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OAT TESTS, 



Thirty-two varieties of oats were sown ; all but 12 of these wei'e destroyed by 

 wind. The only kind not injured was Winter Grey; all those sown previous to the 

 16th April were too much injured to admit of comparison. 



Eesult of sowing at different dates; fallow land ; i<own with drill, 8^ lbs. seed used, 

 equal to 2^ bush, per acre; one-tenth acre plots. 



Variety of Oats. 



Prize Cluster 



Banner. 







April 

 May 



do 



do 



do 



do 

 April 

 May 



do 



do 



do 



do 



PS 







Days. 





Feet. 



Destroyed by frost and winds. 



5 



July 

 do 

 do 

 do 



[• Destroyed by frost and winds. 



July 



I do 



do 



do 



5i 

 ok 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bash. lbs. 



84 30 



86 24 



82 04 



86 20 



86 24 



88 04 



84 22 



77 22 



Eestjlt of sowing different varieties on same date; fallow land; sown by drill; 



2^ bush, per acre; one-tenth acre plots. 



Variety of Oats. 



Winter Grey ... 

 Early Gothland , 

 Archangel . . . . 



Swedish 



Bonanza 



Am Beauty.. . . 



Rosedale 



White Russian , 

 Black Champion 



o 

 02 



April 17 



May 4 



April 17 



do 17 



do 17 



do 17 



0) 



i 



do 17 

 do 17 



do 17| do 



May 4 

 do 21 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



102 00 



51 00 



61 00 



60 00 



72 22 



89 16 



Eesult of sowing at diflPerent dates; fallow land; 2^ bush, per acre; field plots. 



Variety of Oats. 



Cream Egyptian 



Welcome 



Black Tartarian 



Potato 



Black Tartarian 





May 13 



du 13 



do 25 



do 25 



do 29 





0) 



Pi 



May 23 July 29 Sept. 8 



do 22] do 251 do 3 



June 8 Aug. 3! do 17 



do 8 do 3 do 10 



do 10 do 7 do 18 





86 00 



78 18 



89 20 



80 00 



89 00 



