REPORT OF MR. 8. A. BEDFORD 



327 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Since this remedy has been used we have rarely seen a smutty head of oats on the 

 farm. 



The Daubeney oat was tried this year for the first time; it is extrem.e'Iy early and 

 promises to prove very useful on land infested with wild oats ; if cut on the very first 

 appearance of the head very few wild oats will have matured, and the immature plants 

 will make excellent fodder either green or cured. 



The size of the plots in this test of varieties was one-twentieth acre each. The 

 soil was a rich sandy loam, sumLmer-fallowed. Two bushels 'of seed per acre was used. 

 All were sown on April 27 and 28. 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



1 Golden Giant. . . , . . 



2 Improved American 



3 Goldfinder 



4 Golden Beauty 



5 Golden Fleece .... 



6 Banner 



7 Bavarian 



8 Abundance 



9 Pioneer 



10 Siberian 



11 Waverley 



12 Golden Tartarian 



13 Wide Awake 



14 White Giant 



15 Mennonite . 



16 Tartar King 



17 Black Beauty 



18 Scotch Potato 



19 Holstein Prolific. . 



20 American Triumph . 



21 Early Golden Prolific 



22 Irish Victor 



23 Buckbee's Illinois . . . 



24 American Beauty .... 



25 Lincoln 



26 Kendal White 



27 Joanette 



28 Thousand Dollar 



29 Swedish Select 



30 Daubeney 



81 Danish Island 



32!Columbus 



33 1 Green Russian 



34;Sensation 



35 Improved Ligowo 



36J01ive Black 



37iStorm King 



38 .Twentieth Century . . 

 39 Kendal Black 



ho 

 a 



a 



c3 

 ft 



Aug. 



40 

 41 



Milford White. 

 Milford Black . 



31 



27 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 29 

 26 

 23 

 29 

 29 

 30 

 29 

 26 

 26 

 23 

 23 

 29 

 27 

 30 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 15 

 26 

 26 

 24 

 28 

 26 

 30 

 2() 

 39 

 30 

 27 

 30 





125 

 122 

 123 

 123 

 123 

 123 

 123 

 120 

 117 

 124 

 124 

 124 

 124 

 120 

 120 

 118 

 117 

 123 

 121 

 125 

 122 

 123 

 122 

 120 

 121 

 120 

 121 

 122 

 122 

 109 

 121 

 120 

 119 

 123 

 121 

 124 

 120 

 124 

 124 

 121 

 124 



k1 



Character 



of 



Strav/. 



In. 



51 

 55 

 50 

 51 

 53 

 55 

 55 

 54 

 54 

 54 

 56 

 54 

 51 

 53 

 55 

 58 

 50 

 56 

 56 

 54 

 54 

 59 

 54 

 54 

 53 

 54 

 43 

 52 

 52 

 47 

 53 

 53 

 53 

 57 

 56 

 54 

 53 

 54 

 52 

 54 

 52 



Fair .. 



Stiff . 

 Weak 



Stiff 



Weak 



Fair.. 



Stiff . 

 Weak 



Weak 



ft 

 Fair.. 



Stiff . 

 Weak 

 Fair .. 



Weak': 

 Fair.. 



Stiff . 

 Weak 



II 

 Fair.. 

 Weak 



w 



O 

 -C 

 bo 



a 

 1-5 



Kind of 

 Head. 



In. 



11 



9 

 10 



9 



8 



8 



9 

 10 



8 

 11 



9 

 10 

 10 



9 

 12 



9i 



9 



9 



9 



5 



9 

 10 

 11 

 10 



9 



8 



8 



9 

 10 



9 

 11 



9 



9 

 10 



9 



9 

 10 



9 

 11 



Sided.. .. 

 Branching 

 ^ sided . . . 

 Branching 



Sided .... 

 Branching 



Sided . . . 

 Branching 



Sided. ... 

 Branching 



Sided 



Branching 

 Sided 





bD 





Lbs. 



5,900 

 7,240 

 5,300 

 5,760 

 6,640 

 5,840 

 5,820 

 5,380 

 5,600 

 5,660 

 6,060 

 5,600 

 2,450 

 2,720 

 5,320 

 5,180 

 3,920 

 6,620 

 4,420 

 2,420 

 5,060 

 6,600 

 6,500 

 5,380 

 5,860 

 5,140 

 3,960 

 4,800 

 5,340 

 4,760 

 5,760 

 2,390 

 5,740 

 5,140 

 6,180 

 .5,780 

 2,660 

 5,660 

 6,140 

 4,820 

 5,000 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



w 



P3 

 135 

 134 

 132 

 129 

 125 

 122 

 121 

 121 

 120 

 118 

 118 

 117 

 117 

 117 

 111 

 115 

 114 

 114 

 114 

 113 

 112 

 112 

 111 

 110 

 108 

 107 

 107 

 105 

 104 

 104 

 104 

 103 

 100 

 98 

 97 

 97 

 96 

 95 

 92 

 90 

 82 



10 



4 



12 



14 



10 



12 



26 



6 



20 



28 



8 



22 



22 



2 



6 



10 



4 



4 



4 



18 



32 



32 



26 



28 

 22 

 2 

 30 

 24 

 4 

 4 

 18 

 20 

 28 

 22 

 22 

 16 

 10 

 32 

 20 

 12 



'S 



'pq 



1-3 



34 



40 



33i 



36 



37 



38 



36 



m 



40 



36 



37^ 



33 



38 



35 



36 



41 



36 



36 



36J 



37 



37 



37 



38 



35 



35 



35 



35 



39 



38 



38 



37 



35 



35 



38 



36 



35 



38^ 



38i 



36 



36 



36 



Rusted. 



Consid'ably. 



None. 



Slightly. 



Consid'ably. 



II 

 None. 



Slightly. 

 None. 



Badly. 



II 

 None. 



Slightly. 

 Consid ably. 

 None. 

 Slightly. 

 None. 



Badly. 



None. 



Slightly. 



Consid'ably. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



None. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



None. 



Badly. 



