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EXPERIMENTAL FARMl^ 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 Different Preparations for a Wheat Crop. 

 (AU on Plots of l-20th acre.) 



Preparation. 



Wheat after peas 



II II roots , . 



II II wheat 



II II corn 



II II flax 



II on summer fallow. . . 



II Bown with shoe drill. 



i> 11 disc drill. . 



M sown IJ inches deep 



II no M 



Rusted. 



None 



Badly 



Sown. 



May 29 



1- 29. 



,1 29. 



„ 29. 



1, 29. 



29. 



April 24. 



.1 24. 



11 12. 



.1 12. 



Ripe. 



Aug. 23. 



,1 24. 



11 30. 



.1 28. 



II 23. 



11 30. 



.1 30. 



- 30. 



,1 30. 



1. 30. 



Weight of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



5,140 

 5,080 

 5,100 

 4,540 

 3,. 580 

 4,780 

 6,600 

 6,300 

 6,.500 

 6,080 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



52 

 48 

 45 

 44 

 43 

 37 

 40 

 38 

 45 

 42 



40 

 40 

 00 

 20 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 20 

 00 

 00 



Field Plots of Wheat. 



Variety. 



Preston 



Red Fife.' .'.'!."!!!.'.' 



II 



Pringle.'s Champlain 

 Laurel 



Character 

 of Soil. 



Clay loam 



Size 

 of Field 



10 acres. 

 6 ,1 



8 ,1 



11 M 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



48 

 36 

 40 

 36 

 38 

 37 



12 

 20 

 45 

 45 

 48 

 10 



PREVENTIVES OF SMUT IN WHEAT. 



As mentioned elsewhere there has been an uiifortuna'te increase throughout the 

 Canadian North-west in the amount of smut in wheat. Only 3 per cent of the 1904 

 crop was rejected for this cause by the inspectors at Winnipeg, but out of a total of 

 16,603 cars inspected up to November 1 of this year, 994 or 6 per cent have been re- 

 jected. This represents an immense loss to the farmers of this country, nearly all of 

 which could have been avoided by the proper use of such smut preventives as blue- 

 stone and formalin. 



From information gathered at farmers' meetings I judge that suiScient care is 

 not exercised in the preparation and application of bluestone. Some farmers use 

 cold water to dissolve the drug and do not give it sufficient time to make a complete 

 solution, others fail to thoroughly stir the grain during the time the liquid is appl'ed 

 and a proportion is not moistened. 



After formalin has been applied to the grain the heap should be well stirred, then 

 covered with canvas or old bags so as to keep in the fumes. 



From the accompanying table it will be noticed that both formalin and bluestone 

 were effectual in preventing smut, whether applied by steeping or sprinkling and in 

 addition the treated seed gave a larger yield in every instance. This agrees with our 

 experience here in former years and I 'am strongly of the opinion that smut in wheat 

 can always be prevented by the proper use of bluestone or of formalin. 



