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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VI!.. A. 1905 



Name of Variety. 



Quantity 



Sown per 



Acre. 



Preston Wheat. ,1 bushel.. 



M ti |1| bushels 



u JH " 



II II p II 



II II 25 II 



It II .0 II 



Banner Oats 1^ n 



II II Uj m 



II " \'^h " 



I '"^ 



II II |0 It 



M II O^ I' 



II II 14 II 



Mensury Barley \lh u 



II II '1' II 



II " l^h " 



II 11 .... '3 11 



II II |35 II 



II II i4 II 



Number of 



Days from Sowing 



to Harvcstinpr. 



1901. 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



'Jo 



06 



96 



96 



96 



96 



84 



84 



84 



84 



84 



84 



1904. 



98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 91 

 91 

 91 

 91 

 91 

 91 



Yield per Acre. 



1903. 



Bus. Lbs. 



15 .. 



14 20 

 20 40 



15 20 

 13 20 



16 40 

 63 18 

 56 16 

 79 14 



4 



8 

 00 



61 32 



60 .. 



54 28 



46 12 



47 44 

 35 40 



84 

 88 

 67 



1904. 



Bus. Lbs. 



22 20 



24 20 



20 40 



17 20 



17 20 



26 40 



43 -18 



78 8 



75 10 



77 22 



92 12 



84 4 



35 40 



49 8 



40 40 

 32 24 



41 32 

 52 44 



GEAIN SOWN IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES PER ACRE ON CLAY LOAM. 



These experiments -were all conducted on plots of one-fortietli of an acre each. 

 The wheat was sown May 5 and was ripe AngTast 8. The oats were sown May 5 and 

 were ripe An^st 8. The barley was sown May 5 and was ripe July 28. 



The results of the tests in previous years are published, for comparison, along 

 with the figures obtained this year. 



Name of Variety. 



Preston Wheat. 



Banner Oats 



Mensury Barley. 



Quantity 



Sown per 



Acre. 



1 bushel.. 



1^ bushels 



U 11 



2" .1 



2i I, 



3" .1 



li „ 

 2 



2^ .1 



o 



O •« 



3i I. 



4 



U .1 



•2' II 



2^ ,1 



3 



U .. 



4' II 



Number of 



Days from Sowing 



to Harvesting. 



Yield per Acre. 



1902 



Bus. Lbs. 



24 40 



24 40 



29 20 

 28 .. 



30 .. 

 24 40 

 03 18 

 62 12 

 72 32 

 67 2 

 70 20 



67 2 

 8 



40 



68 16 



69 8 

 65 .. 

 62 24 



64 



70 



Bus. Lbs. 



16 40 



23 40 



25 40 



22 20 



21 20 



19 20 



64 24 

 63 38 

 71 6 



65 10 

 75 10 



66 16 

 48 36 

 46 12 

 52 24 

 56 12 

 51 32 

 54 8 



