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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 SPEING WHEAT IN FIELD LOTS. 



Five varieties of spring wheat were sown in field lots on stubble land, which had 

 been fall ploughed. Growth was rapid, heavy crops of straw were produced, but the 

 grain did not mature before frost, and the yields of all the varieties, particularly 

 Red Fife, were consequently reduced. 



Spring Wheat in Field Lots. 



Variety. 



Percy . . 

 Stanley 

 Preston . 

 Huron . . 

 Red Fife 



Character 

 of Soil. 



Clay loam 



Rust. 

 Smut. 



None. 



TIMOTHY SOD VERSUS SUMMER-FALLOW FOR SPRING WHEAT. 



After the hay was harvested in 1907, the land was ploughed and worked throughout 

 the fall. Two varieties of spring wheat were sown on April 10, at the rate of IJ 

 bushels i)er acre. On the day following, the same two varieties were sown on land that 

 had been under corn and roots in 1907. The corn of that year did not succeed, and 

 the land was ploughed in August, so that this section was practically summer-fallow. 



It will be noticed that the wheat sown on the sod matured a week earlier than that 

 on the com and root land. 



Spring Wheat on Timothy Sod. 



Spring Wheat on Corn and Root Land of 1907. 



Name. 



Stanley. 

 Preston. 



Date Sown. 



April 11., 

 April 11 . 



Date Cut. 



Aug. 28. 

 Aug. 28. 



.S 



3 



139 

 139 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



30 

 27 



17 

 19 



In the case of the grain on what was practically a summer-fallow, the difference 

 given in length of time maturing does not represent as great a difference as really 

 existed, since frost cut off the development of the latter grain, which never matured 

 as did the grain on sod, which escaped untouched. 



