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experime:stal farms. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF BARLEY, jV^h ACRE EACH. 



OAT PLOTS. 



The quantity of seed sown per acre on the oat plots, was 2 bushels in 1889 and 

 1890 ; U bushels in 1891, 1892 and 1893, and 2 bushels in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 

 1899 and 1900. The varieties used were as follows : In 1889, Early English ; in 1890, 

 1891, 1892 1893, Prize Cluster ; and in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 189S 1899 and 1900, 

 Banner. Tn 1900 the Banner was sown May 5, came up May 19, and the plots were 

 harvested from August 15 to 17. 



