REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Black Two-row. 

 Early Chevalier. 

 Erfurt White. 

 Gambrinus. 



Alma. 



Arthur (2 strains). 



Bright. 



Bruce. 



Centennial. 



Creeper. 



Elder. 



Ottav^a Select (spring). 



Two-row Barley. 



Hofbrau. 



Improved Thanet. 



Jewel. 



Kinver Chevalier. 



Peas. 



Elephant Blue. 

 Fergus. 

 Forrest. 

 French Canner. 

 Green Marrowfat. 

 Harrison's Glory. 

 Maple. 



Large Naked. 

 Prize Prolific. 

 Triple Naked (beardless). 



Multiplier. 



New Potter. 



Norwegian Grey. 



Oddfellow. 



Perth. 



Trilby. 



Bye. 



Dominion (winter). 



UNirOEM TEST PLOTS OF CEKEALS, FIELD EOOTS AND FODDER 



COEN. 



The standard and new varieties 'of cereals whicli are iobtainable commercially are 

 annually grown in plots of one-fortieth of an acre, along with the cross-bred sorts pro- 

 duced at the Farms and a number of other varieties obtained from various sources. 

 The field roots and fodder corn are grown in similar plots, and the yield per acre is 

 usually estimated from the crop obtained from one-hundredth of an acre. The object 

 of these tests is to determine the relative productiveness, earliness, &c., of t"he different 

 varieties. Those which for a series of years are found to be distinctly inferior are 

 rejected, and strong efforts are made to keep the list within as small bounds as possible 

 without omitting anything which may ultimately prove of value. 



The number of these larger plots grown during the past season was as follows : — 

 Spring wheat, 59; macaroni wheat, 11; winter wheat, 19; emmer and spelt, 10; oats, 

 79 ; six-row barley, 41 ; two-row barley, 25 ; winter barley, 1 ; peas, 33 ; spring rye, 1 ; 

 winter rye, 4; mixed grain, 6; soja beans, 2; field beans, 4; flax, Y; millet, 6; tur- 

 nips, 20; mangels, 17; carrots, 11; sugar beets, 8; Indian com, 33; making a total 

 of 397 plots. These represent about 340 varieties. 



Some of the varieties mentioned in the Eeport of the Experimental Farms for 

 1904, have been discontinued on account of lateness, small yield, or for other defects. 



PEEPAEATION OF LAND FOE THE UNIFOEli TEST PLOTS. 



The system of cultivation adopted for the land devoted to the experimental plots 

 is necessarily somewhat different from that which is generally considered advisable in 

 ordinary farming; but it is worthy of mention that abnormally large quantities of 

 fertilising material are not employed. The land used for the plots consists of three 

 separate fields, and a three-year rotation is practised. Each field receives every third 

 year a dressing of fresh barn-yard manure. This has been applied in the past at the 

 rate of only twelve tons per acre, but this amount has been found insufficient when- 

 ever the manure has not been of the highest strength. The quantity is therefore being 

 increased to 18 tons per acre. This is at the rate of 6 tons per acre for each year. 

 While this is a somewhat larger quantity of barn-yard manure than is used in ordinary 

 farming, it must be remembered that there is no opportunity in this case for the 

 ploughing under of sod or for allowing the land to be used sometimes for pasture, as 

 is the common practice. For these reasons it seems necessary to apply the manure in 

 somewhat greater quantities than usual, though it cannot be fairly claimed that the 

 land is unduly enriched by this method. The manure is spread on the ground and 

 ploughed under in spring. The field is then used for roots, fodder corn and other 



