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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



The hea house is whitewashed several times during the summer. Nest-boxes and 

 roosts are movable, so as to be easily cleaned. They are given clean chaff or straw 

 once a week on a swept floor, then grain is thrown into this chaff or straw, and they 

 have to scratch for it. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



The experimental plots of oats were on a loamy soil which had received a light 

 dressing of manure on a clover sod in the autumn of 1903, and had been sown to roots 

 in the summer of 1904. The land was in fine condition both as to fertility and tilth 

 when the oats were sown, April 15. Eorty varieties were sown in plots of one-fortieth 

 of an acre each, and at the rate of two and a half bushels per acre. The seed ger- 

 minated well and made an even stand, with promise of a heavy yield, until the rust 

 appeared, in July. Some varieties suffered badly, others were but slightly injured, 

 and in these latter cases the yield has been very fair. Grolden Eleece, Siberian and 

 Abundance, appeared to be the least affected of any, but the last two sorts were badly 

 affected last year. 



All the seed was treated with bluestone for the prevention of smut, and there was 

 practically no smut in any of the plots. 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



fco 

 a 



'S 



0) 





1 Abundance 



2 Golden Fleece 



3 Siberian 



4 Improved American.. 



5 Tartar King 



6 Kendal White 



7 Goldfinder 



8 Milford White 



9 Sensation 



10 Waverley 



11 Black Beauty 



12 Bavarian 



13 Storm King 



14 Joanette 



15 Golden Tartarian. . . . 



16 Holstein Prolific 



17|Mennonite 



18 Lincoln 



19jThousand Dollar 



20 Improved Ligowo. . . . 



21 j Danish Island 



22 American Triumph.. 



23|Swedish Select 



24|Banner 



25 1 Olive Black 



26 1 Milford Black, 



27 



28 



29 



30 



Aug. 



Kendal Black 



Early Golden Prolific 



Wide Awake 



White Giant 



3l';Columbns 



32 Pioneer 



33! Irish Victor 



34 American Beauty. .. 



35:Buckbee's Illinois 



36 Twentieth Century.. 

 37 1 Scotch Potato.. . 



38 Golden Giant 



39, Golden Beauty. . 

 40!Swedish Probstey 



60 



110 

 114 

 111 

 114 

 109 

 114 

 112 

 110 

 111 

 115 

 108 

 116 

 108 

 2 109 



109 

 110 



no 



114 

 112 

 115 

 108 

 111 



110 

 110 

 112 

 116 

 111 

 109 







In. 



46 

 44 

 42 

 46 

 40 

 44 

 48 

 42 

 40 

 46 

 44 

 46 

 48 

 40 

 46 

 40 

 44 

 46 



116 

 111 

 110 

 4 111 



7 114' 42 



8 115 40 

 8 lis; 48 



111 46 

 111 46 

 114 42 

 109; 44 



44 

 40 

 40 

 44 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 46 



111 46 



40 

 44 

 40 

 46 

 40 

 48 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff., 



Medium . 



Strongr. . . 



Medium. 

 Strong. . . 



Medium. 

 Strong. . . 



Medium. 



I " ' 

 Strong. . . 

 Medium. 

 Strong. . . 



Medium. 

 Strong. . , 

 II . . . 

 Medium . 

 Strong. . . 



O 



to 



s 



In. 



10 

 10 



9 



9 

 10 

 10 



9 



9 



9 

 10 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 



9 



9 

 10 

 10 



9 



9 

 10 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 

 10 



9 



9 



9 



9 

 10 

 10 

 11 



9 

 10 

 10 



9 



9 

 10 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Brandling . 



Sided. 



Branching . 



Sided... .. 

 Branching. 



Sided 



Branching. 



Sided. 



Branching . 



Sided.. _. . 

 Branching. 





to 



Lbs. 



6,960; 



5,920 



7,760 



5,840 



7,100 



5,360 



6,480| 



5,680l 



4,560 



5,920 



5,520 



5,840| 



6,560 



5,880 



4,920 



5,360 



6,040 



6,520 



5,640 



5,120 



5,;:20 



6,120! 



5,480 



5,040 



5,120 



6,640 



5,040 



5,400 



5,840 



5,720 



5,760 



5,540 



6,440 



5,520 



5,440 



5,640 



5,440 



5,640 



5,600 



5,840 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



95 



92 

 91 

 82 

 81 

 SO 

 77 

 74 

 74 

 74 

 72 

 70 

 69 

 68 

 67 

 67 

 66 

 63 

 63 

 62 

 62 

 62 

 61 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 59 

 59 

 58 

 58 

 58 

 57 

 57 

 56 

 49 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 45 

 43 



1-^ 

 10 

 32 



26 



22 

 6 



22 



24 



14 



4 



2 



20 

 14 



8 

 32 

 12 

 26 

 18 



8 

 32 

 22 

 12 



4 

 28 

 18 



8 

 32 



2 





c.m 



to 



m 

 J2 

 1-^ 

 34 

 32 

 35i 

 34 

 36 

 33 

 32i 

 35i 

 34i 

 33" 

 37i 

 32i 

 34' 

 33i 

 31 

 34 

 33 

 34 

 34 

 32 

 35 

 33 

 33.1 

 31" 

 34 

 34 

 34 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Consid'ably. 



Badly. 

 Consid'ably. 



Badly. 

 Consid'ably. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Consid'ably. 



Slightly. 



Consid'ably. 



Badly. 



