REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON. 



283 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Oats — Test of Varieties — Concluded. 



B 



a 



Name of Variety. 



51 

 52 

 53 

 54 

 55 



Golden Tartarian. 

 Black Tartarian . . 



Olive 



New Zealand .... 

 Russell , 



56 Columbus. 



57 

 58 

 59 

 60 



Kmg 



Oxford 



White Giant. 

 Miller 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



fSided. 



Branching . 



Sided...... 



Branching . 



I* 



'^ <-l 

 .bp 



Lbs. 



5,200 

 4,600 

 3,200 

 5,600 

 4,400 

 3,200 

 3,400 

 2,680 

 4,080 

 3,480 



Yield 

 Acre. 



Xi 

 bo 



Bush. Lbs. 



68 

 67 

 67 

 67 

 63 

 62 

 62 

 62 

 62 

 60 



8 



2 



2 



2 



18 



12 



12 



12 



12 



^ 



Lba 



84 



38 



38 



36 



37i 



36 



37 



39 



35i 



35 



EXPERIMENTS TO PREVENT SMUT IN OATS. 



Experiments were again conducted this year to determine the value of Formalin 

 and Massel powder as preventives of smut in oats. A sample of very smutty grain 

 was used and treated in six different ways. A check plot was also sown which received 

 no treatment whatever. The seed was sown June 14, and the grain cut September 

 15. The plot was 33 by 3 feet. The table below gives the number of heads free from 

 smut and the number affected : 



OATS TREATED FOR SMUT. 



V 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



The soil of these plots was a clay loam. The previous crop was mangels, having 

 received 30 one-horse cartloads of stable manure per acre with bone meal, fertilizer^ 

 and salt at the rate of 200 pounds each per acre. The land was ploughed after this 

 crop was removed in the fall of 1899, and in the following spring worked up by going 

 over it twice with the spring-tooth and once with the smoothing harrow. 



The grain was sown at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. The land was seeded down 

 to timothy and clover at the rate of 3 pounds Alsike, 7 pounds Mammoth Red Clover 

 and 12 pounds Timothy seed per acre. Complete fertilizer at the rate of 100 pounds 

 per acre was also sown with the grain. 



The crop of straw was good, and with the exception of French Chevalier and 

 Kinver Chevalier, stood up well. The straw was free from rust. Some plots had 

 8mut in them, but in every instance the injury from this cause was slight. 



