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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT. 



Five varieties of buckwheat were sown in uniform test-plots of one-fortieth acre 

 each. The land was a clay loam that had been in corn the previous year (1907), and 

 had received a dressing of barn-yard manure in the fall of 1906. The seed was sown 

 on June 18 and cut on September 4. No manure or fertilizer was used for this crop. 



The following yields were obtained: — 



Buckwheat — Test of Varieties. 



EIELD CKOPS OF GRAIN. 



Four acres of field grain were sown in one-acre lots. The land was a clay loam 

 and had been in roots the previous year, for which crop, manure at the rate of twenty 

 cart loads per acre had been applied. This land was ploughed in the fall and sown 

 May 22. Clover and timothy seed were sown with this crop. 



The results obtained are as follows, allowing 40 lbs. x>er bushel for mixed grain,. 

 48 lbs. per bushel for barley and 34 lbs. per bushel for oats : — 



1 acre Waverley oats . 

 1 II Pioneer oats .. , 

 1 II Odpssa barley. 

 1 II Mixed grain . . 



Crops. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



45 



50 10 



35 24 



38 10 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



34 



34 

 18 

 40 



FIELD CROP OF MIXED GRAIN. 



Six acres of mixed grain were sown. The land was a clay loam in only a fair 

 state of fertility, the previous crop having been clover hay with a light aftermath, 

 turned under in the fall. This was sown on !May 26 with a .mi.xture of Waverley oats, 

 2 bushels; Odessa barley, 1 bushel, and Prussian Blue peas, J bushel, sown at the 

 rate of 3 bushels per acre. 



The yield was 43 bushels per acre, at 40 lbs. per bushel. 



