UEPURT OF THE DlREVTOli. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL WOEK 



COXDUCTED AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM, 



OTTAWA, ONTARIO. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Eighty-two varieties of uats have been under trial in the uniform test plots at 

 the Central Experimental Farm during- 1900. These experiments have been con- 

 ducted in all cases to gain infoiTnation as to the relative productiveness, earliness 

 and other characteristics of the different sorts. The soil on which these oats were 

 Bown was a sandy loam which received a dressing of barn-yard manure during the 

 winter of 1898-9 of about 12 tons per acre. The previous crop was turnips. After 

 the turnips were taken off the land was drilled up in ridges 2^ feet apart and left in 

 this condition until the following spring, when it was cultivated twice with a two- 

 horse cultivator and twice with a smoothing harrow. The seed of all the varieties 

 was sown on May 4, on plots of one-fortieth of an acre each, seed being used in each 

 case at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. Among the varieties tested this year were the 

 following thirteen cross-bred sorts, all of which have been originated on the experi- 

 mental farms: — Holland, Cromwell, Olive, Oxford, Pense, Miller, Brandon, Milford, 

 King, Medal, Kendal. Master and Russell. Waverley and Tartar King are two new 

 rross-bred oats recently introduced by Garton Bros., of Newton le Willows, England. 

 Lcnghoughton is a favourite Scotch variety, and Anderbecker, Leutewitzer, Selchower 

 nnd Uberfluss have been received fnr test from Germany. 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



'r Name of Variety. 



y^ 



liHolstein Prolific , 

 '2iWhite Giant 



3 Black Beauty 



4 Hazlett's Seizure. . . 



5 Waverley 



6 Oderbi'uch 



7Calif'niaP.Blk.C.E.F 



8 Joanette 



9 Early Blossom 



lu (iolden Tartarian 



n (4olden Giant 



r2iHolland 



13; Cromwell 



14 American Beauty. . . . 

 ISiOlive 



16 Eureka 



17 BiK-kbee's Illinois. . . . 



18 Oxford 



Aug. 



14 

 14 

 If. 

 l(i 

 14 

 1.-) 

 20 

 24 

 17 



102 

 102 

 104 

 104 

 102 

 103 

 108 

 112 

 105 



22; 110 

 22' 110 

 22 i 110 

 14i 102 

 14 102 



17 

 U 

 13 

 16 



105 



99 



101 



102 



Character 



. of 

 Straw. 



46-49 

 45—48 

 44—48 

 48-52 

 48—52 

 4.5—49 

 50—54 

 .38-42 

 47—51 

 46—50 

 36—40 

 .36—40 

 48—52 

 44—48 

 44-48 

 40—44 

 45-48 

 46—50 M 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Yield a| 

 per -tf ^ 

 Acre. \^ 



Rusted. 



8.1- 

 Sl- 

 8 - 



9.1 



'4 

 -10 



^5 



9i 



9i 

 -lO" 

 8 



8i 

 10' 

 10 

 10 

 -10 



-10 

 -10 

 9^ 

 - 9 



Branching'82 



. '78 

 . 76 

 . 74 

 74 



Half'sided'73 



Sided J72 



Branching [70 

 HalfSidedTO 



Sided 69 



II 68 



I, ....i68 



Half Sided 

 Branching 

 Half Sided 

 Branching 



HalfSided 



68 

 68 

 67 

 67 

 67 

 65 



Slightly. 



II 

 Considerably. 

 SUghtly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Sliglitiy. 



