278 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



amount of rust and a few heads of smut were noticed. The following yields were 

 obtained : — 



Oats— Test of Varieties. 



B 



P 



Name of Variety. 



;) 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 



1/ 



18 1 



19 



20 



21 1 



22 



23 



24! 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



32 



33 



34, 



35 



36 



37 



Goldfinder 



Golden Beauty 



Tartar King .... . . . 



Siberian 



Kendal Black 



Golden Fleece 



Milford Black 



Lincoln 



Golden Giant 



Improved Ligowo . . . 



Pioneer 



American Beauty . . . 



Bavarian 



Swedish Select 



Milford White 



Holstein Prolific .... 



Thousand Dollar 



Virginia White 



Kendal White 



Improved American.. 

 American Triumph. . . 



Joanette 



Banner 



Danish Island 



Olive Black 



Twentieth Century. . 



Columbus . . . . 



Storm King 



White Giant. 



Buckbee's Illinois . . . 



Black Beauty 



Mennonite 



Wide Awake 



Irish Victor 



Waverley 



Abundance 



Sensation 



fco 



a 



s 



a. 



o 



'Aug. 



Sept. 

 ! Aug. 



St:pt. 

 Aug. 



to 



30 



27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 29 

 27 

 25 



5 

 25 

 25 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 28 

 25 

 25 

 27 

 29 



5 

 25 

 25 

 28 

 27 

 25 

 29 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 25 

 27 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 2-^ 

 25 



o a 



C O 



aj a 



Inches. 



104 40 to 

 lOli 40 ,. 

 101; 46 ,. 

 101 35 „ 

 lOli 39 „ 

 103 40 „ 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



101 



99 



110 



99 



99 



102 



101 



101 



101 



102 



99 



99 



101 



103 



110 



99 



99 



102 



101 



09 



103 



101 



101 



36 II 

 42 ,1 

 40 M 

 36 „ 

 38 i> 

 40 „ 

 36 „ 

 42 I, 

 36 I. 

 40 It 

 44 M 

 36 ,1 

 38 ,- 

 36 -, 

 44 ,1 



36 „ 



37 ,1 



36 „ 



37 M 

 .36 M 

 36 ,1 

 44 ,1 

 .36 I, 



101, 38 M 



99 

 101 

 102 

 101 

 101 

 101 



99 



35 n 

 38 ,. 

 38 „ 



36 ,. 



35 ,1 



36 ,. 

 36 „ 



44'Stif! 



44| I, 



50 



38 



43 



43 



40 



46 



44 



40 



42 



43 



40 



46 



42 



44 



48 



40 



41 



40 



48 



39 



40 



40 



40 



38 



38 1 Medium 



48 Stiff.... 



3S' Medium 



42Stifif.... 



38: ,1 .... 



42; ;, ... 



42 „ ... 

 40! „ ... 

 38 Medium 

 40'Stiff . . . . 

 40| I, .... 



Median 

 Stiff . 



Medium 

 Stiff... 



w 



o 

 xi 



be 



S 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



6 to 9 



6 II 8' 



6 I, 7i 



6 M 7| 



6 11 8| 



6 11 S 



6 I, 8 



6 ,1 s! 



6 I, 9 



6 .1 8 



6 " 8 



6 M 9 



7 .. 9 

 I. 8 

 6 M 8 

 6 M 9 

 6 M 8 

 6 >. 7 

 6 II 8 



5 I, 8 



6 M 9 



5 I, 8 



6 M 8 



5 11 7 



6 „ 8 

 6 ,1 8 



5 I, 7 



6 M 9 



5 „ 7 



6 I, 8 

 5 ,1 8 



5 „ 7 



6 „ 7 

 5 M 6 



5 I, 7 



6 M 8 

 6 I. 8 



Branching . 



Sided...... 



Branchitig. 

 Sided.... . 



Branching. 



Sided 



Branching. 

 Sided. . . 

 Branching. 



Sided...... 



Branching. 



Sided 



Branching. 



Sided... 

 Branching. 



Sided. ....' 

 Branching. 



CO 



60 



Lbs. 



3,40r 

 3,8SC 

 3,880 

 3,320 

 3,400 

 2,840 

 3.S00 

 3,680 

 3,720 

 3,600 

 3,600 

 3,080 

 2,960 

 2,800 

 3,280 

 3,320 

 2,920 

 3,200 

 3,080 

 3,480 

 3,700 

 3,520 

 2,920 

 2,760 

 3,600 

 3,160 

 3,060 

 3,240 

 2,920 

 2,840 

 3,000 

 2,800 

 2,720 

 2,480 

 2,720 

 2,880 

 2,880 



o 



>^ 



a m.3 

 « 3 C 



tot £ 



X 



00 00 



D X 



63 18 



57 2 



56 16 



55 20 



55 10 



55 10 



54 26 



62 12 



51 26 



50 20 



50 20 



50 20I 



50 



49 14 



49 14 



49 14 



48 28 



48 8 



48 8 



46 16 



45 SO 



45 10 



44 24 



44 24 



44 24 



43 18 



43 18 



42 32 



42 12 



41 6 



40 20 



40 20 



40 



40 



38 28 



38 8 



37 22 



Lbs. 



33 



31 



37 



33 



36 



34 



36i 



32' 



32 



3V>k 



35 



31 



331 



32"" 



3Ci 



33" 



32i 



33A 



32| 



30 



35 



32J 



33' 



32 



35i 



34' 



3U 



37' 



31 



32 



321 



33' 



31 



33i 



34' 



31 



32J 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Eighteen varieties of six-rowed and fourteen varieties of two-rowed barley were 

 sown in uniform plots of one-fortieth acre each, on May 19. The land was a clay 

 loam on which mangels were grown the previous year (1905), for which crop barnyard 

 manure at the rate of twenty one-horse cart loads per acre was used. There was grain 

 on this land in 1903, and hay in 1904. No manure or fertilizer was used for this crop. 

 This land was ploughed in the fall of 1905 and worked up in the spring of 1906, with 

 the spring-tooth and smoothing harrows, and sown with seed selected from the previous 

 year's crop by cutting picked heads at harvest time. 



The grain was sown with the seed drill at the rate of 2 bushels per acre, and at 

 the same time there was also sown 7 lbs. Mammoth Red clover. 3 lbs. Alsike clover and 



