UIJI'ORT OF MR. AMiUS HIACKAY 429 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



Five varieties were tested on 1-20 acre plots of fallowed land, sown May 23, hj 

 grain drill, at the rate of 40 lbs. seed per acre. 



Common flax was sown on 1-20 acre plots, at the rate of 20, 30, 40 and 50 lbs. of 

 seed per acre. 



Common flax was sown on 5 acre that had grown ilax the previons year, the land 

 being ploughed in the fall, and cultivated just before seeding. 



Jn addition, one acre of flax was sown on fallowed land, and two plots of nearly 

 an acre each on low spots of land that cime in too late for a grain crop. 



The results- of all tests were as follows: — 



FLAX — TEST OF VARIETIES 



IJaine of Variety. 



White Flowering. . 



Yellow Seeded 



Improved Russian. 



Riga 



Common 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 23. 

 23. 

 23. 

 23. 

 23. 



Date 



of 

 Ripening. 



Sept. 



1. 

 1. 



Aug. 26. 



Sept. 1 . 



1. 



si 



§cc 



e3 O 



o 



Strong 



•S O 



Lbs. 



2,900 

 3,410 

 3,180 

 3,000 

 3,200 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



19 

 18 

 IS 

 17 

 12 



32 

 12 

 48 



28 



FLAX — TEST OF SOWING DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF SEED PER ACRE. 



Seed per Acre. 



20 lbs 

 30 ., 

 40 .. 

 50 .. 





May 23. 



M 23. 



,. 23. 



.. 23. 



Aug. 31. 



31. 

 31. 

 31. 



10 

 10 

 18 

 10 



24 

 41 

 24 

 44 



Name of Variety. 



Flax. 



Cultivation. 



Flax stubble, ploughed 

 Fallow 



o 





02 



Ac. 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 23.. 

 ,. 23.. 



II 2i . . 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 22. 



I, 30. 



II 29 



II 29. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



9 

 10 

 13 

 12 



33 



18 



EXPERIMENT WITH SPRING RYE. 



Sown May 16, on 1-20 acre plot of fallowed land. Ripe August 15; time to mature, 

 i)l days. Straw strong; 42 inches long; weight of straw per acre, 1,880 lbs. Length of 

 bead, 3 inches. Yield per acre, 18 bushels. 



