REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SPRING WUEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES — Concluded. 



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WHEAT. 



TEST OF VARIETIES IN FIELD LOTS. 



Four varieties of wheat were sown on new land broken and backset in 1901 ; five 

 varieties on fallow and three varieties on root land of 1901. 



The new land was broken two inches deep, back-set, two inches deeper and well 

 cut up by di.sc-harrow. 



The fallow was ploughed seven inches deep during the latter part of May and cul* 

 tivat<?d during the summer as often as the weeds required attention. 



The root land, which had produced a crop of potatoes, mangels, turnips, carrots, 

 sugar beets and corn in 1901 was well ploughed and harrowed after the root crop had 

 been taken up, and in the fall of 1900 a heavy coating of manure had been applied to 

 the field. 



Fair crops were secured from the fallow and back setting, but on the root land the 

 crop of straw was abnormal and rust striking the field early in the season, made a 

 serious reduction in the yield and quality. 

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