REPORT OF .UA*. A'. ROBERTSON 



317 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



OATS TEST OP VARIETIES. 



E 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



Zs'aiiie ol Variety. 



Swedish Select 



Siberian 



Goldf-n rieece 



Columbus ... 



Banner. 



Golden Beauty 



Golden Tartarian.. . . 



Irish Victor 



Holstein Prolific. ... 



Wide Awake 



Lincoln 



(ioidfindtr 



Waverley 



Golden G iant 



Sensation 



White Giant 



Improved American. . 



bo 



B 



o 9 



18 Twentieth Century. 



19 Pioneer 



20 ! Abundance 



21 ^Thousand Dollar 



22 Joanette 



23 I American Beauty 



24 IDanish Island 



25 i Improved Ligowo. . . . 

 20 Milford Black 



27 'Early Golden Prolific. 



28 Bavarian 



29 Kendal White 



30 Scotch Potato 



31 i Kendal Black 



32 I Black Beauty 



33 Tartar King 



34 Storm King 



35 Pense Black 



36 Buckbee's Illinois. . . 



37 Olive Black 



38 Pense White 



39 Milford White 



40 Mennonite 



41 Olive White 



42 American Triumph... . 



Aug. 



r to 



as 



^ 



19 



22 



20 



19 



19 



19 



27 



18 



20 



19 



22 



24 



18 



27 



18 



20 



22 



18 



17 



20 



20 



17 



19 



24 



18 



20 



19 



20 



20 



22 



20 



17 



18 



19 



20 



23 



20 



20 



20 



24 



20 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



In. 



40 Stiff. 



42 



38 



-40 Medium . 

 -40 Stiff. 

 -42 

 -37 

 -42 

 -41 

 -41 

 -38 

 -38 

 -46 

 -38 

 -43 

 -38 

 -39 



-40 Medium 

 -40 Stiff 

 -38 

 -.S8 

 -36 

 -43 

 -40 

 -40 

 -38 



-42 j Medium 

 -38 Stiff 

 -36 

 -42 

 -40 

 -41 

 -40 

 -38 

 -38 

 -40 

 -38 

 -38 

 -37 

 -38 

 -38 

 -39 



Medium. 

 Stiff 



In. 



G-S 



6-8 



5—8 



G— 7 



6—8 



6-8 



G-9 



6—8 



6—8 



6-8 



6-8 



G— 8 



6-9 



6—9 



6—9 



5-8 



5—8 



7-8 



6-8 



5—8 



5—8 



5-7 



6—8 



5-8 



6-8 



6-8 



6-8 



6-8 



5-8 



6—9 



6—8 



7-9 



6—8 



6-8 



5-8 



6—9 



6-8 



6-8 



5-8 



6-8 



6—8 



6-9 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Weight 

 Straw. 



Branching. . ; 



Sided 



Branching. 



Sided 



Branching. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Sided. ..... 



Branching. . 



Sided.....!! 

 Branching. . ' 



Sided ] 



Branching. . ; 

 Sided 



Branching. 

 Sided 



Branching 

 Sided..... 

 Branching. . \ 



Lbs. 



"4,280 

 3,600 

 4,160 

 2,800 

 3,600 

 3,880 

 3,520 

 3,200 

 3,480 

 3,200 

 3,120 

 3,160 

 3,320 

 3,880 

 3,240 

 3,840 

 3,920 

 3,040 

 3,880 

 3,840 

 3,520 

 3,200 

 3,320 

 3,880 

 3,600 

 3,720 

 3,400 

 3,840 

 3,080 

 3,680 

 3,480 

 3,000 

 3,160 

 3,520 

 3,080 

 3,240 

 3,280 

 3,120 

 2,680 

 3,080 

 2,920 

 3,440 



3 J 



K Hi 



72 32 



69 14 



68 8 



65 30 



64 4 



63 18 



63 18 



62 12 



61 26 



61 6 



61 G 



61 6 



60 20 



60 20 



60 .. 



60 .. 



60 .. 



59 14 



58 28 



58 28 



57 2 



56 16 



56 IG 



56 16 



56 16 



55 10 



55 10 



55 10 



55 10 



54 4 



52 32 



51 26 



50 20 



50 20 



49 14 



49 14 



48 8 



48 8 



45 30 



45 30 



44 24 



44 24 





-S-W 



38 



35 



35 



36 



35A 



35 



34 



36 



36 



37J 



36i 



35 



36 



33 



37i 



34 



34 



37 



38 



35i 



37 



36 



35 



34 



37 



38 



35 



35 



36 



361 



38 



36 



39 



S8 



38 



36 



38 



38 



38 



36 



38 



36 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Twenty varieties of six-rowed and fifteen varieties of two-rowed were sown May 

 2^1 in plots of one-fortieth acre each. The land was a sandy loam and was in corn the 

 previoii.s season, for which crop 25 one-horse cart loads of stable manure per acre was 

 used. The ground was ploughed after the corn crop was removed, and this spring was 

 worked up twice with the springtooth harrow and once with the smoothing harrow. 

 The seed sown was from heads "selected in the field at harvest time before the plots 

 were cut the previous season. 



The grain was sown with the seed drill at the rate of 2 bushels per acre, and 

 3 lbs. akike clover. 7 lbs. ^famnioth Red Clover and 12 lbs. Timothy seed was sowni 

 at the same time. Xo fertilizer was used this season. The seed germinated well but 

 owing to the drought the straw was short and the yield per acre not up to the average. 

 There was no rust, snd very few heads of smut. The following table gives further 

 information re.specting this test : — 



