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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 

 Different methods of preparation for an Oat crop. All on plots of Mo acre each. 



Preparation. 



Oats on summer-fallow 



II after corn 



II II roots 



Sown. 



April 29 

 „ 29 

 u 29 



Ripe. 



Aug. 30 

 23 



18 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



4,660 

 6,880 

 6,940 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bu. Lbs. 



115 



106 

 71 



30 

 IG 

 00 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Since wild oats have spread so much throughout this province, there is an active 

 demand for an early variety of barley that will ripen before the wild oats shell, and > by 

 this means assist in eradicating the weed. 



The Common six-rowed variety is one of the best for this purpose as it ripens 

 earlier than any other kind grown by us, except the Champion, a beardless variety, 

 unproductive and inferior in quality. 



When barley is used for this purpose it should be cut before maturity, otherwise 

 some 'of the wild oats will have shelled. 



Thirty-four varieties of this grain were grown this year, nineteen of which were 

 eix-rowed and fifteen two-rowed. The yield was much above the average, but owing 

 to the grain lodging early in the season, most of it was dark in colour. 



Among the six-rowed kinds, the Mensury had tlie stiffest straw. Mansfield, the 

 variety heading the list for yield, has always proved very productive here. It is a 

 cross-bred variety produced on the Central Experimental Farm. This kind has given 

 the highest average yield here for the past six years. 



The size of the plots used for this test was one-twentieth of an acre. The soil was 

 sandy loam, summer-fallowed. All were sown on May 17, in the proportion of two 

 bushels of seed per acre. 



Six -ROWED Barley — Test of Varieties. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



Name of Variety . 



Mansfield 



Mensury 



Odessa 



Argyle 



Rennie's Imjivovt-d 



Albert 



Oderbruch 



Sunimic 



Stella 



Yale 



Blue Long Head. . 



Brome 



Nugent 



Conimon 



Claude 



Empire 



Trooper 



Royal 



Champion 



to 



O 1) 



I. a- 



Aug. 



19 

 17 

 IS 

 20 

 15 

 17 

 16 

 20 

 21 

 18 

 23 

 17 

 17 

 15 

 16 

 19 

 20 

 17 

 15 



cS C 







94 

 92 

 93 

 95 

 90 

 92 

 91 

 95 

 96 

 93 

 93 

 92 

 92 

 90 

 91 

 94 

 95 

 92 

 90 



go 



In. 



.1 



Si 



(C 





o 



CD ° 



In. 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



21, 



3 

 3 



3 



3i 



3| 



2^ 



2i 



2| 



3 



2 



3 



34 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



