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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



HARROWING THE GROWING GRAIN. 



The land is not apt to become crusted much in the fall, but should it become so 

 in the spring after heavy rains, it is a commendable practice to harrow it. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Sixteen varieties of wheat were sown on April 13, 1908, at the rate of about one 

 bushel per acre, in plots of one-seventieth acre each, on backsetting. The land was a 

 sandy loam. 



Spuing Wheat — Test of Varieties (Non-Irrigated). 







4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



Name of Variety. 



Percy A 



Red Fife H 



3|Chelsea ■. . 



Preston 



White Russian. . . . . . 



Pringle's ChamplaiTi . 



Bishop .... 



White Fife 



Marquis . . 



Hungarian White . . . 



Huron 



Rud Fern 



Stanley 



Kubanka (durum). - . 



Gatineau 



Riga 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong.. 



It . . 



Medium 



Strong . 



Medium 

 Strong. . 

 Medium 



II 

 Strong . 



Weak . . 

 Medium 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



35 .. 



33 50 



33 15 



32 40 



30 55 



30 20 



30 20 



30 20 



29 10 



29 10 



29 10 



29 10 



29 10 



26 50 



22 10 



21 .. 



? J: to 

 3 a 



Lbs. 



58 

 60 

 60 



58 



57 



58 



60 



57i 



62| 



59| 



60| 



60 



594 



64 



58 



62 



Average yield 29 bushels 33 lbs. per acre. 



FIELD LOTS. 



Owing to an accident in threshing, the yield from, a field sown on June breaking 

 and one on backsetting cannot be given. A field of fresh breaking, that is, broken in 

 April, double disced twice, harrowed and immediately sown on April 15, at the rate 

 of about one bushel per acre, yielded at the rate of 17 bush. lY lbs. per acre. This 

 practice of sowing spring grain on land freshly broken, although not as common now 

 as it was a few years ago in this district, should be discouraged, as the yields are 

 usually not satisfactory and the land is in poor condition for a second crop. 



