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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD Vil., A. 1903 



The fine crop of crab apples (Pyrus baccata) grown on the farm this year was very 

 gratifying, and encourages us to hope that in the near future crab apples may be grown 

 extensively in all parts of the province. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



On the Experimental Farm the yield of wheat on the uniform test plots was gen- 

 erally above the average, but some of the larger fields were injured by the flood. As 

 usual the varieties least subject to rust were the most productive. It is evident that 

 this disease is one of the chief factors in reducing the yield of wheat, especially during 

 seasons of abundant rainfall, such as we have had the last two years. 



The noticeable productiveness of Goose and Roumanian varieties of wheat can no 

 doubt be largely attributed to their freedom from rust. Speltz wheat is also very free 

 from this disease, which fact no doubt accounts for the palatableness of its straw. 

 Apparently the injury from wheat smut is largely decreasing. There was very little 

 last year, and this year not a trace could be found on the fai-m, either among the treated 

 or untreated grain. 



Owing to the very favourable harvest weather, and absence of frost, the wheat on 

 this farm was unusually bright and plump. 



Seventy-one varieties of spring wheat were tested this year. These were sown from 

 the first to the sixth of May on black loam in plots of one-twentieth of an acre each. 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



