REPORT OF THE EXPERIMENTALIST 



275 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PLOTS OF MIXED GRAIX. 



It has been tbouglit well to undertake some experiments in growing mixed grains, 

 especially with a view to determining which varieties should be selected when two or 

 more kinds are being sown together. 



In choosing the varieties for these plots the greatest care is exercised to sow 

 together only such sorts as are known to mature in almost the same number of days, 

 so that they may both be ready for cutting at thti same time. Only one column is 

 given for tlie number of days maturing, as in every case the mixtures ripened with 

 great uniformity. 



The plots were ore-fortieth of an acre, and the seed was sown on May T, at the 

 rate of one bushel per acre of each variety. In some instances this did not seem to 

 be a large enough quantity of seed. It is therefore proposed to increase the amount 

 next season. 



WTicat and Oats — 



Preston wheat and White Giant oats. 

 Wheat and Two-row Barley — 



Gehun wheat and French Chevalier 



barley 



Wheat and Pease — 



Huron wheat and Arthur pease \ 



Oats and Emmer — I 



Banner oats and Common emmer I 



Oats and Two-row Barley — j 



Welcome oats and French Chevalier^ 

 barley i 



Wallace oats and Princess Sialof bar-| 



ley I 



Oats and Pease — 



White Giant oats and Chancellor pease! 

 Two-row Barley and Pease — 



Maltster barley and Paragon pease ... 



Proportions in Crop Harvested. 



Aug. 1.3.. 



5.. 



.. 10.. 



. .. 13.. 



8.. 



M 10..! 



i 

 ., 11. .j 



- 14.. I 



93; 2,140'2-t per cent wheat and 76 per cent oats. 



90 1,880! 42 



95' l,70o'52 



98 2,560J72 



93 j 2,18o'57 



95 1,820 60 



97 

 99 



2,520 80 

 2,32059 



oats 



58 I. barley. 

 48 I. pease. 

 28 1. emmer 



barley 



43 

 40 

 20 

 41 



barley. 



pease. 



SO J A BEAXS. 



In addition to the Common Soja Bean, experiments were tried this season with a 

 selected strain of Early Ysllow Soja Bean kindly supplied by Prof. C. A. Zavitz, of the 

 Ontario Agricultural College. All the plots were sown on May 28 and cut on October 

 17. The size of the plots was one-fortieth of an acre. None of the beans ripened 

 properly. 



Early Yellow Soja Bean. — The beans were sown with a hand seed drill in rows 

 28 inches apart, and made strong growth, reaching a height of 30 to 35 inches. Total 

 yield of green crop, 4 tons 600 lbs. per acre. 



Common Soja Bean. — Two plots of this variety were sown, the beans being put 

 in with different distances between the rows. 



Plot 1. — Sown in rows 21 inches apart; growth strong and even, leafy; average 

 height 35 to 38 inches; total yield of green crop, 4 tons 1,200 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 2. — Sown in rows 28 inches apart; growth strong and leafy; average height, 

 35 to 38 inches; stalks considerably stiffer than in Plot 1; total yield of ^recn crop, 4 

 tons 1.400 lbs. per acre. 



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