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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Grain — Rotation Test. 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



Name of Variety. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



Wheat, Red Fife. 



Pease 



Tares 



Soja Beans 



Red Clover 



Alsike and Lucerne. , 



Timothy , 



Wheat, Red Fife 



Date 



of 



Sowinp'. 



April. 5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 



3. 



3. 

 17. 

 18. 

 18. 



May 



April 



Oats, Banner.. . . 

 Wheat, Red Fife. 

 Oats, Bannei . 

 Wheat, Red Fife. 

 Barley, Meusury 

 Common Emmer. 



May 



5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 

 26. 



5. 

 26. 



5. 



2. 



2. 



Date 

 of 



Ripening . 



Aug. 27. 



« 27. 



. 27. 



- 27. 



.. 27. 



Aug. 27. 



„ 27. 



.. 27. 



■■ 27. 



M 27. 



„ 22. 



M 26. 



>. 22. 



-, 26. 

 9. 



M 26. 





o^ 



144 

 144 



144 

 144 



144 



144 

 144 

 144 

 144 

 144 

 118 

 143 

 118 

 143 

 99 

 116 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



In. 



52 Medium 

 56 Strong . 

 54 

 51 

 51 

 Ploughed under- 



O tS 

 CD 



bo 



c 



IS 



1-^ 



In. 



Kind 



of 

 Head- 



4 

 4 



3| 



Bald. 



Bald. 



Branching 

 Bald . . 

 Branching 

 Bald . . . 

 6-rowed . 

 Bearded . 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



S X2 



33 20 



27 48 

 31 24 



28 32 

 28 54 



34 10 



33 52 



32 54 



32 46 



18 24 



42 12 

 18 26 

 52 18 

 23 28 



43 28 

 1866 



* EXPERIMENT WITH EALL RYE. 



One-quarter acre of fallowed land was sown with fall rye on September 10, 1904. 

 Eipe August 3. Straw was medium strength, 77 inches long. Length of head, 4J 

 inches. Yield per acre, 40 bushels ; weight per bushel, 58^ lbs. It gave a large crop of 

 Btraw as well as of grain, and is well worth growing for early fodder or for grain. 



EXPERIMENT WITH SPRING RYE. 



Sown on one-twentieth acre plot of fallowed land, April 8. Ripe Augiist 12 ; time 

 to mature, 126 dnys. Straw medium; 60 inches long; weight of straw per acre, 3,000 

 lbs. Length of head, 3^ inches. Yield per acre, 53 bu.shels, 32 lbs. Weight per mea 

 sured bushel, 59 lbs. Straw was light in comparison with the winter variety, though 

 the yield of grain was heavier. 



EXPERIMENT WITH TARES. 



Sown on one-twentieth acre plot of fallowed land. May 2. Ripe September 5 ; time 

 to mature, 126 days. Length of straw, 50 inches; pod, 2 inches; weight of straw per 

 acre, 3,800 lbs. Yield per acre, 59 bushels, 15 lbs., weighing 64^ lbs. per measured 

 bushel. 



