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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VI t., A. 1903 



The thermometer fell to freezing on June 7, and we had some very wet, cool 

 weather on the 3rd and 4th. After this June was showery with no very heavy 

 rains until the 23rd and 27th. Generally the month was much cooler and more cloudy 

 than usual. The thermometer only passed above 70° on the 10th, 14th, 15th and 17th. 



July opened fine but cool, with heavy rains on the 4th and 9th. After the middle 

 of the month it was warmer but showery to the end. On the whole this month was 

 much cooler than usual. The thermometer registered 80° on the 15th; 81° on the 29th 

 and 83' on the 31st and at no other time in the month was the 80° mark reached. 



Heavy rains occurred on August 5, 7, 14 and 18. The weather was warmer, but 

 not up to the average and no extremes of heat were reached. The thermometer 

 registered as the highest 80° on the 1st; 80° on the 30th and 81° on the 31st. 



September was a fine month throughout and gave a good opportunity for harvesting. 

 The first and only frost in this month (three degrees) was on the 26th. 



October was also fine to the middle of the month, after which it was more or less 

 broken with quite heavy frosts. 



November was exceptionally fine and warm, giving a good chance to complete the 

 fall work. There were no heavy frosts this month. 



METEOROLOGICAL RECORD. 



Maximum and minimum thermometrical observations for 

 cember 1, 1901, and ending November 30, 1902. 



the 



year 



beginning 



De- 



Month. 



Maximum. 



1901, 



December 



1902, 



January 



February 



March 



A]>ril 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



14th 52"" above zero 



23rd 52° above zero 

 26th 45° 

 17th 55° 

 30th 73° 

 26th 72° 



2ud 77° 



31st 83° i> 



31st 81° 



1st 77° 

 28th 06° 



5th 58° 



M 



iniraum. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



The soil selected for the oat plots was a clay loam, in a good state of cultivation. 

 The previous crop was mangels for which crop 20 one-horse cart loads of stable manure 

 per acre were used. The land was ploughed in the fall after the root crop was removed. 

 In the spring the ground was harrowed twice with the spring tooth and once with the 

 smoothing harrow. No fertilizer was used. 



Sixty-five varieties were included in the test. These were sown in one-fortieth-acre 

 plots on April 30 at the rate of 2| bus. per acre with the seed drill. JLlie "round was 

 seeded down with timothy and clover, 3 lbs. of alsike, 7 lbs. of Mammoth Red, and 12 

 lbs. of timothy seed per acre, being sown with an attachment to the seeder at the same 

 time as the grain was sown. The crop of straw was very heavy and in some places 

 lodged. The grain filled out well. Smut was occasionally noticed in a great number of 

 the plots. The straw was quite free from rust. The results given in the test were as 

 follows : — 



