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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



WINTER RYE. 



Three plots of winter rye were sown on August 31, 1907, the seed being used at 

 the rate of about li bushels to the acre. The rye made good growth in the autumn, 

 stood the winter well, and gave a large crop of grain. The soil was a light loam. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of 56 pounds. 



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Winter Rye — Test of Varieties. 



OATS SOWN IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES PER ACRE ON CLAY LOAM. 



The tests carried on in previous years having shown that less than two bushels 

 and moi^e than 2^ bushels -per acre of Banner oats should not be sown on clay loam in 

 this climate, the experiments were confined this past season to 2 and 2^ bushels only. 

 The evidence thus far is in favour of using 2^ bushels of seed. 



The results of the past season are here given. 



The oats were sown on May 16, and were ripe August 6. 



Name of Variety. 



Banner oats. 



Quantity 



Sown 

 per Acre. 



Bushels. 

 2 



Number 



of days 



from 



Sowing to 



Harvesting. 



82 

 82 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



52 



55 



2 



20 



FIELD BEANS. 



Four plots of field beans, one-sixtieth of an acre each, were sown on May 27. 

 The soil was a rather heavy loam. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of 60 pounds. 



