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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Field Crops of Barley. 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



The pea crop at present is not given a place among the imi)ortant grain crops of 

 Manitoba, but it has merits which warrant its receiving more attention than it has 

 hitherto been accorded. Being a leguminous crop, it is able, like the clovers, to 

 utilize to a great extent, in its growth, the nitrogen of the air, and undoubtedly stores 

 some of it in its roots. The root system, unfortunately, is not nearly so extensive as 

 that of red clover or alfalfa, and the amount of vegetable matter left in the soil in 

 the form of root fibre is, therefore, not so great as with these crops. It is, however, 

 considerable. The pea crop does not draw heavily on the land, which is therefore left 

 in good condition for the succeeding crop. There is now no difficulty in harvesting 

 peas with the harvester attachment to the mower, and threshing is accomplished with 

 the ordinary threshing machine. 



The grain is very rich in protein and is unsurpassed as feed for hogs and cattle 

 when fed in conjunction with other grains deficient in this constituent. Mixed with 

 oats and fed to milch cows, it gives particularly good results, and as a producer of 

 high quality of bacon it has few equals. The straw, if cut before fully ripe, is 

 excellent for sheep feed, and does not collect in the wool to the same extent as the 

 straw from other cereals. 



Eighteen varieties were sown under uniform conditions on May 2, on one- 

 twentielh of an acre plots. The soil was a clay loam summerfallowed in 1907, and the 

 seed grown at the rate of from two to three bushels per acre, according to size of the pea. 



Peas — Test of "Varieties. 



CD 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



Name of Variety. 



Paragon 



Mackay 



Prince 



English Grey 



Early Britain 



(xrcgory 



Prussian Blue 



Picton 



Victoria 



Arthur 



Archer 



Wisconsin Blue 



Ch-mcellor 



(Jolden Vine 



Daniel O'Rourke.. . . 

 Black-eye Marrowfat 



Agnes 



White Marrowfat. . . . 



Date of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



Number 

 of days 

 Matur- 

 ing. 



4 

 2 

 5 

 7 

 6 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 9 



31 

 6 

 3 

 1 

 7 

 6 



13 

 7 



12 



125 

 123 

 126 

 128 

 127 

 124 

 123 

 125 

 130 

 121 

 126 

 124 

 122 

 128 

 127 

 134 

 128 

 133 



Character ^^'^f^ 

 of growth. g^°^^_ 



Rank. . . 

 Medium 



Rank. . . 

 Medium 



V. R,ank 

 Medium 

 Rank. . . 

 Medium 



It 

 Rank. . . 



V. Rank 

 Medium 

 V. Rank 



In. 



55 

 51 

 48 

 52 

 50 

 60 

 54 

 50 

 G6 

 48 

 60 

 54 

 56 

 58 

 60 

 71 

 50 

 73 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



4720 

 4930 

 4640 

 4720 

 5330 

 4740 

 4460 

 4690 

 5220 

 3710 

 4900 

 42.30 

 2560 

 2820 

 3220 

 6360 

 5310 

 4420 



O 

 A 



o 



+:> 

 tc 



In. 



2i 

 2i 

 2i 

 2| 

 2i 

 2h 



2? 



2i 



2i 



2i 



2 



2 



2 



2Ji 



2l 



2h 



Size of 

 pea. 



Medium 



Large . . 



Medium 

 Small. . . 

 Medium 



Small. 



Large 

 Medium 

 Large . . 



Weight 



jier 

 bushel. 



Lbs. 



63i 



62i 



63 



6U 



60| 



62 



63 



63i 



63 



63 



63i 



65' 



05 



65i 



64| 



62i 



60i 



62 



