REPORT OF TEE CEREALI8T 



223 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Most Productive Varieties of Peas. — Among the most productive sorts of peaa 

 grown for the past five years at this Farm axe Golden Vine, Victoria, Mackay, White 

 "Wonder, Prince, Canadian Beauty and Prussian Blue. 



Earliest Varieties of Peas. — Chancellor is perhaps the earliest ripening variety at 

 this Farm. It ripens as a rule about four days before Golden Vine, and gives a good 

 yield. 



SPRING RYE. 



One plot of spring rye (one-fortieth acre) was so-?ri on April 26th, the seed being 

 used at the rate of IJ bushels to the acre. The soil was a clay loam. The grain was 

 rip© August 1st (9Y days). The straw was stiff, its length (inchiding the head) being 

 5G to 58 inches. The heads were from 3 to 3J inches long. The yield, expressed in 

 'bushels ' of 56 lbs., was 40 bushels per acre; and the weight of the grain (after clean- 

 ing) was 56J lbs. to the measured bushel. 



WINTER RYE. 



Four varietiKi of winter rye were sown on September 8th, 1904. The plots were 

 one-fortieth of an acre, and the seed was used at the rate of IJ bushels per acre. The 

 soil was a clay loam. All the plots made good growth in the autumn, but in the spring 

 the plots of Emerald and Giant were found to be rather badly winter-killed. These 

 two varieties have been discontinued on account of their lack of hardiness. 



The yield per acre is expressed in ' bushels ' of 56 pounds. 



Winter Rye — Test of Varieties. 



3 

 ^ 



Name of Variety. 



Alammoth ^V^lite 

 Thousand fnld . . 



I:Imerald 



Giant 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff. 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



4) „ O 

 d. ^^ ■*-* 



Sis® 



In. 



cq 

 4-4|3G 

 4-4^i35 

 4-4^:28 

 4-4128 



.a 



4| 

 20 

 12 

 12 



Lbs. 



56 

 57 

 56 

 56 



Rusted. 



Considerably. 



GRAIN SOWN IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES PER ACRE ON SANDY 



LOAM. 



These experiments were all conducted on plots of one-fortieth of an acre each. 

 The wheat was sown April 29th and was ripe August 8th. The oats were sown April 

 29th and were ripe August 3rd. The barley was sown April 29th and was ripe July 22nd. 



