REPORT OF MR. R. ROIiKRTSOTf 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BUCKWHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



323 



Name of Variety. 



Sihei'ian or Tartarian 



Silverhull 



Crrey 



Rye 



•f apancse 



^ FIELD CEOrS OF GRAIX. 



Four acres of grain were sown in acre plots, May 30. The land was a light clay 

 loam and was previously in corn, having been manured for that crop with 30 one-horso 

 cart loads of stable manure per acre. The ground was ploughed this spring and 

 worked up with tlie springtooth and smoothing harrows. The seed was sown with th.i 

 seed drill. One acre was in barley, sov/n at the rate of two bushels of seed per acre; 

 one acre White oats and one of Black oat? sown at thts rate of three bushels per acre, 

 and one acre of mixed grain, made np of two bushels Sensation oats, one bushel of 

 Odessa barley and one peck Golden Vine pease, sown at the rate of three bushels per 

 acre. The land was also seeded down to clover and Timothy. The following table 

 gives the yield per acre, and varieties used : — 



Name of Variety. 



1 acre Odessa barley 



1 M Sensation oats 



1 n Black Tartarian oats 

 1 II mixed {n-ain.. . 



Weight 

 per Bushel. 



Lbs. 



48 

 37 

 34 

 42 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



27 

 5G 

 40 

 47 



20 

 25 

 27 

 13 



FIELD CEOP OF MIXED GEA IN— FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS. 



Six half-acre plots were sown with mixed grain. The land was in a poor sta.to 

 of fertility. It was previously in clover and Timothy, which sod was ploughed last fall. 

 The seed was sown May 30, and was made up of Sensation oats, two bushels; Odessa 

 barley, one bushel; and Golden Vine pease, one peck; mixed together and sown at the 

 rate of three bushels seed per acre. 



The ground was worked up with the spade, springtooth, and smoothing harrow.s, and 

 the seed sown with the seed drill. Fertilizers were sown on four of these plots by 

 means of a fertilizer attachment to the seeder, and two were left without fertilizers. 

 The crop was cut August 5, and the following yield per acre obtained: — 



FIELD CROP OF MIXED GRAIX — FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS. 



Size of Plot and Fertilizer L^scd. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



A acre ; no fertilizer used 



t, acre ; Pidgeon's Fine f Jround Boiiemeal, 250 lbs. per acre 



j acre ; ' lm]>erial ' brand fertilizer, 250 lbs. per acre 



X acre ; no fertilizer used 



^, pxre ; Pidgeon's Fine Ground Bonemeal, 250 lbs. per acre 



i acre ; ' Imperial ' brand fertilizer, 250 lbs. per acre 



Bush. Lb.s. 



20 

 35 

 .33 

 28 

 34 

 34 20 



