REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKA7 371 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FIELD LOTS OF PEASE. 



Five varieties of pease were sown on May 3 and 4 in large plots — from 2 J acres to 

 one-sixth acre. Tlie soil was clay loam. They were pulled by a pea harvester attached 

 to an ordinary mower, and were threshed by threshing machine, with entire concave 

 removed. A considerable proportion were split in the operation. 



Pease — Field Lots. 



^1 



o 

 .a 



a 



Name of Variety. 



Dan. O'Rourke 

 White Wonder. 

 Golden Vine . . 



Arthur 



German White. 



Size 



of 



Plot. 



Acres. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 28 



„ 28 



.. 29 



„ 24 



n 29 





116 

 116 

 118 

 113 

 117 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Strong . 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



.Medium. 

 Large . . . 

 Small . . . 

 Large . . . 

 Medium. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



53 24 



49 50 



49 .. 



47 50 



35 33 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs, 



65 



64 



65i 



65 



63 



EOTATION CEOPS. 



The rotation tests commenced in 1899 were continued this year. Several of the 

 half acres of grain on fallowed land were rusted. The soil was a clay loam. 



Below is given a list of the plots with the different rotations of crops grown on 

 them : — 



Rotation test. — Results obtained in 1905. Plots ^ acre each. Soil, clay loam. 

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