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EXPEIiniEXTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Twenty-four varieties of oats were sown in this test. As in previous years, the 

 oats followed a hoed crop, the land having produced a crop of corn in 1907 and clover 

 in 1906. The clover had received about twelve tons of barn-yard manure to the acre, 

 the winter before it was broken up for the corn. The land was ploughed as early 

 as possible in the season and harrowed to start any weed seeds, then harrowed and 

 disked before the seed was sown. 



The size of the plots was one-fortieth of an acre each and the soil was a sandy 

 loam. The seed was sown on April 10, at the rate of two and a half bushels per acre. 



All the seed was treated with formalin, and the crop was very free from smut, 

 tlie grain being plump and bright. 



Oats — ^Test of Varieties. 





3 



Name of Variety. 



1 Wide Awake 



2 Abundance. . 



3 Golden Beauty 



4 Improved Ligowo 

 6 Improved American 



6 Golden Giant 



7 Pioneer 



8|White Giant 

 9 Lincoln . . . . 



10 American Triumph 



11 Kendal White 



12 Banner 



1.3 Twentieth Century 



14 Danish Island 



15 Milford White . . . . 



16 Goldfinder 



17 Tartar King 



18 Siberian 



19 Swedish Select . . . 



20 Storm King 



2illrish Victor 



22 Joanette 



23 

 24 



Virginia White. . 

 Thousand Dollar 



a 

 (5 





Aug. 



7 

 8 

 9 

 4 

 11 

 11 

 4 

 9 

 7 



118 

 119 

 120 

 115 

 122 

 122 

 115 

 120 

 118 

 9i 120 

 5i 116 

 116 

 118 

 115 

 116 

 115 

 115 

 119 

 116 

 il4 

 117 

 114 

 117 

 116 



o c 



Ins. 



41 

 40 

 38 

 46 

 38 

 41 

 46 

 39 

 37 

 41 

 46 

 38 

 41 

 36 

 38 

 42 

 40 

 36 

 40 

 41 

 38 

 44 

 40 

 38 



=« 5 



■■m 



o 



Stiflf 



Medium 

 Stiff . 



Weak . 

 Stiff .. 



Medium 

 Stiff . 



■x: 



ce 



w 



o 



be 

 c 

 s> 



In^ 



9 to 10 

 10 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 10 

 10 



9 

 10 



9 



11 



9 to 10 



9 



9 

 11 

 12 



9 

 11 

 12 

 10 



9 

 12 

 10 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Branching 



Sided. . . 

 Branching 



Sided.... 

 Branching 



Sided.... 

 Branching 



Sided..... 

 Branching 





'S 



Lbs. 



3,040 

 2,740 

 2,440 

 2,260 



2,5i;o 



3,220 

 2,840 

 2,240 

 2,650 

 2,520 

 2,650 

 2, .320 

 3,040 

 2,040 

 2,850 

 3,090 

 2,280 

 2,360 

 1,890 

 2,040 

 1,960 

 2,97f 

 2,360 

 2,000 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



pq k1 



87 2 



86 16 



85 30 



84 4 



83 18 



81 26 



81 

 81 



16 

 6 



80 30 



78 28 



76 16 



75 30 



75 20 



75 10 



74 24 



74 14 



73 4 



71 26 



67 22 



67 2 



65 30 



64 14 



60 .. 



50 20 



S-c 

 t> S s 



— - a; — 



bet; ^ 



, bi 



Lbs. 



36i 



33| 



35 



38 



361 



331 



384 



36i 



37 



36 



34i 



37' 



34 



37i 



34i 



37| 



33^ 



36;^ 



38 

 36 

 35 

 35 

 35f 



Rusted. 



Very little. 

 No rust. 



Very little. 



If 

 No rust. 



Very little. 

 No rust. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



The soil of these plots was sandy loam which had been planted to corn in 1907, 

 which followed a clover crop, and had recei\-«d a dressing of about twelve tons of 

 barn-yard manure per acre on the clover sod. 



This was harrowed and cut with the spading harrow to break any lumps and 

 fine it before ploughing. The corn crop was a very good one and the land was in 

 good condition for the barley. 



It was ploughed in autumn after the corn was removed, and disked and harrowed 

 repeatedly before the barley was sown. The plots were one-fortieth of an acne each 

 and the seed was sown at the rate of two and a half bushels per acre. The seed was 



