REPORT OF MR. A. MAC KAY. 



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TEST OF BLUESTONE *0R SMUT IN BARLEY. 



For several years many of the varieties of barley have been affected with smut. 

 Bluestone having been used on seed in spring of 1893, with satisfactory results, a test 

 was made during the past season which also proved satisfactory. 



The plots were -^ of an acre each, soil, clay loam, and they were all sown on the 

 same day, at the rate of 2 bushels per acre, by drill on fallow-land, with the following 

 results : — 



TEST OF STUBBLE VS. FALLOW. 



California Prolific barley was used in this test on -^ acre plots, clay loam. 



The stubble land had been under wheat the year previous and was fallowed the 

 year before that. This spring the stubble was gang-ploughed 3 inches deep. Seed sown 

 before ploughing and land well harrowed after. 



The fallow yielded 16 bushels 30 lbs. and the stubble 7 bushels 34 lbs. per acre. 

 The same variety sown on fallow on May 9th, 1893, gave 49 bushels 10 lbs. and 

 stubble (fall ploughed) 41 bushels 32 lbs. per acre. 



Plots sown by drill at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. 



STUBBLE VS. FALLOW. 



GENERAL RESULTS OF BARLEY GROWING FOR SEASON OF 1894. 



1. In the test of varieties sown on same date, no one variety proved much superior 

 to the others, all suffering from prolonged dry, hot weather. 



2. In the week-apart tests, the plots sown between 1st and 15th May, gave the 

 best results, and in 1892 and 1S93, the plots sown during that period also gave the best 

 returns. 



3. One and three quarter bushels per acre has given better results in this year's 

 test and in test of 1893 than 1£ bushels. 



4. Blue-stone kills smut germs on barley, and should be generally used. 



5. Fallow-land gave a fair return this year, while grain on stubble-land was not 



worth cutting. 



OATS. 



The oat crop throughout the Territories suffered greatly from the dry and hot 

 weather during the growing season. "Where the crop was sown on fallow-land, fair, and 



