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The best crop of oats in point of yield was grown on land gang-ploughed three 

 inches deep in the sprinLr; the seed being sown before the land was ploughed. 



The tield having borne a wheat crop the preceding year, some volunteer grain 

 came up with the oats. The united crop gave a return of 85 bushels per acre. 



Oats like barley ripened in shoi'ter time the later it was sown. This m;iy have 

 been caused by frost retarding the early sown and a few days of bad wind in May 

 injuring them, or from being in a moi-e exposed place than those later sown. 



The following are the varieties sown, yield &c : — 



Oats, 1890. 



Varietv. 



White Prize Cluster 



do Welcome 



do Egyi)tian 



English White 



White Early Racehorse . 



do Banner 



Augrust White 



White English Potato. . . 



do Flving Scotchma.i . 



Poland White 



Black Longfellow 



White Cream Egyptian . . 



Rennie's Prize White 



White American Triumii'i 

 Black Tartarian, Imp. !i(i. . 



do 



Black Champion 



Suranicr fallow compared with ffiU and sprint/ phutihin;/. 



Black Tartarian, fallow 



do fall ploughing.. 



do spring ploughinj. 



do do 



Results of sowiiuj at difrrcnt dates. 



Fallow, Prize Cluster Acre. 



do do Field. 



do Welcome Aci'e. 



do do Field. 



do Black Tartarian .... Acre. 



do do Field. 



do do spring ploughing. 



Sown. 



April 22. 



do 22. 



do 22. 



do 22. 



do 22. 



do 22. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do m. 



do 2i\. 



do 2G. 



do 2i>. 



do 20. 



do 2(3. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 23. 



do 2y. 



do 22. 



do 25. 



do 22. 



do 21). 



do 23. 



do 26. 



do 20. 



Harvest. 



Aug. 13. 

 do 19. 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



do 

 do 



20. 



IS. 



20. 



22. 



14 



13. 



n. 



11. 



do 2 L 

 do 17. 



14. 

 22. 



do 2i). 

 do 2!). 

 do 2;). 



do 20. 



do 18. 



do 10. 



do 24. 



do 13. 



do 11. 



do 19. 



do 14. 



do 29. 



do 25. 



do 25 . 



Yield. 



Bush. 



03 



42 15 



01 -30 



41-7 



47-20 



58-20 



48 10 



46-4 



53-20 



47-20 



30 



55 

 03 

 58 

 74 

 71 



■8 



•10 



•16 



•30 



-24 



58-4 



71-24 

 52-5 

 67-24 

 85-10 



68^10 



65-2 



42 IS 



48 -10 



71-24 



67 



85-5 



Weight. 



Lbs. 



45 



38 



36 



36 



40 



40 



35* 



34i 



42' 



36 



36 



42 



45 



40 



40 



36 



37 



37 

 36 

 37 

 37 



434 



43| 



39 



39 



36 



37 



37 



PEAS. 



Five varieties of Field peas were sown; fallow and fall ploughing being used 

 for the test. 



All the varieties were greatly damaged by a hail stoi-m, which passed over the 

 Farm on 12th June, cutting otf the young leaves and battering the stocks. The 

 Extra Early peas never recovered, and continued pooi- to the end. Black Eye, Crown 

 and Multiplier gave a large crop in straw, but were late in lipening. and to the frost 

 of August 21st may be attributed the loss of at least one-fourth ot the yield. 



Mummy peas were obtained late, and weie far from being ripe Avhen overtaken 

 by frost, and hence are a light crop. The prospect for this variety was good up to 

 the time of frost, and with early seeding, it is likely to be veiy suitable for tliu 

 country. 



