REPORT OF MR. AT^GUS MACKAY 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FIELD LOTS OF OATS. 



COMPARISON OP NINE VARIETIES FOR FIVE YEARS. 



367 



Following are given the average number of days maturing and average yield for 

 tte last five years of nine varieties of oats, grown in field lots under similar conditions. 

 They were sown each year on fallowed land. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH BAKLEY. 



Fifteen varieties of two-rowed and 19 of six-rowed barley were sown on one- 

 twentieth acre plots clay loam on April 27 to 29, with hoe drill, at the rate of two 

 bushels of seed per acre. All gave good returns, with bright, plump samples. Some 

 plots had to be cut with the mower, and all were badly lodged. 



Barley Two-rowed — Test of Varieties. 



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2 

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 4 

 5 

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8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 



Name of Variety. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Beaver 



Invincible 



Gordon 



Stand well 



Swedish Chevalier. 



Newton 



Danish Chevalier. 

 Canadia.n Thorpe. 



Clifford 



Sidney 



French Chevalier. , 



Jarvis 



Logan , 



Harvey , 



Dunham 



Aug. 14. 

 17 

 13. 

 18. 

 18. 

 19. 

 18. 

 13. 

 14. 

 14. 

 15. 

 14. 

 14. 

 13. 

 14. 



bo 



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u 01 



In. 



Character 



of 



Straw . 



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 s> 



In. 



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 3 



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3 



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3 



4 



4 



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 3 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



4,660 

 5,820 

 3,300 

 6,220 

 5,340 

 5,660 

 6,140 

 5,160 

 4,520 

 4,340 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 3,700 

 3,920 

 4,000 



Yield 

 per Acre 



Lbs. Bush. Lbs. 



75 .. 



74 28 



64 28 



62 4 



59 28 



57 4 



55 20 



55 .. 



51 32 



51 12 



50 20 



50 .. 



47 44 



47 24 



41 32 



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I. r- 2 



Oj -' 2 



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 tea) g 



Lbs. 



