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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1894-03-23, Page 3allarriaa I 11 N ti ORRIS ?1AfOS ..ao. MUSIC �L, EXCE1��.ENCE, R' AR'1'1STI0 DESUGN DURABLE.,, GONST:QRUCTIO]V' iATALOg1EB SENT FREE ON APDL#OATAOti, XprnS Folld -Rogers-Co LISTOWEL, . ti 110. /Pr- . Ontario 'Agricultural and • • Exii riInantt I Union. Extieriments in Agriculture Conducted by tete Farmers O#'—On sarin. RESULTS OF GREAT INTEREST AND VALUE TO FARMERS. To the Editor of the Clinton New Era. DEAR State -As the members of the On- tario Agricultural and Experimental Un- , ion, along with other interested farmers over Ontario, have been carrying out a „System of co-operative experiments in Agriculture for a number of years "past, and have obtained some very valuable re- sults therefrom, I have prepared an article - for the public press in order that these resulte may become known to a great number of the farmers of the Province. This work was started upon its plan in the spring of 1886 with twelve experimenters, who received the grains and fertilizers. carried out the necessary instruevious, and reported ti,e resulte at the end of the sea- son. . For he first two or three years the experimen,s were confined almost entirely to the ex -students of the Agricultural Col- lege, but as many other farmers expressed a desire to join in the work the invitation was extended to them also, and material was sent to those 'Who applied on condition that they would be' careful to follow the necessary instructions and report the re- ' sults of their tests after harvest. The work has steadily increased since its commence- ment, during the past three years the As- sociation has been unable to supply 'the material to the full number of applicants, -owing to the demand being so great. In 1891 there were 2,642 plots, in 1892 there were 5;500 plots, and in 1893 upwards of 7,000 plots were used for thete co -opera - ti ee tests over Ontario. Reports of suc- cessful aid valuable experiments were re- ceived du:ing the past year from every county in O:Atarie. Over eight hundred varieties of farm crops have been tested at the Experiment Station, Guelph, during the past five years. These consisted of nearly all the Canadian 'sorts and about four hundred new varieties which were imported since 1886 from dif- ferent parts at Europe, Asia, Africa, Au• strain', an the United States. Some of the kinds have done exceedingly well on the trial .grounds.. at Guelph, surpassing :even the 'very best Canadian varieties. Great care• has been exeroised in selecting and distributing those kinds which have •given the best results at the Experiment Station: These co-operative experiments. in Agrictilture were carried on by twelve hundred and four ex -students of the Ag_ riceltural College aud other •farmers over 'Ontario in 1893. RESULTS OF CC -OPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS Only a few of the many valuable resulte of these co-operative experiments can be given in this brief article. For a more de- tailed account of the various tests conduct - actin 1893 the reader is referred to the re- • port of the Agricultural and Experimental Union, which is issued in coujunccion with the Agricultural College report for 1893. • COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS Commercial Fertilizers used with- oats "upon seven Ontario farms in 1892 ani upon twenty farms in 1893 show tee average yields of grain for both years to be relative- ly the same, and in the following order: - 1, Complete Fertilizer; 2, Nitrate of Soda; 3, i\Iuriate of Potash; 4, Superphosphate; and 5, No fa, singer. Upon sone soils the yield of ua.,s •.... more than doubled Ly application of a fertilizer, while on others the yield mai only slightly increased. The quality of the land upon which the fertil- izers were applied had much to do with she results obtained, aud these field ex- periments were found to be of very great value in determining the reluirements of the soil. The. pions upon whic., the eiaapietu fertilizer was used gave the highest yieldoft grain in sixteen out of twenty-seven ex- periments, while the unfertilized plot did not give the largest yield of grain in any single experiment. Nitrate of Soda had a marked influence in increasing the rape orop both at the Experiment Station and in the co-opera- tive tests over Ontario. The true value of this excellent plant is yet unknown by the Majority of the farmers of Ontario, but the results of the few experiments already con- ducted over the provinoeindicate that large yields per acre oan be grown. It might be well to here mention that in, the experi- ment with oats the fertilizers• cost from 84.16 to $4.48 per acre, and in the test with rape they cost from $2.08 tc $2.20 per acre. The mo •e familiar a farmer becomes with the constituents, the cost, and the in- fluence of these fertilizers the better able is he to get the greatest results out of the manure yard, the'ash heap, the bone pile, and the few commercial fettilizers which be may uJoasionahy putchasi. PeDDER 'ORQPS In the trials at the Experiment Station for two years the Common Millet was sur - /passed in yield per acre fifty percent by the Salter's Dakota variety and twenty - lour percent by the Golden Wonder, while :in the c•, -operative experiments over On- tario for tbe same two years, it was sur- passed iniald per acre fifty -aevenper cent by the S: izer's Delete, Millet and twenty- six per cent by the Golden Yonder, Lecerne was not grown successfully up- on some farms in Ontario while upon oth- er the crop reached an average height of a out twelve inches the ,fleet season, and •d 'ring the second year it produced two, andeven four cuttings upon the g •eame land in a single season. The Lu- cerne plant is beat suited for land with a .deep, gravelly subsoil. by varieties of fodder cora Among all t ► past three f tested• durng i the pa years t h ie been found that the lifammoth• Cubuntand tthe Witdonsin Earliest White Dent va. TfiCLX.NT0N NEW t.:ft,A. rteties• lravfi 0.400 0400pttonnlly well in these parts etOntarie with the average climate of the pre lehe. while the SaIzer'e North Delteta and Qoiliptoii°a Early have beeere gat favorites in the Colder partsqaitd the, Ther4nghbred White. That and; beaming in the waren portions of oniric, The Leanning waif imported' green the 'United Statea.by the Agricultural Qe4llege in the spring of 18139, the 'Thozoggh'bred 'White Flint in1A90. the M'arenneth Onban, 'Ifi(is cousin, Earliest White Dent,' and Selzer's North lPakota• in 1891, and the Compion,e l early was obtained is Ontario et least five ear ago. max) *toms The Hartley" Bropxe Top Swede gave the largest 'average yield -per aore of the three varieties • of Swede Turnips tested over Ontario in. thirteen ^ lochlities in 1892, and in nineteen looalitfes in 1898. This variety alsoe etood at the head`of the list in yield cif Meta .of thirty Varieties grown for three years in stgocesaion at, the Expert ment Station. • Among the varietigs of Fall Turnips tested the Jersey tiavet made the beet record in the co-operative experiments end„al o.in-the-statiott"ostrfiaTtbiiee years with fourteen varieties. Four varieties of marvels were distribut- ed, and the Steel Bros. Selects, Mammoth ' Long fled gave the highest yield of roots in eight out of ten °o-operativeexperiments oondtuned oyer Ontario in 1892, and also in eleven out of eighteen experiments eon- diluted in 1893. The White Silesian Sugar Beet was tested with the mange's over the province in •.1898 and gave. an average of 779 buehele of roots per acre, while the. average of the ' four varieties of mange's was 852 bushels per acre. Among five leading varieties of carrots sent out by the Experimental Union, the Steele Bros.' Improved Short White v”- riety gave the largest average yield of roots eaoh year aoaording to the reports of seven experiments in 1891, fifteen in 1892, and twenty-four in 1892. This variety., been surpassed in yield very slightlyhow- ever in the average of years' trial at the Experiment Station by the Pearce's Im- proved Half Long Whites which has not yet been'distributed for these co-operative •testa. - GRAIN CROPS. The Hereon Bearded and the Hayne's Blue Stem spring wheats took the lead in the production of grain, among six varieties grown e, twenty-ninefarms, in 1893. The Herismi Bearded was imported from France in the spring of 1889, and has been grown on the trial grounds at the experiment sta- tion for five years in succession, with toren• ty-one other varieties, every one of which it has 'surpassed in both average yield of grain per acre, and average weight per measured bushel. The Bine Stem, which was imported from North Dakota, has been one of those freest from rust, of the sixty three varieties tested at Guelph during 1892 and 1893. Among the Ontario varie- ties, tested during the past three years,, in the co-operative experiments, the Manitou- lin and the. Red Fern were the best yielders. In fiee years' tests, at the experiment station, the Ontario common 6 -rowed bar- ley was supassed by an average of eight bushels ,per acre by the Mandsohenri 6. rowed, and an average of •2j: bushels per acre by the Oderbrnoker 6 -rowed, while in the co-operative tests for 1892, it was sur- passed by an average of ten bushels per acre by •the former, and 1 1-8 bushels per acre by the latter. The Mandsoheuri head- ed the list in yield of grain per acre, in the station test of 37 varieties for five years, and also in the co-operative test of six va • deities in 1892, and again in 1893. In the trials at G uelph,with 45 varieties of 2•rowed barley, for three years, the Kinnakulla stood second in yield of grain per aere,while the Hungarian stood at the heed of the list in yield of grain, among the six varieties of hulloes barley tested for four years. In the spring of 1889 the Mandscheuri was im- ported from Russia, the Oderbrucker from Germany. the Kinnakulla from Sweden, and the Hungarian froin Hungary. • No foreign varieties of peas have yet been distributed, which proved to be superior to the best kinds obtained in Ontario. In the co-operative experiments with four varieties of peas, parried on in 1893 for tbe first time, the Prussian Blue came first, the tall white M'arrowfat second, and the Canada Cluetet third, in the average yield per acre in 73 experiments. Six varieties of oats were tested in one hundred and five localities ever Ontario, in 1893. The results are very interesting and , valuable, and show the varieties to stand in the following order, according to average yield of grain: 1, Siberian; 2, Poland White; 3, Joanette; 4, Daneborg; 5, Bavarian; 6, Golden Giant. The Siberian also gave the largest average yield of grain, among six varieties- tested in 1892, upon one hundred and twenty-five farms over Ontario, and al en among sixty -on' varieties of white oats, tested for `ice years in succession, ea the trial grounds at the experiment station. Tho Poland White is an early -oat which stood eighth in the station teat of white varieties. In the co-operative experiments of 1392, the Jet:nate held the same relative plaoe among the six varieties tested as in 1 893. This variety gave the largest average yield of grain among eighteen kinds of black oats tested for five years at Guelph. Owing to the shortness of the straw pro- duced by the Joanette, it is only suitable for land which usually produces a large amount of straw. The Bayarian stood the highest in yield of grain. among all the Ontario oats in the station test, for five years, but in that same test the Joanette gave an average yield of 13 bushels per acre, and the Siberian 5.7 bushels per more more than this variety. In the spring of 1889 the Siberian variety was imported from Russia, the Poland White and the Joanette from France, the Daneborg from Germany, and the Bavarian was obtained in Ontario. The Golden Giant was also secured in On- tario, two years later, EXPERIMENTS FOR 1894 The oo-operative workof theExperiment- al Union, which is being conducted over Ontario at the present time, is under the management of three committees, viz., one on Horticulture, one on Apiculture, and one on Agrioulture. The members of the Committee on Agricultural Ex- periments are pleased ,to state that for 1894 they are again distributing into the different neighborhoods of Ontario, mater- ial for experiments with fertilizers, fodder °rope, roote and grains. Each farmer who conducts one of the co-operative' experiments gleans informa- tion from his own work and also has the benefit of the reports of similar tests from other parts of Ontario. The resulte of carefully conducted experiments are pre- sented in a summary from the annual meting of the association, ' held in De- cember at the Agricultural College, Guelph; and are afterwards printed more fully, along with the proceedings of the meeting, iri the annual report of the College. Each experimenter Is invited to this annual gathering of the association and has for. warded to his address a copy of the report. Each person who wishes to join in the Work mayc hoose anya ', one of the expert meats here mentioned for. 1894, which Aoki be applied for at oaee, The mater- ial Will be furniehecl in the order iii which plbecamehuut ditdupy omexhausted, theh Q0114114;4 149 instructions for oopduoting the: variouti to*, and the blank, farms on which to report the resulte of the work, will .be soot to • each experimenter at the tine the fertilizers or seedsare forwarded. All material will be: furnished ertiroly free of char a to eaoh applicant,. and the; pro. duce of the plots, of . course, becorno the property o#t... hos s h0o do of the esperl- Ments In ' return, the commit- tee desires to . ask . that eaoh ex- erimenter will sow all the plots belonging to the.*particular experiment which be has °boleil for .1893, and that. be will be very careful and aoourate in his work, and for, ward; to, the Director by Oct. 25th, 1894, a complete report et the results obtained front the tests; ' The following is"the 00. and name of Ex. periments for 1894:- 1. Testing nitrate of soda, superphos- phate, rnnriate of potash, mixture, and no manure, with oats. 2. Comparing the advantage of nitrate of soda alone and nitrate of soda with superphosphate, over no fertilizer, with _rape: 3. Ascertaining the relative value of four varieties of Millet. 4. Growing Lucerne as a 9rop for fodder. 5. Testing six leading varieties of Fodder Corn. 0. Testingfive loading varietiesof turnips. 7. Testing five leading varieties of matlg- els. 8. Testing five leading varieties of oar. rote. - 9 resting five leading varieties of spring. wheat. 10. Testing five leading varieties of bar- ley. 11. Testing six leading varieties of oats. 12. Testing four leading varieties of peas. Material for No. 1 experiment is being forwarded by express, and for each of the others by mail. All fertilizers and seeds will be sent in good time for spring seeding, provided the applications are received at an early date. The supply of material being limited, those who apply first will be surest of obtaining the desired- outfit. It might be well for eaoh applicant to make a eeoond choice for fear the first could not be granted. Particular varieries need not be mention- ed, as all the kinds to be distributed are those which have done exceptionally. well upon the trial plots at the experiment sta- tion, and which will be put up in sets ac- cording to the above list. Each person who sends in an application should be caro• fill to mention hie chosen experiment, poet office, township and county, and if the ap- plication palls for No. 1 experiment, the express office should be mentioned as well. Those who wish further information oan secure a circular for 1894, by applying for the same. Yours truly, C. A. ZAVITZ, Director of Co-operative Experiments in Agriculture. Agricultural College, Guel ph, Dl ar. 15, 1894 DON'T DELAY It is your duty to yourself to get rid of the foul apoumulation in your blood this spring. Hood's Sarsaparilla is just the medicine you need to puriry, vitalize and enrich your blood. That tired feeling which affects nearly every one in -the spring is driven off by Hood's Sarsapar- illa, the great spring medicine and blood purifier. Hood's Pills • become the favorite cath- artic with everyone who tries them. Charles McKay, who formerly resided at Wallacetown, Ont., accidentally shot him self at Victoria, B. C., lately, and died in five hours. . It is said that a syndicate. of Buffalo capitalists have in view the construction of an electric railway between London and Woodstock, to be used for the carriage of freight and passengers. • A Chinaman counts his birth* from the first day of the year in which he was born. The child that is born tbe day day before New Year's is two years old on that day. New Year's is a natural birthday, and it is the only popular holiday in China. Perfeot health is seldom found, for im- pure blood is eo general. Hood's Sarsa- parilla really does purify the blood and re stores health. Electric light is bei beint used as a bait, by fishermen who ply their calling along the Pacific coast. This Yankee adoption -of electricity brings big hauls. The fish are attracted by the bright light in the water, and their investiga- tion generally end in their being hook- ed while trying to swallow the glass globules. 2,'Ii[X Q4.NAIir TOOK TO TRS WATER. "We have got A canary at 1400291".paid 't'i aiter:Thompsolx, of Lincoln (Nob., last night,"that ie considered by the: family to be -just aboutas einart as they make them. '11 tell 'you why we think so, The bird.'. cage fan a in e, room 'in which there ie large coal stove, Otte afternoon we were all going out for a short while, and as the fire was low, my wife filled the stove with coal..and turned on the: draft, expecting to be Yonne before the firegot too hot, We. were gone .a good deal, longer than .expected,. -holdover, and when we returned the roofs was like a furnaces, and the stove. ired:hot. My wife'sfirst thought was of the bird, and upon looking upat the cage and not seeing him, concluded at once that he had been suffocated by the intense heat. She immediately get a chair and climbed UP to look into the cage, felly expecting to see the poor bird sttretohed,t-out,.lon the floor, dead. Such wag far from being,'tho oaee, however. Instead, there he was Bitting down Sat in his bath -tub, with only his head, which he would now and then dip into the water, exposed to the furnace- like heat of the roem. "—St. Louis Globe. Democrat. I Wes CURED of Acute Bronchitis byMIN ARD'S LINIMENT. Bay of Islands. J. M. CAMPBELL. I WAS CURED of Facial" Neuralgia by MINARD'S LINIMENT. -- Springhill, N. S. Wu. I)ANXELs. I WAS CURED of Chronic Rheumatism by MINARD'S LINIMENT. - Albert Ob., N. B. GEORGE TINGLY. Peter Flynn, collector of customs. at Niagara Falls, Ont., died on Wednes- day, aged 62,' "When pain and anguish wring the brow A ministering Angel they." 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At Elmwood a telegram from the mother was. -handed the colonel stating the child had been for- gotten and asking that she be returned. The girl was well taken care of by the railway authorities at Elmwood and the.. next train bound south restored the child to her anxious mother. Physicians, the world .over, endorse it; babies and children like the taste of it. Weak . mothers respond readily to its nour- ishing powers. w le Scott's CASTOR IA Castorja is Dr. viitmumel rot cher'scri ti P>� . p. Qlil fgr Infanta e • and Children. It contains neither. Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute. for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Caster QUA.' *' It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castorla destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Coli.". • Castoria relieve" , - - teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. `Castoria assimilates the food, regulates `the `s�ollinitgy and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cast 'toric ie the Children's Panacea—the Mother's "Friend. Oaatoris. ' $taws n an excellent medicine bice anti- .;reti. Mother Mace repeatedly told moot its sod erre' at upon tt,eir ti#l,dren." Da. G. C. °snooty, Lowell, Mase. • e+�flrstorla b die beet remedy for children of 4hich I am acquainted. l hope the day Is not far distant when mothers will consider dismal interest of their children, and use, C:tstorta in - ennui of thevarlouequack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them t0 premature graves." Da. J. F. Sn,cr a oE, Conway, Ar' Castori , . 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I was induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and look nearly seven bottles, with such excellent results that my stomach, bowels, and kidneys are in perfect con• dition, and, in all their functions, ar regular as clock -work. At the timo .1 began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, my weight was only 129 pounds; I now can brag of 159 pounds, and was never in so good health. If you could sop mo be- fore and after usin,., yon would want me fortraveling adverts •e 4advertisement. I believe this 1 oIaration of 'Sarsaparilla ara a aril la to be the best in the market to -day." Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Br. J. 0. Ayer 3cCo., Lowell, 8iaes. Cures othoremit! i'3ureyou A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEPI' iv STOCK The bestEmbalming Fluidused Splendid Hearse. EID B • G -1R.0 0 -EBr Y We have made great prepar tions for the Xmas trade. Extra value in. Currants, Raisins, C Figs, Lemo ee, Cocoa, Oranges, Dates, Candies, Nuts All kinds Cannel Goods, Eliglish Peels, Lemon; -Citron Orange. Sage, Savory. 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