REPORT OF TEE EXPERIMENTALIST 



269 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



OATS — TEST OF VARIETIES — Concluded. 



y\ 



3'J 

 40 

 41 

 42 



I\amc of Variety. 



Big Four 



GoldfindtT . . 

 Olive White* 

 Black Beauty 



Date 

 of 



Idl- 

 ing. 



Rip( 





Aug. 



Length 

 of 



Straw, 

 includ'g 



Head 



43 Improved American 



44 Colossal 



45 Olive Black* 



46 FoibL's* 



47 Earlj' Angus 



48 Pense White* 



49jDaubcney 



60 Tartar King 



51 Sorgenfrei 



52 Welcome 



53| Improved Ligowo. . . 

 54 .Joanette (black) .... 

 65 Probstey 



56 

 57 

 58 

 69 

 60 



Chinese Naked 



Golden Tartaxian . 



Siberian 



Waverley 



Storm sing 



16 

 16 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 13 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 16 

 15 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 16 

 20 

 17 

 11 

 20 

 19 

 IS 



IJ! 



102 



102 



103 



103 



103 



99 



106 



106 



105 



102 



101 



98 



98 



97 



102 



106 



103 



97 



106 



105 



104 



105 



Inches. 



45-47 

 40-42 

 45-47 

 44-46 

 42-44 

 48-50 

 40 42 

 44-46 

 47-49 

 41-45 

 44-46 

 38-40 

 42-44 

 44-46 

 40-42 

 36-38 

 44-46 

 33-40 

 47-49 

 45-47 

 45-47 

 40-42 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



*» 3.— C 



1 C e rj t 



Stiff. 



Medium. . 



Stiff 



Med ium . . 



Weak 



Medium . . 

 Stiff 



Weak.... 

 Stiff..... 

 Medium . 



Stiff, 



Medium . . 

 Stiff I 



Inches, g 



M 



7*- 8i 54 



8|- 9i '54 



9.i-10i !53 



8-0 53 



8i- 9i '53 



9i-l] ;50 



^- 94 47 



9|-10i 47 



8|- 9| 46 



8i- 9.^ 46 



8-9 45 



8i- 9i 45 



7 - 8| 44 



^- 7| 43 



■fit" 



8-9 



5i- 6i 



loi-iii 



8^9i 

 8-9 

 10 -11 



24 

 4 



18 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 21 



'A 



16 

 16 

 10 

 10 

 4 



18 

 12 



Lbs. 



33 



33 



34 



32 



34 



33 



33 



34i 



32* 



S5i 



32 



31^ 



37 



35i 



34 



S2i 



33 



50i 



29| 



33 



32 



31 



Rusted. 



Badly. 



Most Productive Varieties of Oats. — The most productive varieties of oats at this 

 Farm during the past five years have been White Giant, Menuonite (yellow), Hazlett'a 

 S^'zure, Holstein Prolific (white and yellow, mixed), Lincoln, Banner and Uberfluss 

 (white and yellow mixed). Columbus (yellow), Golden Beauty (yellow) Golden 

 Giant (yellow), American Triumph, Sensation, Wide Awake and Abundance have also 

 done very well The most productive black oat during the past five years has been 

 Black Beauty. 



Earliest Varieties of Oats.- — Taking the average of the returns for the past five 

 years, Tartar King is the earliest variety of oats which has been grown on this Farm 

 for the full period. The following varieties, which have not been gro^Ti for the full 

 five years, are also of interest on account of their earliness : Welcome, Daubeney and 

 Gold Rain (yellow). 



SIX-ROW BARLEY. 



The following varieties were added to the uniform plots this year : — 



Escourgeon (' Escourgeon de Printemps,' * Carree de Printemps '). — This variety 

 was obtained from France. 



BlacJc Japan. — Obtained in commerce in Ontario. This barley is distinguished 

 by the fact that ite hull is very dark in colour. The kernel itself is rather dark, but 

 not so dark as the hull. 



Eclipse. — This is a so-called ' six-row Chevalier ' barley originated by Garton 

 Bros., England. It does not resemble the Chevalier type. 



Bere. — This is a variety of barley well-known in Great Britain, where it is some- 

 times referred to as ' four-row ' barley. It. however, belongs to the six-row class. The 

 seed for the plot arrived very late and could not be sown vrith the other varieties. The 



