244 



EXPERIMESTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of 34 pounds. 

 * Varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental Farm are 

 marked with an asterisk. 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



Name oi Variety. 



'^ 



IjGold Rain 



2!Th()usand Dollar 



SiFichtd Mountaiu 



4 1 Irish Victor . 



SlJoanette (Mack) 



6]Goldeu Beauty 



7|Banner A* 



8 Twentieth Century . . . 



9 Lincoln 



lO'Daubeney Selected". . . 



11 Welcome 



12 American Beauty 



13 Mennonite 



14Si.xty Day 



15 Columbus Selected"'". . 



16 Excelsior (black) 



17 Wide Awake 



18 White Giant Selected* 



19 Bavarian 



20 Improved Ligowo. . . . 



21 Tartar King 



22 Atlantic 



23 Dani.sh Island 



24 Sorgenfrei 



25 Kirsche 



26 Siberian 



27JKendai White* 



28 GoJden Fleece 



29 



30 



31 



32 



33 



34 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing, 



Aug. 



July 

 Aug. 



July 

 Aug. 



Black Beauty , 



Tlola (black) 



Green Russian 



Banner B* 



Garton's Abundance. 

 White Wonder 



35 Kendal Black* 



36 Swedish Select 



37Goldfinder 



38 Buckbee's Illinois. . . . 



39 Pioneer (black) 



40 Dinauer 



41 Milford White*. ... 



42 fniproved American.. 



43 American Triumph . , 



44 Sensation. . 



45 Bergs (black) 



46| Olive Black* 



July 

 Aug. 



47 Waverley , 



48 Golden Giant. . . 



49 Whiting 



50 Early Ripe 



51 Abundance 



52 Virginia White. 

 .53 Milford Black'^ . 



54|Colossal 



55|Bell (black) 



56 Swedish Ligowo 

 57lChinese Naked.. 

 58 1 Early Angus. . . 

 59 Storm King 



bD 



^^ 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



7 



8 



7 

 14 

 17 



8 

 12 



7 



8 

 30 



r" 

 I 



7 

 8 



24 

 4 

 8 

 6 

 7 



12 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 30 

 11 

 12 

 8 

 1 

 14 

 G 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 8 



7 



7 



8 



10 



14 



10 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



July 

 Aug. 



95 

 96 

 95 



102 



105 

 96 



100 

 95 

 96 

 87 

 95 

 95 

 96 

 81 

 92 

 96 

 94 

 95 



100 

 96 

 95 

 95 

 95 

 94 

 94 

 96 

 95 

 96 

 96 

 87 

 99 



100 

 96 

 89 



102 

 94 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 95 

 9b 

 96 

 95 

 95 

 95 

 96 

 98 

 102 

 98 



30' 87 



10 

 10 



7 

 12 



8 



8 

 13 



8 



95 

 98 

 98 

 95 



100 

 96 

 96 



101 

 96 



In. 



51 



51 



49 



56 



42 



42 



46 



49 



44 



45 



42 



42 



44 



39 



47 



48 



44 



42 



47 



49 



45 



46 



44 



46 



41 



47 



45 



46 



48 



48 



46 



46 



45 



46 



48 



48 



41 



49 



46 



47 



46 



47 



42 



46 



45 



Medium . 

 Weak . . . 



Medium . 



Stiff 



Weak... 

 Stiff.... 



Medium 

 Weak.... 

 Medium . 

 Weak.... 

 Medium . 

 Weak.... 

 Stiff..... 

 Medium . 

 Weak.. . 



Stiff 



Weak.... 



Stiff 



Weak.. . . 



Medium . 



Stiff'.'. .'.'. 

 Weak.. . . 



Stiff. . , 

 Weak. 



Stiff 



Weak.!.! 

 Medium. 



Weak.... 

 44] Medium. 

 49| „ . 

 47, Stiff 



45 Medium. 

 44 Stif^'. . . . . 

 45. Medium. 

 46; Weak.... 

 46! „ ... 

 47lMedium. 

 50 



36 Weak.... 

 48 ., ... 

 441 



46 Stiff 



.a 



bo 

 § . 



fc£i-t- 



eeft 

 > o 



In. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



-3 t- 



to 







Lbs. 



2.540 

 2,520 

 2,420 

 2,400 

 2,400 

 2,340 

 2,320 

 2,320 

 2, .320 

 2,320 

 2,300 

 2,300 

 2,260 

 2,260 

 2,200 

 2.200 

 2,180 

 2,180 

 2,180 

 2,160 

 2,140 

 2,100 

 2,100 

 2,080 

 2,080 

 2,080 

 2,060 

 2,060 

 2,060 

 2,040 

 2,040 

 2,020 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 1,980 

 1,980 

 1,940 

 1,940 

 1,920 

 1,920 

 1,900 

 1,800 

 1,860 

 1,840 

 1,840 

 1,840 

 1,780 

 1,780 

 1,780 

 1,740' 

 1,700 

 1,660 

 1,620 

 1,600 

 1,540 

 1,520 

 1,180 

 920 



74 24 



74 4 



71 6 



70 20 



70 20 



68 28 



58 

 57 

 57 



68 

 68 

 68 

 68 



67 22 



67 22 



66 16 



66 16 



64 24 



64 24 



64 4 



64 4 



64 4 



63 18 



62 32 



61 26 



61 26 



61 6 



61 

 61 



60 20 



00 20 



60 20 

 60 

 60 



59 14 



58 28 



58 28 



58 28 



58 8 



Lbs. 



^Q 16 



56 16 



55 30 



54 24 



54 

 54 

 54 

 54 



24 

 4 

 4 

 4 



52 12 



52 12 



52 12 



51 6 



50 .. 



48 28 



47 



47 



22 

 2 



45 10 



44 24 



34 24 



27 2 



Rusted. 



34i 



33' 



32 



28i 



30| 



30 



31 



32i 



33 



33 



33 



34| 



29i 



28i 



32" 



33i 



30" 



31J 



32" 



33i 



33" 



38 



33A 



33" 



30 



m 



3U 



29' 



2S:i 



30 



32 



34 



36 



30 



32 



mk Slightly. 



o2 Considerabiv. 



3J:| 



3U 



32" 



30 



34i 



3.Si Slightly. 



36:iConsiiderablv. 



32^ 



31 



27-^ 



33 



Considei-abiv. 



Badly. 



Considerabh'. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. ' 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



II 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly." 

 ConsideraMy. 



>1 



Badly. 

 Cunsiderablj'. 



Badly. 



Considerably 



32i 



30" 



30 



33 



32 



33 



33| Badly. 



34| Considerably 



