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EXPERIMENTAL FA RMS. 



Abundance, a comparatively new introduction here, heads the list for productive- 

 ness in the test of varieties, but is surpassed by the Banner in other portions of the 

 farm. 



The Abundance is more branching than the Banner and somewhat shorter in the 

 berry, it is white in colour, and has every appearance of being a good milling oat. 



White Schonen is another newly introduced branching oat, white in colour, heavier 

 in weight than Banner, very prolific this year and a week later in ripening than that 

 variety. 



Wallis, also new here, would be classed as a white oat, but our supply has many 

 gray kernels which would spoil it for milling purposes ; it ripened a few days earlier than 

 Banner and produced ten bushels per acre less. 



White Monarch is a second early sided oat with a short plump kernel of a good 

 white colour, fairly prolific and weighs well. 



Effects of Barn-yard Manure as a Fertilizer. 



In last year's report mention is made of a test of barn-yard manure as a fertilizer 

 for wheat, this year the same plots were spring-ploughed and sowed with oats, without 

 further manuring. From the accompanying table it will be seen that the manured 

 plots gave slightly the best yield this year, showing that the effect of the manure 

 extended to the second year. 



Barley, Test of Varieties. 



The yield of barley on the Experimental Farm was smaller this year than usual, 

 this was largely due to the very light soil used for the purpose which was unsuitable 

 for such a dry season. 



Beaver, Surprise, Trooper, Royal and Newton are all cross-bred varieties, the first 

 four originated at Ottawa, the thr^o first named are the heaviest barleys grown on the 

 farm this year. 



As a number of the varieties were dried up by the excessive hot and dry weather 

 and did not ripen naturally, the dates of ripening given on the tables are only approx- 

 imate. 



Excelsior, Champion and Success are newly introduced varieties quite beardless, all 

 of them are very thin and shrunken in the berry this year, weighing only from 43 to 

 46 lbs. per bushel, but may improve in this respect in seasons of average rainfall. 



All were grown in plots of y 1 ^- acre, on summer-fallow ; soil sandy loam, sown with 

 a hoe drill, S pecks of seed per acre, not bluestoned, only the Common and Rennie's six- 

 rowed were smutty. 



