STRATFORD MODEL FARM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 24, 15 December 1919, Page 2

STRATFORD MODEL FARM.

CROPPING REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING NOVEMBER 30. 1919.

Field. 13.—The mangels, carrots a-d soft turnips were sown on the 30th and 31st October. Mangels: 1 acre Carton’s prize winner, 1 acre Sutton’s white sugar, 3 acre Carton’s long red, and 3 acre Cooper’s Jersey Queen. Seed at the rate of 5 lbs per acremanure, 5 cwt per acre made np as follows; 3 parts basic super-. 1 part slag, 1 part honemeal plus salt broadcasted at the rate of 3 cwt per acre, A. small check area was untreated with salt.

Carrots—i-acre Cooper’s matchless white, 3-acre' Sutton’s magnum honum, seed at the' rate of 21bs per acre. Manure the same as for mangels

Turnips—l-| acres, three varieties—purple top mammoth, Lincolnshire, red globe, and Hardy- green globe. Seed at the rate of Bozs per acre Manure 3 cwt. basic super per acre. All seeds have germinated well, but in the mangels White sugar and Jersey Queen are best, while Long Hee is the weakest.

Cabbages—l-acre was reserved for these .and part of the acre was sown on November 12th with Robinson’s Champion ox,, Sutton’s Giant, drumhead, and Cooper’s giant, drumhead. The remainder of the area will he sown to-day in another 11 vanotic*. Seed is sown at the rate of lib per acre. Manure: mangel mixture at the rate of 4 cwt per acre. The varieties sown on the 12th are well up.

It is proposed to sow the remainder of field 13 in swedes about December 12th. The sowing to -consist of manorial and variety tests and about 30 varieties will be tested. Yarious roots and fodder crops are also being tested in small plots in this field.

Field 10.—The fodder crops sown in October are looking well. The wheat area is growing much faster than the oats and is now fully six inches high The. balance of the field was sown in fodder crops for testing purposes on November 11th, 6 varieties of wheat also oats and barley are being tried in conjunction with tares, peas and

<‘L(||hyrus- Okoiay” and a small area has been sown in Grass peas, Arthur peas, (Imperial blub peas, and Fan.v minto peas, seed of the .Iflptej; was old and'' the/gemination poor* The cereals and tares were sown at the, rate of 2 bushels of the former to one of the latter, and the peas at the rate of 2} bushels per acre. Manure Basic super 2cwt per acre. Liming.— A truck of lime was re* ceived on November 7th and bas been distributed as follows; Field 11—the area on the south side of the creek yM. ;djg,ssed ..with. fet J>prn| acre and the small area on the north side with 6cwt of carbonate of lime per acre. This was applied on November Bth. Fields 6. 9, and 10 also received carbonate of lime at the rate of 6cwt per acre about the middle of the month. There is still about one ion of lime on hand. ■ ’

Field 12.—The top dressed area here is now shovHngup a |it‘tle',' The cows show a, strong preference to the areas treated with basic super and basic slag and these are eaten fairly close, whjle the others are neglected. Felds 7 arid B.—These paddocks are doing well. The latter has made up wonderfully during the past month.

Herd.—Two cows were dried off during the month and .two came in at the beginning of November leaving a total number in profit the same as last month ? viz,—4l. The milk on November 27th was 1006 lbs. This shows a decrease of 541bs against the •same date last month. The average test was 4.1.

Weeds—The clearing o| blackberry and broom on the river frontage was completed about the middle of the month.

The; weather during the month has been cold with high winds and very unfavourable for growth. Feed is plentiful but all grasses show a tendency to bolt to seed.