REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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Oats were sown with a hoe drill, eight pecks of seed per acre, not bluestoned, with 

 the following results : — 



Name of Variety. 



Banner. 



Abundance . . 



Proportion 

 Rusted. 



None. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. * 



None. 



it 



Slightly. 

 Badly. 



* A small streak of alkali 3 feet wide running across these plots. 



Summary of Oat plots, sown at different dates, spring 1894. 



Average yield of six plots of Banner Oats . 



" Abundance Oats. 



of two plots sown May 1 



" 8 . 



" " " 15 



" " 22!!!'! 



ii ft «< 00 



June 5.'.'.'.'. 



Three years' average of Banner Oats, sown at different dates. 



Variety. 



Banner Oats . 



1st plot sown. 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 



5th 



6th 



Average 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



70 

 73 

 72 

 62 

 56 

 54 



26 

 14 

 22 

 32 

 16 

 14 



73 



CD 

 43 



CO 



P 



u 



CO 



43 



'ft 

 6 



1 



2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 



SUMMARY. 



1. Three years' experience would appear to indicate that the earliest sown plots of grain almost invari- 

 ably ripen first. 



2. That sowing grain before the land is in a fit condition for the seed results in a reduced yield. 



3. Late sowing of both wheat and oats encourages rust, and lessens the yield. 



4. Early sown oats always weigh the most. 



