348 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



OATS — ONE ACRE PLOTS. 



Twenty varieties were sown in acre plots on clay -loam fallowed ; they were sown 

 by drill on the same day. Wind hurt a portion of all the plots, but Hazlett's Sei- 

 zure, Flying Scotchman, Winter Grey and Bonanza suffered the most. 



OATS, ACRE LOTS. 



Name of Variety. 



Hazlett's Seizure 



Cream Egyptian. . . . 

 Rennie's Prize White 



Banner 



Flying Scotchman . . 



White Russian 



Scottish Chief 



Early Gothland 



Golden Beauty 



Oderbruch 



English White 



Welcome 



Winter Grey 



Abyssinia 



Bonanza 



Siberian 



Victoria Prize White 



Poland White 



Black Tartarian 



Royal Doncaster 



Character 

 of Soil. 



Clay-loam 



bo 



Lbs 



40js 



44 



43| 



40i 



4l| 



39| 



40} 



40l 



40| 



42? 



38$ 



43i 



42| 



41 



42| 



41 



43| 



43 



37£ 



38? 



TEST OF FALLOW VS. STUBBLE. 



Two fields, nearly adjoining, of ten acres each, were sown at the same time with 

 1\ bushels of seed per acre. The plot of fallowed land was sown by drill : the stubble 

 plot was burnt off and the seed sown on the surface by broadcast seeder and 

 gang-ploughed in. 



A second field of stubble of 20 acres was burnt off and sown by drill, without 

 ploughing, with 2\ bushels of seed per acre. 



For a considerable time the 10 acre field of stubble was very promising, but at last 

 it dried up and was with difficulty cut with the binder. On the 20 acre field of stubble 

 the straw was longer and gave better returns. On the fallow, although the straw was 

 short, the returns were fairly good. 



In the following table the results are given. 



OATS FALLOW VS. STUBBLE. 



Name of Variety. 



Prize Cluster — 



Fallow 



Stubble ganged in spring 

 " drilled in 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



July 27. 

 25. 

 25. 



01 



Lbs. 



42£ 



40 



40 



