REPORT OF MR. AXGUS MACEAT 



307 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Oats — Test of Varieties in Field Lots. 



Name of Variety. 



Wide Awake 



Danish Island . . . . 



White Giant 



Improved Ligowo . 



Banner 



Tartar King 



a 



107 

 108 

 10() 

 104 

 110 

 105 



CO* 



o.S 

 tic o 



p 



In. 



40 



48 

 40 

 48 

 50 

 49 



Character 

 of Straw. 



Strong . . 



Medium. 

 Stronsr. . . 



■T3 

 D 



be 



a 

 a; 



In. 



8 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 9 



Kind 

 of Head. 



Branching 



Sided 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



x> 



to 



a 



n 



95 30 



90 12 



90 6 



78 20 



78 .. 



"78 .. 



*^ p f^ 



a) « ^ 

 o 



be ^ 4S 

 ■!r; 3 **.• 



Lbs. 



33 



38i 



34| 



38 



37i 



37 



Oats — Average and Total Yields. 



Wide Awake 



Danish Island 



White Giant . . . 

 Improved Ligowo.- 



Banner 



Tartar King 



Variety. 



Cultivation. 



'Fallow.. 



Acres. 



51 



Total Yield. 



4,163 





.a 

 a 



pa 



359 20 



421 22 



420 28 



353 22 



2,165 16 



442 .. 



An average of 81^ bushels per acre. 



Oats — Five Years Comparison of Field Lots. 



Tile average yield per acre and time taken to mature, of four varieties of oats 

 grown in field lots under similar conditions for the past five years are shown below : — 



Variety. 



Wide Awake. . .. 



Banner 



Tartar King 



Improved Ligowo 



Average 

 day.s to 

 Mature. 



116-6 

 116-8 

 113 8 

 114-8 



Average 



Yield 



per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs, 



88 

 86 

 75 

 74 



6 

 11 



7 

 27 



16— 20J 



