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EXPERIMENTAL FAEMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



FALL WHEAT. 



The seed sown on August 7 by lioe-drill as deep as the drill would work, was 

 obtained in the Pincher Creek and Mountain View districts of Alberta, and was no 

 doubt as hardy as any that could be had. 



When the first killing frost came in the fall, the wheat had attained a height of 8 

 inches, and formed a thick mat entirely covering the ground. 



The crop, however, was a complete failure, not a single plant being alive in May. 



In the Pincher Creek district and the Mormon settlements of Southern Alberta, 

 fall wheat proved very successful and some large yields were secured ; while from the 

 more northerly portions of that territory, reports of about an equal number of successes 

 and failures have been received. 



This fall the test is being continued by the seeding of Choice Club and Blue-stem 

 on fallow on October 7. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Sixty -five varieties of oats were tested on plots of l-20th acre each ; twelve of the 

 same varieties on plots of | to 9^ acres. Banner oats was used in the rotation test. 

 With the exception of Banner sown on stubble, all oats were sown on fallowed land. 



The fallow was ploughed early in June and cultivated or harrowed, 2 to 3 inches 

 deep, several times during the season. Tlie stubble land was ploughed 4 inches deep 

 immediately before seeding. 



On account of the cold, wet spring, the seed where sown too deep, failed to germin- 

 ate. In low places a great deal of the seed rotted and in a few cases the land had to 

 be resown. The uniform trial plots of l-20th acre each were sown May 12 on clay loam 

 sumpier-fallowed. Sown by hoe-drill at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. 



OATS FIELD LOTS. 



Name of Variety. 



Cultivation 



of 



Soil. 



Goldfinder 



Banner 



Wide-awake 



Tartar King 



Waverley 



Black Beauty 



Abundance 



Iniproved Ligowo 

 Early Archangel . 



Lincoln 



Thousand dollar. . 



Bavarian 



Banner 



'Fallow 



Stubble-land 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



89 

 87 

 87 

 85 

 82 

 81 

 80 

 77 

 74 

 65 

 64 

 52 

 46 



12 







17 -37 



40i 

 44 

 43i 

 39i 

 37i 

 ..I 42 

 20i 44i 



4 

 30 



8 

 32 

 17 



41 

 39 



41i 

 39 



37 



Total area occupied, 53 acres. Total yield of grain, 4,077 bushels 28 lbs., an 

 average of 76 bushels 32 lbs. per acre. 



