REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



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OAT PLOTS. 



The quantity of seed sown per acre on the oat plots was 2 bushels in 1889 and 

 1890 ; lb bushels in 1891, 1892 and 1893, and 2 bushels in 1894. The varieties used 

 were as follows : In 1889, Early English ; 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, Prize Cluster; and 

 in 1894, Banner. The Banner was sown April 19th, came up April 29th, and was har- 

 vested July 28th, requiring from the date of sowing to maturity a period of 100 days. 

 While individual plots have varied somewhat, the yield of oats has been a little higher, 

 on the whole, during 1894, than the average of the five years past. 



Experiments with Fertilizers on plots of Oats, ^th acre. 



Fertilizers applied each Year. 



Barn-yard manure, well rotted, 15 tons per 



9 

 10 



11 



Average Yield 



for 



Five Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre. 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Per acre 



6th Season, 1894. 



Variety — 



Banner. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre. 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 



20 



21 



Barn-yard manure, fresh, 15 tons per acre. 



Unmanured 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. per acre 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground ;*500 lbs., nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. 

 per acre 



Barn-yard manure, partly rotted and ac- 

 tively fermenting, 6 tons per acre ; 

 mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. per acre, composted to- 

 gether, intimately mixed and allowed to 

 heat for several days before using 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 

 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. 

 per acre 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs., wood ashes, unleached, 

 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 lbs p. acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Unmanured 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre. .... 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Muriate of potash, 150 lbs. per aere.. . 

 Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of iron, 60 lbs. per acre 



Common salt (Sodium chloride) 300 lbs. per 



acre. 



Land plaster or gypsum (Calcium sulphate) 

 300 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 2, 500 lbs 

 per acre 



Bush. lbs. 



33 2 

 36 .. 

 26 23 



26 26 

 39 8 



33 18 



32 31 



32 33 



27 5 



32 26 



29 30 

 23 .. 



25 32 



26 17 

 34 5 



30 .. 

 32 5 

 29 30 



27 14 

 27 26 

 26 1 



Lbs. 



2,795 

 2,778 

 1,497 



1,880 



2,629 



2 565 



3,047 



2,445 

 2,115 



2,877 



2,298 

 1,756 

 1,957 



1,819 

 2,304 

 2,400 

 3,237 

 2,224 



2,146 



2,322 

 1,965 



Bush. lbs. 



53 18 

 56 26 

 24 24 



27 2 



42 22 



39 24 



47 12 



28 28 

 27 22 



54 24 



33 28 



18 28 



30 .. 



33 28 



53 8 



27 2 



45 .. 



27 32 



29 4 



27 22 



26 26 



Per acre 



Yield 

 of 



Straw. 



Lbs. 



2,680 

 4,170 

 1,560 



1,700 



3,200 



2,720 



4,300 



2,330 

 1,340 



2,750 



3,440 

 1,280 



2,000 



2,230 

 3,8b0 

 1,450 

 3,230 

 1,790 



1,600 



1,690 



1,650 



Average Yield 



for 



Six Years. 



26 5* 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Per acre 



Lbs. 



2,776 

 3,010 

 1,507 



1,850 



2,724 



2,591 



3,256 



2,426 

 1,986 



2,856 



2,488 

 1,677 

 1,964 



1,887 

 2,567 

 2,242 

 3,236 

 2,152 



2,055 



2,217 



1,912 



