REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAT 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



The oat crop, except in the small plots, was disappointing. The hail on July 24, 

 and the excessive heat on August 13, the first coming just when the grain was forming 

 and tlie latter before it had matured, were a combination against large yields. 



The uniform plots were sown on Western Rye Grass sod, broken up the previous 

 year. The field lots were on fallowed land. 



OATS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Thirty-nine varieties were sown on April 23, on one-twentieth acre plots of back- 

 setting. Soil, clay loam. Sown by hoe drill, at rate of 2 bushels of seed per acre. 



Oats — Test cf Varikties. 



