REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



347 



Name of Variety. 



1 Black Beauty ....... 



2 Ro.serlale 



3|Fl}nng Scotchman. . . 



4 Brandon 



5!Hazlett's Seizure 



6;Master 



7iMiller 



S.Oxford 



9 Black Me-sdag 



10 Cream Egj'ptian 



11 Holland 



12 Joanette 



13 Buckbee's Illinois. . . . 



14 Banner 



15 Early Golden Prolific. 



16 Earh' Archangel 



17 Wide Awake 



18 Siberian O. A. C 



19 New Zealand . ...... 



20 Improved American . 



21 Danish Island 



22 Golden Giant 



23 Salzer's Big 4 



24[Early Maine 



25 Oderbruch 



26 Thousand Dollar 



27 California Prolific BIk 



(Imp.) 



28 American Triumph . . 

 29, Bavarian 



30 Abundance 



31 King 



32 Kendal 



33 California Prolific Blk 



34 Prolific Blk Tartarian 



35 Abyssinia 



36 Black Tar tarian( Imp) 

 37Wallis 



38 White Giant 



39 ISIennonite •. . . 



40 Early Gothland 



41 Newmarket 



42 Improved Ligowo.. . . 



43 Salines 



44|Ho]stein Prolific 



45 1 Golden Beauty 



46, Sensation 



47 Golden Tartarian . . . 



48 Improv'd Ligowo (I'p) 



49 Pense 



60, Lincoln 



61 White Russian 



52, Olive.. 



53 WT^iite .Schonen 



54'Milford 



55l American Beauty 



56jRussell 



57tCromwell 



58 Early Blossom 



59 Bonanza 



tc 



03 Mh 



Aug. 15 . 

 .. 15. 

 ,. 15. 

 .. 15. 

 .. 15. 

 „ 15. 

 .. 15. 

 ,. 16. 

 .. 15. 

 M 14. 

 .. 18. 

 .. 17. 

 N 17. 

 .. 18. 

 .. 16. 

 .. 18. 

 ,, 17. 



17. 



16. 



16. 



16. 



16. 



17. 



16. 



17. 



17. 



18. 

 16. 



17. 

 18. 

 17. 

 17. 



18. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 16. 

 16. 

 17. 

 17. 

 18. 

 16. 

 17. 

 17. 

 17. 

 17. 

 19. 

 18. 

 18. 

 19. 

 18. 

 16. 

 10. 

 17. 

 16. 

 18. 

 17. 

 18. 

 15. 



to 



a 



05 -r" 



^^ 

 «3 



C 



104 

 104 

 103 

 104 1 40 

 104 40 



u 

 O 



a 



03 



In. 



3G 

 311 

 41 



cS 



.OJ 



o 



104 

 104 

 104 

 104 

 102 

 106 

 105 

 10.5 

 107 

 105 

 106 

 105 

 105 

 105 

 105 

 105 

 104 

 105 

 105 

 105 

 105 



107 

 105 

 105 

 107 

 105 

 105 

 107 

 105 

 105 

 107 



44 

 3G 

 35 



.3.') 



36 

 37 

 40 

 3fl 

 36 

 37 1 

 50 

 42 

 30 

 32 

 34 

 39 

 36 

 34 

 38 

 41 

 37 



V. weak 

 Stiff . . 

 II • . 

 Fair .. . 



Stiff'." '. 

 ■ I . • 

 Fair .. . 

 V. weak 

 Stiff. 

 Fair.. 

 Weak 

 Fair . . 

 Stiff . 

 Fair .. 



Stiff . . 

 II . , 

 Fair . . . 

 Weak . 

 Fair... 



41 ., . 



34 M . 

 40 „ . 



35 1. . 



34 ,, . 



35 n . 



36 I, . 

 .32 I, . 

 .35 „ . 

 36 II 



1051 38 Stiff 



105 35 I, 



35: 



33 



105 

 105 



106 39 

 105 37 

 105' 42 

 105' 38 



105 40 

 105, 33 



107 49 



106 32 



107 39 

 107 

 107 

 105 

 105 

 105 

 104 



Fair 



106 

 105 

 106 



48 II . 

 32 I, . 



38 „ . 

 34, „ . 



42 11 . 

 .38! Stiff 

 36 Fair . 



.34 II . 

 35 II . 



1031 42iStiff 



bo 



a 



a 



^A 



In. 



10 



10 

 9 

 9 



12 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 6 



10 

 81 

 9 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Sided... 

 Branching 



7 

 7 

 8 

 9 



7 



11 



8 

 9 

 5 

 S 

 8 

 9 

 S 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 10 

 8 

 9 

 

 9 



n 



9 

 7 

 7 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 11 

 8 

 9 

 9 



Sided... 

 Branching 



Half sided 

 Branching 



Sided... 

 Branching 



Siied. 



Half sided 

 Sided. . . 

 Branching 



II 



II 

 Half sided 

 Branching 



Sided. .... 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 



II 

 Half sided 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 

 Half bran. 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 



bo 



Lbs. 



2,080 

 4,130 

 3,760 

 2,190 

 4,230 

 1,950 

 4,290 

 1,935 

 2,665 

 3,330 

 2,870 

 3,770 

 2,290 

 2,920 

 2,160 

 2,570 

 2,480 

 2,480 

 3,180 

 2,800 

 2,600 

 2,710 

 3,610 

 2,510 

 2,920 

 2,930 



3,820 

 2,440 

 2,950 

 1,970 

 2,370 

 3,190 

 3,700 

 3,700 

 1,910 

 3,820 

 2,730 

 2,640 

 2,640 

 2,250 

 2,250 

 2,090 

 2,100 

 2,300 

 2,070 

 2,540 

 2,840 

 1,950 

 3,470 

 3,180 

 2,180 

 3,190 

 2,220 

 2,530 

 3,380 

 1,550 

 2,190 

 1,890 

 2,090 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



71 

 66 

 65 

 65 

 60 

 58 

 56 

 56 

 54 

 52 

 39 

 33 

 32 

 28 

 27- 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 25 

 25 



25 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 15 

 13 

 12 



9 



9 



16 

 26 

 30 

 10 

 30 

 28 

 6 



34 



2 



4 



8 



22 



28 



22 



12 



2 



2 



2 



16 



16 



6 



6 



30 

 20 



20 

 10 



14 

 14 

 28 

 28 

 18 



8 

 32 

 22 

 12 

 12 



2 



2 

 30 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 14 

 14 



4 

 18 



8 



8 

 32 



2 

 26 

 10 



8 



2 



4 



4 



4J 



bo 



Lbs 



33 



34* 



34 



34 



35i 



33 



33 



34 



28 



30 



30 



32i 



341 



33 



35 



35 



34 



35 



34 



33 



30 



28i 



31 



33 



34^ 



28 



32 



33^ 



33 



32i 



28 



29 



28 



34 



27 



33 



34 



33 



34 



34 



35 



30 



34 



33 



33J 



30 



31 



28 



33 



33 



30 



33 



28| 



35 



32i 



33i 



33" 



36i 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



None. 



Slightly. 



None. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



None. 

 Slightly. 



None. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



Note — The first ten varieties on the list were cut before the hail storm ; the others were cut after the 



BtOTOi. 



