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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



a 



Name of Variety. 



1 Black Eyed Marrowfat 



2 Prince 



3 Duke . 



4 Gregory 



^ White Wonder 



6 Chancellor 



7 White Marrowfat 



8 Prussian Blue . 



9 Mackay 



10 Nelson 



11 Paragon 



12 Arthur..... 



13 Early Britaisi 



14 Victoria. . 



15 Wisconsin Blue 



16 Pearl 



17 Golden Vine 



18 Archer 



lOlDaniel O'Rourke ... 

 20|Picton 



21 Prince Albert 



22 Agnes 



23 Kent 



24 English Grey . . ... 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Number 

 of 

 Days 

 Matur- 

 ing. 



126 

 121 

 122 

 122 

 124 

 120 

 126 

 119 

 126 

 123 

 128 

 117 

 130 

 126 

 121 

 133 

 123 

 129 

 126 

 130 

 127 

 130 

 127 

 130 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Strong 



Medium 



If 

 Strong 



Medium 

 Strong 

 Medium 

 Strong 



Medium 

 Strong 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



65 

 64 

 54 

 59 

 48 

 40 

 65 

 70 

 60 

 46 

 56 

 48 

 56 

 54 

 56 

 60 

 54 

 60 

 52 

 56 

 62 

 50 

 60 

 60 



Length 



of 



Pod. 



Inches. 



2h 

 2i 

 2i 

 2h 



2i 

 2 



2| 



2i 



2I 

 24 



2h 

 2j 

 2| 

 2| 



2i 

 2i 

 2i 

 2| 

 2| 

 2I 



n 



2i 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



All our experimental plots of flax were destroyed. Immediately after sowing a 

 heavy rain covered all the plots with water and washed and floated the seed. All the 

 plots were so badly mixed that they were of no value as experiments, nor was the 

 seed harvested fit for sowing again. 



SEED GRAIN. 



The following are samples of many letters received from those who have purchased 

 seed grain from this farm: — 



Treherke, Max., December 18, 1906. 

 The Supt. Experimental Farm, 

 Brandon, Man. 

 Sir, — I bought from your farm, five bushels of Red Fife wheat last winter. It 

 was sown April 21, one and one-half bushels to the acre; cut August 24, and yielded 

 48 bushels to the acre. 



Antone Chabbert. 



Reston,_Man., September 24, 1906. 

 The Supt. Experimental Farm, 

 Brandon, Man. 

 Dear Sir, — I got 9 bushels of Red Fife wheat at the farm last spring. I sowed it 

 on six acres of summer-fallow on April 10. It was cut on August 10, threshed on 

 September 28, and yielded 33 bushels to the acre. 



David Patterson. 



