REPORT OF THE CERE All ST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The plots were one-fortieth of an acre and the seed was sown on May 5th. Wheat 

 was sown at the rate of 00 lbs. per acre, oats 40 lbs. per acre, barley 50 lbs. per acre 

 and emmer 70 lbs. per acre. The soil was a sandy loam. 



Varieties. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



o be 



S- K C 



■I ^'5 



Wlieat and Oats : - 



I'ringle's Ciiampla'nWheatand Ameri- 

 can Triumph Oats 



Prpston Wheat and White Giant Oats 



Wheat and Two-row Barley : — 



Gt'hun Wheat and French ChovalitT 

 Barley 



Oats and Two-row Barlej' : — 



American Beaiity Oats and Princess 



Svalof Barley 



Welcome Oats and French Chevalier 

 Barley 



Oats and Emmer : — 



Jjunner Oats and Common Emmer. . . . 



Aug. 11. . 

 .. 12. 



7. 



G. 



14. 



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98 

 99 



92 



94 



93 



101 



u 



Proportions in Crop Harvested. 



Lb.s. 

 1.800 

 1,320 



4S per cent wheat = 893 lbs. per acre. 



52 >t M oats — 967 



73 per cent wheat = 9()4 



27 I' i< oats = 356 



19 per cent wheat = 384 

 2,020 '81 H „ barley =1,036 



2,520 

 2,.^00 

 1,200 



0.5 per cent oats =1,638 

 35 II I. barley = 882 

 30 per cent oats = 690 

 rO n .. barley =1,010 

 ()6 fjer cent oats = 792 

 34 ir II emmer = 40.5 



FIELD BEANS. 



Four plots, one-fortieth of an acre each, were sown on May 21st. The soil was a 

 sandy loam. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of 60 pounds. 



FiKLD Beans — Tj;st of Varieties. 



