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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD Vli., A. 1905 



OATS — TE>T OF VARIETIES. 



Forty-two varieties were sown on May 7, on 1-20 acre plots (excepting three, 

 which were on 1-40 acre), by hoe drill at the rate of two bushels per acre. The soil 

 was clay loam, fallowed during the preceding season. In all the early ripening varie- 

 ties the yield was reduced by blackbirds, both before being cut and while in stook. 



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Name of Variety. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 



23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 20 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 42 



1 Banner 



2 Irish Victor 



3 Golden Tartarian . . . . 



4 Waverley 



5 Milford Black 



6 Danish Island 



7 Kendal White 



Golden Giant 



Pioneer 



Goldfinder 



White Giant 



American Triumph . . . 



Columbus 



Abundance 



Storm King 



Golden Beauty 



Pense Black 



Milford White 



Olive Black 



20 jTwentieth Century . . . 



21 'Scotch Potato 



Pense White 



\nierican Beautj'' 



Kendal Black 



Bavarian 



Siberian . . . . 



Golden Fleece 



Swedish Select 



Improved Ligowo . . . . 



Sensation 



Joanette 



Early Golden Prolific. 



Holstein Prolific 



Improved American . 



*Black Beauty 



Lincoln 



*Wide Awake 



•Thousand Dollar . . . . 



*Mennonite 



*Buckbee's Illinois. . . . 



*01ive White 



*Tartar King 





CQ 



Ac. 



a 



ft 



121 



C O 



o 



1-^ 



In. 



42 

 44 

 42 

 50 

 45 

 45 

 42 

 47 

 42 

 41 

 42 

 40 

 40 

 45 

 41 

 41 

 46 

 44 

 47 

 45 

 45 

 43 

 42 

 44 

 40 

 50 

 45 

 41 

 42 

 41 

 35 

 44 

 42 

 43 

 43 

 41 

 11 

 43 

 47 

 46 

 46 

 45 



c3 O 



O 



Strong. 





h-3 



Kind of 

 Head. 



In. 



8 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 8 



10 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 7 



10 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 8 



Branching . 



Sided'.'....! 



Branching. 

 Sided...... 



Branching . 



Sided'.'....! 

 Branchinc: . 



Sided...... 



Branching. 

 Sided 



Branching. 



Sided 



Branching. 

 Sided...... 



Branching . 

 Sided...... 



Branching. 



Sided...... 



Branchino' , 



9 



7 



7 



8 



7 



8 



8 ! 



8 



8 



I 



Sided. 



S o 



Lbs. 



2,820 

 4,400 

 4,740 

 4,960 

 4,480 

 3,740 

 5,040 

 4,820 

 5,440 

 3,440 

 4,280 

 2,320 

 2,000 

 4,420 

 6,220 

 4,010 

 5,800 

 4,320 

 5,320 

 4,620 

 4,120 

 6,220 

 3,94U 

 4,020 

 3,440 

 5.320 

 6,000 

 5,580 

 4,1G0 

 2,720 

 4,380 

 3,240 

 2,380 

 4,520 

 4,500 

 4,680 

 3,320 

 4,600 

 4,000 

 4,400 

 2,040 

 3,650 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



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p— ; 



■Spq 



Bush. Lbs. 



123 28 



102 ]7 



101 26 



101 21 



101 13 



98 28 



98 28 



98 28 



98 18 



97 22 



97 2 



95 30 



94 19 



93 23 



93 19 



93 

 92 



75 

 73 

 71 

 71 



3 



21 



90 20 

 89 32 

 89 14 

 87 22 

 87 2 

 86 11 

 84 4 

 S3 18 

 82 12 

 82 7 

 80 30 

 SO 15 

 SO 5 

 79 14 

 78 28 

 78 13 

 76 1 

 75 30 

 75 25 

 5 

 3 

 26 

 6 



69 26 

 69 .. 



41 



4U 

 38i 

 42^ 



381 



414 



41 



36 



394 



38 



41 



Wh 



37h 



41 



39 



41 



42 

 40 

 41i 

 40" 

 40 

 42 

 40 

 39i- 

 38- 

 40 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 35i 

 40l 

 40 

 404 

 36| 

 42 

 43 

 414 

 39 

 '40 

 39| 

 384 



' The plots of these varieties were badly eaten by blackbirds, both before and after being cut. 



OATS — FIELD LOTS. 



!Nine varieties were sown from May 6 to 13, by hoe drill, at the rate of two bushels 

 per acre. Soil, clay loam, fallowed. Banner oats were also sown on Brome sod, broken 

 and back-set the previous year after a crop of hay had" been taken off. 



The effects of the dry, hot weather were realized when the binders started. The 

 field of 50 acres, in wiiich six of the nine sorts were sown, was surrounded by hedges, 

 and for 100 feet inside these the straw was much heavier, caused by the large quantity 

 of snow lodged there during the winter. Inside the wet belt the dry weather reduced 

 the yield of straw, as well as of grain, very materially. 



