896-97 with about 15 tons of barn-yard manure per acre. The manure was put out in small heaps of about one-third of a cart load each and spread in the spring and ploughed under about 6 inches deep, then harrowed with the smoothing harrow twice before planting. The beans were planted with the seed drill in rows three feet apart, using about 50 pounds of seed per acre. Plot 1. One acre. Tick Beans, imported seed. Sown 14th May, came up 31st May, and was cut for ensilage 18th September, when the plants were still green. The growth was medium to strong, vines well podded, a few beginning to ripen. Height 4 to 5 feet. Blight was first noticed on the vines on 7tli July but afterwards almost disappeared. Yield per acre, 9 tons 320 pounds. Plot 2. 1 acres. This was adjoining plot 1, on similar soil and the land had similar preparation and treatment. The seed was also of the variety known as "Tick," but Canadian grown. Sown 14th May, came up 31st May, ana was cu...