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EXPERUIENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Twenty-four varieties of oats were sown on April 16 and 17 in Vto acre plots on 

 sandy loam that had been backset. They were irrigated July 11. 



Oats — Test of Varieties (Irrigated). 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



Name of Variety. 



Improved American 

 Banner 



Irish Victor 



Abundance 



Danish Island 



Improved Ligowo. . 



Goldfinder 



Joanette.. . 



American Triumph . 



White Giant 



Pioneer 



Kendal White 



Twentieth Centurj- . 

 jolden Beauty . . . 



Milford White 



Golden Giant 



Wide Awake 



Virginia White 



Lincoln 



Storm King 



Siberian 



Swedish Select 



Thousand Do'lar. . . 

 Tartar King 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



.-Vug. 8 

 ., 10 



8 



7 



M 15 

 8 



M 18 



M 20 



8 



„ 10 



" 17 



H 14 

 8 



M 10 



„ 14 



M 21 



,. 15 

 8 

 M 14 

 ,. 15 

 M 18 

 „ 15 

 8 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong 



Medium 



Weak . 

 Strong 



n 



Medium 

 Strong 



Medium 

 Strong 



Medium 



Weak 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



s 

 88 



J 



18 

 18 



0, (c g 



be w ^ 

 ^^ So C4 



Lbs. 



37| 



39| 



39 



36 



39 



40i 



39| 



38| 



33 



38 



39 



40 



40 



39 



39 



31i 



41 



39i 



39§ 



36 



38i 



41i 



40 



41i 



Average yield per acre 65 bush. 



Field lots of oat^ sown on baclcsetting and irrigated once. 



Variety. 



Banner 



II 



Tartar King 



Area. 



Acres. 



1-8 

 5-2 

 11 



Date 



of 



Seeding. 



April 18., 

 ,1 IS.. 

 II 20.. 



Amount of 

 Seed used 

 per Acre. 



Lbs. 



70 

 80 

 80 



Date 

 Irrigated. 



July 16. 

 I, 16. 

 II 15. 



Yiold 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



81 

 83 

 75 



19 



15 



3 



