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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SPRING EYE. 



Two plots of one-fortieth acre each were sown on ^fay Tth, the seed being used at 

 the rate of 1^ bushels to the acre. The soil was a rather lipht loam. 



The Ottawa Select rye is a no-t strain produced at this farm by selection. 

 The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in * bushels ' of 56 pounds. 



Sprixc; Kve — Tkst of Varieties. 



WINTEE EYE. 



Three plots of winter rj-e were sown August 29th, 1905. The plots were one- 

 fortieth of an acre, and the seed was used at the rate of 1^ bushels per acre. The rye 

 made good growth in the autvimn, but was somewhat injured by the unusual weather 

 during the winter. It gave, however, a large crop of grain. The soil was a clay 

 loam. 



The variety called Dominion is a new strain produced at this farm by selection. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of 56 pounds. 



WiN'TEK Rte — Test of Varieties. 



GEAIX SOWN IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES PEE ACEE ON SANDY LOAIT. 



These experiments were conducted on plots of one-fortieth of an acre each. AU 

 the grain was sown on !May 7th. The wheat was ripe August 10th, the oata August 

 11th and the barley July 2Sth. 



