REPORT OF MR. AXGUS MACKAY. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TEST OF FORMALIX AND MASSEL POWDER FOR THE PREVENTION OF SMUT IN BARLEY. 



399 



The seed used was uniformly smutty. The grain grown on check-plot was very 

 smutty, and totally unfit for any purpose except feed. 



Seed. 



Odessa 



Con- 

 dition. 



Canadian Thorpe. 



Smutty 



Treatment, 



Formalin 4^ oz. to 10 galls, water ; soaked 1 hour . . . 

 II It II II 15 minutes 



II 9 II If sprinkled ... 



11 G II II soaked 5 minutes. 



Check plot ; untreated . 



Massel powder 4 oz., lime 2 lbs., wattr 2 galls. ; sjH'inkle 



On 25 Sq. Feet. 



Good 

 Heads. 



185 

 167 

 191 

 181 

 165 

 176 

 209 



Smutty 

 Heads. 





 

 5 

 

 

 27 

 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Eifty-seven varieties were sown on one-twentieth acre plots of fallow-land, on 

 !May 10, by hoe-drill, at the rate of 2 bushels small, 3 bushels medium, and 3J bushels 

 large pease per acre. Soil, clay loam. 



Only sixteen varieties escaped destruction by winds and dry weather. 



Those destroyed were re-sown on June 14, but did not mature before frost came 

 on September 13. A heavy crop of straw was, however, secured for fodder. 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 





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1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

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8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 18 

 19 

 20 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



Pearl 



Prince 



Perth 



Prussian Blue 



Elder 



Elliot 



Kent 



Golden Vine 



Picton 



Pride 



Arthur 



Trilby 



Paragon 



Canadian Beauty. . . 



Vincent 



New Potter 



Pease — Golden Vine. 



Tares 



Red Clover 



Alsike and Lucerne . , 



May 16, 

 I." 16. 

 II 16. 

 11 16. 



bo 



o 



Aug. 25. 

 I. 26, 

 I, 25. 

 I, 27, 

 ,1 31, 

 „ 28, 

 II 27, 

 II 21, 

 1, 24, 

 1, 24, 

 II 21, 

 1, 24, 

 I, 23. 

 ,1 27. 



Sept. 6. 



Aug. 23. 



t4 n 



o a 



o ■ 



cS 



O 



o 



u 



SO 



107 Strong. . . 



108 



107 Medium. 

 109 Strong... 



113 



110 

 109 

 103 

 106 

 108 

 103 

 106 

 105 

 109 

 119 

 105 



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22| Fallow Ploughed June 6 and cultivated several times to keep weeds down. 



Medium . 

 Strong. . . 



Medium. 

 Strong. . , 





In. 



41 

 40 

 33 

 44 

 38 

 42 

 39 

 36 

 35 

 47 

 38 

 36 

 35 

 38 

 36 

 .36 

 23 

 13 

 7 

 26 





Lbs. 



4,800 

 6,000 

 4,400 

 5,400 

 4,400 

 4,600 

 5,200 

 5,600 

 5,200 

 4,700 

 5,000 

 5.400 

 4,200 

 5,000 

 3,800 

 4,300 



T3 

 O 



In. 



3 



2| 



2* 



3 



21 



2| 



3 



3 



2i 



3 



3 



3 



3i 



Size 

 of pea. 



I Large . . . 

 , Small . . . . 

 iMedium. , 



II 

 Large . . . , 

 II . . . , 

 Medium . 

 Small. . . . 

 Large . . . . 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



33 

 32 

 32 



28 

 27 

 26 

 26 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 23 

 23 

 20 

 20 

 16 

 14 



40 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 40 



40 

 20 



40 

 20 



3 I Medium 

 3 Large . . 

 Ploughed luider July 28 in pod 



II II II 2S 



II II Sept 10 



The remaining forty-one varieties were a complete fail.ire owing to winds, dry weather and frosts. 

 Note. — Plots No. 17 to 21 inclusive, were harrowed after ploughing. 



