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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



OATS. 



Report of Trials for 1S87. 



Each variety of oats was sown broadcast on a fortieth acre plot, 



two quarts of seed to each plot. The seed was sown May 17th, on 



much the same kind of soil, manured in the same way, as in the 



case of the potatoes. In the next table can be seen a record of the 



(1) Date when the heads first began to show. 



(2) Date of cutting, which indicates date of ripening. 



(3) Yield of each variety per plot and per acre. 



(4) Weight of a measured bushel of each variety. It is impor- 

 tant to notice that a few varieties have a weight per bushel that 

 marks them as being of superior quality. Some of these varieties 

 having different names are undoubtedly the same. 



No. 



) 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 16 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 



Oats — Name of Variety. 



Triumph 



Welcome 



White Probestier 



Mold's Ennobled 



Clydesdale 



Russian White 



Surprise 



Hopetown 



Henderson's Clydesdale 



New Kaco Horse 



White Belgian 



Black Tartarian 



White Sohoener 



White Australian 



White Victoria 



Harris 



Hogan 



Challenge 



Wide Awake 



Japan 



White Centennial. .... 

 White Seizure 



Date of out- 

 ting ripe. 



Aug. 17 



8 



" 15 

 .< 17 



8 

 " 20 

 " 15 

 " 20 



8 

 " 10 

 " 12 

 « 17 



" 15 



" 15 



" 10 

 1 



" 10 



" 10 



" 15 



" 17 



" 20 



•' 8 



Yield 

 per plot. 



lbs. 

 24 

 36 

 46^ 

 324 

 35J 

 41 

 42i 

 19 

 34^ 

 35 

 344 

 37| 

 38| 

 41 

 35 

 31i 

 344 

 28 

 32 

 29| 



22| 



Yield 

 per acre. 



bush. 

 32 

 48 

 62 



43.3 

 47.3 

 54| 

 56.6 

 25^ 

 46 

 46.6 

 45.6 

 50.3 

 51 



54.6 

 46.6 

 42 

 46 

 37 

 42 

 39 

 23 

 30 





a.2 



lbs. 

 18 

 33 

 24 

 21 

 34 

 28 

 244 

 184 

 33 

 34 

 31i 

 26 

 25 

 26 

 324 

 20 

 26 

 29 

 22 

 254 

 19 

 33 



