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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH SPELTZ. 



Thick and Thin Sowing. 



In last year's test the amount of seed was regulated by the drill. This year the 

 seed was weighed, but the result is the same. One and three-quarter bushels giving the 

 largest yield. 



Speltz Wheat — Thick and Thin Sowing. 



SPELTZ, EARLY AND LATE SOWING. 



These experiments v.-ere undertaken with the object of gaining some information as 

 to the best time for sowing this grain. This will probably need repeating for several 

 years before any satisfactory conclusion can be reached. 



SPELTZ wheat — early AND LATE SOWING. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



The yield of oats throughout the province has been much above the average. On the 

 Experimental Farm, a few of the varieties were sown at the usual date early in May 

 but owing to the excessive rainfall they were destroyed. A fre-sh location was selected 

 and the second lot was sown on May 28, much later than is desirable. This late sowing 

 no doubt lessened the yield and reduced the Aveight per bushel. 



The tests were made with sixty-four varieties, on plots of one-twentieth acre each. 

 The soil -was a clay loam, summer fallowed, and two bushels of seed were used per acre 

 sown with a drill. All were sown on May 27 and 28. 



