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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT. 



Five varieties of buckwheat were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth acre 

 ea«h. They were sown on June 18 and cut September 5. The land was a clay loam 

 that had been in roots the previous year. The land had received a dressing of barn- 

 yard manure in 1902, when a crop of roots was grown. No fertilizer of any kind was 

 used since. The land was ploughed in the fall and well worked up in the spring. The 

 following yields were obtained: — 



Buckwheat — Test op Varieties. 



0) 



S 



s 



Name of Variety. 



Rye Buckwheat 



Silver hull...... .. . 



Tartarian or Siberiai 



Grey 



Japanese 



Character 

 of Soil. 



Date 



of Sowing. 



Clay loam 'June 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 



Length 

 of Straw 

 including 

 Head. 



Inches. 



35—40 

 48—42 

 35-37 

 35—40 

 36—40 



Weight 



per 



measured 



Bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lbs. 



4S 

 4S 

 48 

 48 



48 



FIELD CROPS OF GRAIN. 



Thirteen and one-half acres of field grain were grown, eleven acres of which were 

 in plots of one acre each, one two-acre plot and one one-half acre plot. The land was 

 a clay loam, the previous crop having been roots and corn, for which crop barnyard 

 maniire at the rate of 20 tons per acre had been used. The land was ploughed in the 

 fall of 1905 and well worked up in the spring of 1906, after which the grain was 

 sown with the seed-drill with 3 bushels in the case of oats, 2 bushels in the case of 

 barley and 3 bushels in the case of mixed grain per acre. Mammoth Red clover at 

 the rate of 7 lbs., Alsike clover, 3 lbs., and Timothy seed, 12 lbs. per acre were sown 

 with this crop. The crop harvested was as follows : — 



Field Crops of Grain. 



Crops. 



1 Acre Mixed Grain 



1 II Waverley Oats 



1 ti Mixed Grain 



1 II Black Tartarian Oata 



1 n Mixed Grain 



1 II Odessa Barley 



1 It Mixed Gra.in 



^ It Sensation Oats 



7 f Mixed Grain 



1 II Odessa Barley 



1 M French Chevalier Barley 



1 n Waverley Oats 



1 II Pioneer Oats 



2 M Mixed Grain 



sown May 19, cut Aug. 30 



II II 19, II II 30, 



11 II 19, II II oO. 



II II 19, II II 30 



ti II 19, II II 30. 



ti II 21, II II 2o. 



II II 21, II II 27 



It II 21, II II 27 



II June 18, M Sept. 18 



II 20, II II 5 



II II 20, II II 7 



II 20, M II 19 



It II ZOf M n !•' 



II 20, I. .1 19 



