^ 



...Of Af^-7<1 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



.7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1 



908 



.The results obtained this season, are given in the following .tables v. ;jv. 



7-0= ^i:?' 



Name of Variety. 



Preston Wheat. 



Banner Oats 



Mensury Barley 



Quantity 



Sown 

 per Acre. 



Bush. 



1 



li 



li 



2 



3 



2 



2i 

 3 



3^ 

 4 



2 



2* 



3 



3^ 

 4 



Number of 



Days 

 from Sowing 



to 

 Harvesting. 



95 

 fl5 

 95 

 95 

 95 

 05 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 82 

 82 

 82 

 82 

 82 

 82 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. -tt)s 



29 

 29 

 32 

 33 

 31 

 25 

 59 

 C3 

 48 

 52 

 48 

 49 

 72 

 70 

 66 

 62 

 63 

 57 



40 

 20 

 40 



40 

 ]4 

 18 

 28 

 12 



8 

 14 



4 

 20 

 32 



4 

 16 

 24 



These experiments have now been carried on for six years and, though the results 

 obtained have been somewhat irregular, they show clearly that on sandy loam there is 

 no gain in sowing more than about 1^ bushels per acre of Preston wheat. The tests 

 with larger quantities of seed than this will therefore be discontinued. 



With Banner oats the lowest average yields for six years have been obtained by 

 sowing 1^ and 4 bushels per acre. These two rates of seeding will therefore be discon- 

 tinued. 



With Mensury barley the results obtained thus far have varied so much from 

 season to season that no definite conclusions can yet be drawn. 



PLOTS OF MIXED GKAIN. 



In choosing the varieties for these plojts the greatest care is exercised to sow to- 

 gether only such sorts as are known to mature in almost the same number of days, so 

 that they may both be ready for cutting at the same time. Only one column is given 

 for the number of days maturing, as in every case the mixtures ripened with great 

 uniformity. 



