REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAY 



361 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



MACARONI WHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Four varieties were sown April 6, in l-20th acre plots on fallowed land, clay loam. 

 All were badly lodged from heavy growth of straw. 



Name of Variety. 



1 Goose 



2 Yellow Gharnovka. 



3 Mahmoudi 



4 Roumanian 



Rusted. 



Considerably 

 on leaves. 



EMMER AND SPELT. 



Two varieties of spelt and two of emmer were sown April 8, by hoe drill on fallowed 

 land, clay loam. Plots were l-20th acre each. One acre of Common emmer, and two 

 small plots of White spelt were also sown, the results being shown below : — 



Name of Varietj'. 



1 Red Spelt 



2 White Spelt 



3 Red Emmer. . . . 



4 Common Emmer 



Common Emmer . 

 White Spelt . . . . 



be-" 

 a) 



Lbs. 



38 

 34 



40^ 



48"' 



SUMMER FALLOWS. 



In view of the great importance of properly preparing land for crops, and of the 

 large number of new settlers coming into the country, I make no excuse for repeating 

 what was said in my last three reports respecting summer-fallows, and breaking up and 

 cultivating new prairie land. 



It is very gratifying to know that throughout the Territories, summer-fallowing 

 is rapidly becoming general. No matter where farming is carried on, the farmers 

 realize that to be sure of a crop they must prepare a portion of their land the year 

 before the crop is grown, and apart from the value of the stored moisture, there is the 

 inestimable advantage of keeping weeds from overrunning the farm. 



The true worth of properly prepared fallows has been clearly demonstrated in past 

 years in every grain-growing district of Assiniboia. 



The work of preparing land for crop by fallowing is carried on in ^o many ways in 

 different parts of the Territories, that perhaps a few words on some of the methods em- 

 ployed may be of help to at least some of the new settlers. 



