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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Two-rowed Barley — Test of varieties. 



Nine new sorts of cross-bred barleys, Swedish (two-rowed) female with Baxter's 

 six- rowed male were tested. These all gave good results, and some of them are very 

 promising. , 



They were sown at the rate of two bushels per acre in plots of ^ of an acre each 

 on clay loam, on which roots were grown in 1893. 



Hybrid Barley — Test of varieties. 



Experiments with Oats. 



Fifty-one varieties of oats were sown on 10th May in plots of one-twentieth of an 

 acre each on clayey loam, the land having been in hay the previous year, no fertilizers 

 were used. All the varieties had remarkably stiff straw. The most noticeable variety 

 in regard to stiffness was the " Schonen," which promises to be a very suitable variety 

 to sow with pease. 



The earlier sorts did not give as large a yield per acre as the later ones, this was 

 probably due f ,o the leaf rust or blight which struck the grain about the middle of 

 July. The later varieties filled out better than the earlier sorts, but the grain was not 

 as heavy on account of dry weather and leaf blight. The oat crop was about one-third 



