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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



EMMER AJ^D SPELT. 



Two varieties of Emrner and two of Spelt were sown this year on April 18 in plots 

 one-fortieth of an acre each. These were sown alongside of the spring wheats, but have 

 not suffered very much from the midge. Many samples of these varieties have been dis- 

 tributed throughout the provinces for test, especially in the interior, but they do not 

 appear to gain popularity and are seldom asked for a second time. 



Name of Variety. 



White Spelt.. 

 Common Emmer 



Red Spelt . 



Red Emmer 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



1,960 

 1,840 

 1,510 

 1,480 



FALL RYE. 



Eour varieties of fall rye were sown on October 15 alongside of the fall wheats in 

 plots of similar size and grown under like conditions. The variety known as Thou- 

 sand Fold gave the heaviest crop. There was no iiist or smut on the grain in any of 

 these plots. The seed was sown at the rate of ninety pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Thirty varieties of pease were tested. They were sown on a gravelly loam on a 

 clover sod which was ploughed in November of 1904 and repeatedly harrowed in March 

 and April before sowing. The pease were sown on plots of one-fortieth of an acre 

 each on April 18 in the proportion of two bushels of the small sorts and three bushels 

 of the larger pease per acre. The straw of all the varieties was clean and bright. As 

 will be seen by the following table the yields are fairly good in all cases, and the grain 

 was plump and very fine. 



