.a5- IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) A / ^ V &r A^- />v <^' ^ 1.0 1.1 110 ^^" 13.6 1.25 iu Li 2.0 1.8 1.6 150mm >1PPLIED^ IIVMGE . Inc jar 1653 East Main Street j^g l Rochester, NY 14609 USA j^^jS Phone: 716/482-0300 ..ssr^::^ Fax: 716/288-5989 1993, Apptwd Image. Inc., All Rigtits ReMtvad CIHM Microfiche Series (Monograplis) ICMH Collection de microfiches (monographles) Canadian Instituta for Historical Microraproductiona / Inatitut Canadian da microraproductions hiatoriquaa Ck \ Ttehnical and Bibliograpliic Notm / NotM toehniquM at bibliograpliiquM Th« Inititutc has anamptad to obtain tha bast original copy availabia for filming. Faaturat of tliii copy which may ba bibliographically uniqua. which may altar any of tha imagas in tha raproduction, or which may significantly changa tha usual mathod of filming, ara chacfcad balow. 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Las details da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-«tra uniquas du point da vua bibliographiqua. qui pauvmt modifiar una imaga raproduita. ou qui pauvant axigar una modification dans la mithoda normala da f ilmaga sont indiqute ci-da»sous. □ Colourad pagas/ Pagas da coulaur □ Pagas damagad/ Pagas andommagias □ Pagas ratto e and/or laminatad/ Pagas rastaurias at/ou pallicultes Pagas discolourad. stainad or foxad/ Pagas dteolorias, tachatias ou piquaas □ Pagas datachad/ Pagas d*tach«as 0Showthrough/ Transparanca □ Quality of print varies/ Qualita in^gale da I'imprassion □ Continuous pagination/ Pagination continue □ Includes index (es)/ Comprend un (des) inc'-ix Title on header taken from:/ Le titre de I'en-tlte provient: □ Title page of issue Page de titre de la □ Caption of issue/ Titre de depart de la I I Masthead/ livraison livraison Generique (piriodiques) de la livraison This Item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est f ilm« au taux de rMuction indiqui ciniessous. 10X ,4x ,8x 12X D 16X 22X 26 X J 2DX 30X 24 X 28 X n 32 X lu'il cat r AUltlrULTUBB TORONTO PRINTED BY WARWICK A SONS MINI8TBB OF AOBIODLTUBB Hon. John Dryden, Toronto. Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm. Guelpfa under control of the Minister of Agriculture. ■i0i^'^ ^■■ ■r^^.3rCT^'- J\MB Mills, M.A. .... Thomas Shaw » « ' , l' President. A F a„!l Profewor of Agriculture and Farm Superintendent A. E. Shuttlkwortk, B.A. 8c. « , upennienaent. J. HOTW Panton. M A POS "p /' Jxr •'^~'««>'«' Chemistry. H. H. DbanBSA P">'«»or of Veterinary Science. E. Lawmno. HuOT BA ■ " a'\ :^ Profeewr of Dairy Husbandry. Capta« WALT7R^;rBt ' ""^ fe-identand Mathematical Master. O. A. ZAvm, b!^ A '""*""'*"' '" ^"" "'^ Gymnastic*. H. B. Sharman, B.S.A. " ^''P«""ent»H»t. A. MoCalldk Assistant Chemist. . . Bursar. ADVriSOBY BOARD. _'. _-. S.A9BS, IM. A., Seetctarj/ JOHK I. HOBHOV. ChtirmuH Deputy Minister of Agrricultute, Toronto. Mosborough, County of WeUington. BULLETIN LXXIV RAPE CULTURE tion^VrSeSl^t^^^^^ -= '' To call the atten- Canada. 2. To make kno^JTo them Z"""^^ *^ '^' agricultui^ of may be put, viewed from the atenSfnJ '^"/•"O"* uses to which it this station. 3. To a^k «? Ih^^V"^ ?°"' experience with it at condition, of soil and ^^a^ So ^r '"^^'"u^^ «'^'^^"« '' ""^er our tain these up to the p^Sett' Sue 8^1' n'n' ^'^ ^^'« ^'^ "<«'- we have gained not a Httle information nL""'**^. ". ''*« »"°«1 thw plant, the uses to which it m.til '\^^T''<^ ^ ^^^ 8«>wth of it i the information thus Xne?2^m J« ' *"'*.'^" ""^^^ °' '«««»« rape is. a brief description of'the Dirt^mf^T"" ''^ "°* ^"^'^ '^l*** • close resemblance tJthe SwSe tZ.«^^ ^ necessary. It bear, growth, but it usually attSL a i^T^ i° V*® **'"^J' ^^^g** of ita produces more of ateVj^" eTv^eT It h^f 'r*'''?? '^*^^P '^^ root while that of the turni hCwJl A * '""'°"" •»<* "'ringy grown in drills it usually rZh^ thl^«? k.^?/^^"«« «*'"«' ^^en but on soils very rich J CeS)l^ii^^^?^ '! ^'°'" ?"" *° ''^o '««». height of at leait three LtThiL ^' ** ,«on>etimes attains thi the only kind grown « an Jurin'Th'^'^""^ ^^"""«« «^ '•P^. »>«? Dwarf Essex. P***"** "* **»" country is known m the Adaptability to Olima'pb tm to temperate climates. In all nroLkr •* *^ 'V/^'P "^P® " adapted in temperatures tharareindni^foK'^^ '. ''"^ ^ '°"^** *<> 8~w seems to grow more v^orouslvl 'r'°°^ '"*''>«•• '^^^ ^arm It the early fummer, andTrfc: tT SnUUhi^ "^^^ '^^ frosts when not matured at an Pa,.H«£ • j r .^ **'°® of sAvere that rape will live thr^gSthe ^^rTH^' , ^.VT*''^^'^ P«>^^1o sufficient vigor to produce a crorof/piJ '?«;«! >t«de and yet retain Great Britain. In our ex^riTL ^ '5^ following summer as in iiitensity of the frosS! *^P^"''^*'« """"^ of it has perished from thS Adaptability op simra tl -KIapIt Inomo ««_ „ .. . . ""^iUS lUamS. rich m ni* I idp. and corn will i^t found weU ld.5SJ'?* «°^* ""^P' *»' *"" the growing of rape. It wS? notT^w tlfl dffT *""'*°«* ?» or on any kind of iK>il deficient in pIC f^ ^^f^^V. Poor .and. Plaok in thb Rotatiom A» - • crop when grown in drill. lircultivitSIt «;? excellent cleaning tjge be placed between two c«,|i of gj^k A.^tTo^.r??'' •'^''.? ^ abounding in vegetable matter it ma/^bi %rown w ?h T^' *" ■^*'" , on an overturned and, inverted in ?L P^ . ""^'^ ■"«*« 1 j«t .fter cutting t^nl^uZorcloZ wT "' ^? .*''^''P""«' *>' n»ult. after sod overturned £ Auiu7an7^'' ^^u*'"^ *^*^"«'»* •nd then followed by npe * "^"^ ''*'*' ""y®' ""^^ ««»«". to^re?te\VSrpenVu"p:^^^^^^^^ °^ ^^-^ -> will crop grown and the IwdTnol fouT^hn "' t,^*"*" ""^ " '*>« ^^^^ be found sufficient. Wh "„ the land - "^^ f "^« cultivation will vation followed by freZnt at? W nf?.,"^ ""*"'?« •"*"""» ''"l^i- found effective in Wc?n« weed H^^" '°'' ''*. *''\"P"°« ^'^ »>« tilth and ~tention^3ur^t'i'l*°f |" -jc«ring that finenew of favorite method with a. S fT.^ '^ ? '^® «^**'''*» o^ "•*?«• A it when well out Tnte^S wiS thi Hn?" °/ '^". '^ September, to cut inthe blo«om. to ^Tm^e int ^C B^^tT" '"ff'"!' ^^ ''^^'^ good purpose to mw tha r»« /„ a ^T" , "' " '^°"'<* ^J"'* "erve a Sntil the fi«t of ?une After thtlSi'- *".1P"*"''« '«»» and spring once prepared for rane T^I «~ ^ 1- "'*'^' ^"^ **"* ^»°d » •* fully/rolSnglsoonTpWeS CCr ^°-«^ ^"Plowing care- the land into drills from 22 to 9? T * ''"^'^ * ''^^ »«»** "taking rape. When ~pe is Zw„ al /cVtc^^^^^ ''"^^'^'^ "^^'^^ ^^« or in drills after^he^^oval of thep^^^^^^^^^^^ oaat the ground may be turned over with ♦i,-'^' . " '^7'' '''°***- ■cfiHTlLISBRS FOB Rapr AUVini.^k Will give a fair return f^moiidintrtlan^d "T "^ *" T"'^' ««"«» to laive applications of farmvaJ?^ ' 'V* "°"«"a»y responsive it i. »ore tL^Xb e ?K annhW • ^^ r"^' '°"» *^««f°" will give good 4ults but in our Jx^Snce fh^ T'^^f *^ ^^^'""^^ crop has been obtained from Z amAi^^ afJ^T''^ l""""'^^ °' the next largest from the appHcltlS orsaU '''^* '^^ -^^y^^li'p'^^^^^^^^ -rg «pe in a fair crop may be obUdned wh^n t- '^ ^ '^'"^^ ^**»' although may sometime? be grown m iZ^^Jl^ '7^ T'^'' ^^^^ «* '»" crop it lAouId b« «nwn .?~!:2 '! T^^^, **'l«°d of July. For catch crona removed. "^^^'^ ^= *^''°**^ "^'* ^^^ P»«viou. crop has be^n «;?» <> Jl- on muck ?w.m|: and t r"i1,.'^rrli;:t" ''^t^^ ^ broadcaat at the ralTof 3 to Bwund. of?!^^^ *' """^r^ *»''» M a catch crop or for gt^nm^^^^x ^ P**" ■'"*• ^'^•n ■O'ni the mode of sowing i.*^^e^2^i«""^?''•'■ •"°°°*« ""» -uffioe, and pound, of 8e*Ml mav b« «illT •-^. *"*"' .**''° »» « I to 2 rows at a time. It may be obu^.J^ J ^ dnll which puts in two to the line of the row. »« ?.«.!•?. • . ^' ■^°"'<^ """n « close and thecultiViLThou'El^Sere^rn'l^^^^^^^ m^e a near approach between the r^;!!""*'' '^* '°P» °' *»»« "P« ^ave it i^ft u im t^tirjrtr 'r -'T* » «'^--'. »>"* when the hand.hoe oncTorTwfcTi .L J° *'°"«. '^'t ""« °' '»»« drill with sity cost inore th^ il';;';acr ??o ^.:'^^"'^^°^ ^^'^ »«' <>' »»«°«»- thinning rape. ■"'* P*' "*'«'• ^o attention la given ordinarily to OUB EXPBRIBNCB WITH Raph Tn laao rape at this station for pasture In ifiQft ^T® ^"^"^ ^^ acras of for the same purpose a^ in IftQi i ."^n^ ^* •*"'^ ^«f« K^^n gn>wn .a a ca£h STp inlsQo/and etr^e^ n TsT ir^^^^" ber of plots were also i»ro«,n ol t ? *^ 1°91- A large num- The LlowTrate th^chrJo^^^^ ^^ ^^^ °^ experiment. on four kinds"? s^"lYthtn1wih^TtX^^^^^^^^ ^' ''^«?^- as against flat cultivation • ^3^ R.^ '• ^ J .^»P«gi<-v a in drills cast seeding : (4) IUdI Loin f*Pf .?r°'^« "» drills as against broad- (5) Using Siff^lf P^Si'^S t^llTith'^'^^'^^'-' p ants to diflTerent distances in the d^s .'^7^T^i ^- ^ ^J?lr"'''"« '*»* tiluers to ascertain their respective ^Us^^^slfe* ^f^'T^ '*'" rape grown after fall wheat • r9i T^HnTfi. ^ ' ^.""^ ^'""*'' "P0» nished by a single croo of ra.i 11 *^ '.^® *f °'"*' °* ?'«*"'« '«r- (10) P-UngTmS^;!;nTpeTn: ".it wXf '« T''*^°"' i oats and rape with access to a gmw lisJ^^.Tin % ■"??«•»««* of "''SeXt of ih^r^ ^^^-^^ -^asTriig^i; /•-'"-« --- de^nTsotefuttTti^TTnTe m 'T ^ ^'"^ '^ --"•*"-* in our experience fl^t crrtivatfonln ^^^^"^^ ^' "^^^ "'«""°» *h»<> returns than ridge cuSviuorZ?i *'"'"'' '°^^^ from i^pe grown^n'Sriirtrn tLtlT. ^:J\T^! ounds, which at 6 cenU per pound would put the food value of the rape at |38.10 per acre. SL^T «'P«"ence the lowest average gain made per month by any considerable number of lambs pasturing upon rape alone was 7 80 pounds, and the highest 12.60 jwunds. » *^ "P* *'°"« ^" ^"^ Ofrwl? .Vw*!? •^«™8« Pri°« paid ^or 48 lambs when bought October 9th was jas/i per head. They were sold the following March for S?.?*'*J?.?''u°' \' •^•^^ P^"- ^'^' 1*^ 1890 the average price pjud for 637 lambs when delivered at this station in September and October was $3.76 per head. The average price received for 364 head shipped to Buffalo on December 19th was $5.64. The follow- ing May 100 head shipped to Liverpool sold in that market at $1 1 7» per head. A limited number of choice ones were selected and fed Sf te QK "T^u"- '^''^°^ ****"« '^^^ ^^^"^ to *»»« American Fat Stock Show at Chicago and won first and second prizes respeo- tively m their classes in continental competition. I^t year 666 head were purchased in Prince Edward Island, east- TIa^T T^ ^°?'!^- ^if *^"~K" P"°« P»id was $3.15 when h^id down at our station. The average price for which they were sold m the months of January, February, March, April and May was fnllo* / T^'^^^'i? *^* T'^^^ °^ ^^<*"°' *^« ^"ited States and *.ng land. The profits on the lambs bought in 1889 and 1890 were highly satisfartory as may be gleaned from the reports Rlr«adv n«K- lisneu concerning them. The same is also true of those purchii^'in ''.' »m>«>. . *».' I' I 1891 ai will be ihown in the buUetin to come after this one alth^uirh 2. R»pe M » cotoA crop. The extent to which rtne mav h« irrown ^tu« of the Bea«,n M to the p«^nce or ab«,nce of mo?.t«ro it Sin.2>wrwrt?;*'*'"'"P *,*"** ^" *^" reaped early and th"t ha. been gown with graisei or clover* In 189' we crew ratM in i^m! 3. Bape u a MiVin; crop. Oar tuperienoe with km u a^ili.. orop n Kmewliat limited! but ve Vay« fonnH tk^ !fi. 1 ? J- 1. ii*^ J the milk we have good reasons for believing that if it iSr^ """" •'**' ^' """'^"^ "»« relJfti wil/'Jlf 4. Rape as a grem manure. Although our experience in «{«„ Hfi J^ ?« *^ 5- **'i"*?" *°^ °' ^^^ °^ore noxious forms of weeS life can be eradicated in a sinirle seaann wifi. «;— r^ri^i^tli"*"-^"' ^:^"«ri:ire^3-:i3J: PbKCAUTIOKS to BB ObSBRVBD in GrOWINO Rao- n *.i Ltrf?i°^^r^tiTr uporraXn^n^gr/lestX^ S:^^\:S'' ^«7 ^'•°»*y °»or^««». they should bekeotoS th^^^ .^x » .xu,c. xne owners oi pure-bred stock should use much "