REPORT OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 



277 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Twenty-six varieties of oats were grown under uniform conditions on plots of 

 one-twentieth of an acre. Although good yields were secured, they would have been 

 greater but for the extremely hot weather experienced during the ripening season. 



The Registered Banner oats were secured from a member of the Canadian Seed 

 Growers Association who had been selecting them for eight years. 



The seed was sown May 7, on clay loam summerfallowed in 1907. 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



1 Registered Banner. . . 



2 White Giant . . 



3 Danish Island . . . 



4 Improved American. 



5: Banner 



6; Irish Victor 



7I Abundance , 



8f Lincoln 



9 Siberian - 



10 Wide Awake 



11 Twentieth Century. 



12 American Triumph. . 



13 Virginia White 



14 Goldfinder 



1.5 Improved Ligowo . 



16 Golden Beauty 



17 Kendal White 



18 Thousand Dollar . . . 



11) Danbeney 



20lSwedish Select 



21 1 Joanette - . . . . 



22 Pioneer . . 



231 Storm King. 



24 Tartar King 



25 Golden Giant 



26Milford White 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Branching 



Sided. 



o . 



Lbs. 



4,135 

 3,935 

 4,295 

 4,775 

 5,250 

 4,325 

 4,575 

 4 235 

 4,135 

 3,985 

 4,715 

 4,.^35 

 3,9.35 

 4,420 

 4,095 

 3,460 

 3,960 

 3,^75 

 2,()85 

 4,195 

 4,340 

 4,080 

 5,580 

 2,7.^5 

 4,330 

 4,150 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



33 

 1 



Bus. Lbs 



119 19 

 110 21 

 115 15 

 115 15 

 113 

 111 

 109 19 

 107 27 

 107 27 

 106 11 

 105 15 

 104 29 

 104 29 

 102 12 

 100 5 

 98 8 

 98 8 

 97 27 



97 

 97 



17 

 7 



95 SO 

 94 24 

 91 26 

 91 21 

 90 10 

 89 24 



0) _- - 

 ^ X -G 





Lbs. 



36 



35 



36 



35 



36 



35 



36^ 



374 



35i 



37" 



38 



35J 



39 



35i 



3'.) 



37 



37 



39 



374 



404 



36" 



38 



404 



404 



30' 



354 



Rusted. 



Very slightly. 



Slightly. 

 Very slightly. 



II 

 Considerably. 

 Very slightly. 



Slightly. 

 Very slightly. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Very slightly. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Very slightly. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Verj' slit'Jitly. 



Considerably. 



Very slightly. 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 



Field Crops of Oats. 



Variety. 



Banner (1) 



.. (2) 



.. (3) 



Goldfinder 



Daubeney 



Thousand Dollar 



Preparation of Land. 



Summerfallow. 



Spring ploughing 



Yield per acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



86 

 70 

 77 

 76 

 70 

 76 



29 

 10 

 15 

 09 

 24 

 24 



Total Yield. 



Bush. Lbs. 



383 

 592 

 632 

 167 

 181 

 234 



