REPORT OF MR. A. MACK AY. 



347 



Yields of four principal varieties of oats for five years with average results. 



Name of Variety. 



Prize Cluster 



Banner . 



Average. 



55 8 



58 



Name of Variety. 



Welcome . 



Black Tartarian . 



Average. 



Bush. lbs. 



59 6 



60 16 



TEST OP SOWING PLOTS OP OATS A WEEK APART. 



Two sorts of oats, Banner and Abundance, were used in this test on plots of -fo 

 acre each. Commencing on April 24 they were sown the same day of each week for 

 six consecutive weeks on fallow-land by drill at the rate of 2^ bushels per acre. 



The first sown plot of each variety was poor from the time it came up, and gave 

 small returns, indicating that the earliest date of seeding was rather too early for oats. 



The sowings of the second, third and fourth weeks gave the best results in 

 earliness, straw and yield. 



The dates of seeding and yields for same test in 1892 and 1893 are added to this 

 year's test, and, as will be seen by the average of 3 years, the plots sown between 1st 

 and 15th May gave the best returns. 



OATS. 



-TEST OF EARLY MEDIUM AND LATE SEEDING. 



Name 



of 



Variety. 



Banner 



1894. 



e 

 c 



T3 



X 



Apr. 24 July 11 

 May 



ft 



U 



3 a 



cS 





Aug. 9108 

 96 

 89 

 86 

 80 

 73 



3 " 



19 4 

 30 30 

 27 32 

 30 30 



21 6 



22 2 



4= 



'3 



38 



36 



36J 



35| 



36^ 



37" 



1893. 



a 

 n 



pq 



o 



Apr. 24 

 May 1 

 " 8 

 " 15 

 " 22 

 " 29 



> 



88 28 

 76 20 



86 6 



87 12 

 63 .. 

 61 26 



a 



a 



1892. 



38 18 



51 6 



51 15 



51 6 



59 24 



60 20 



3 Years. 



to 



u 



> 

 < 



JO H 



48 28 



52 30 



55 6 



56 16 



47 33 



48 5 



p 



o 



38 8 



49 7 



44 27 

 43 22 



45 .. 

 40 3 



