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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



Oats — Field Lots. 



Eleven varieties were sown in field lots, on clay loam, fallowed, at rate of two bushels 



seed per acre. 



Name of Variety. 



Banner 



lilack Beauty 



Wide Awake 



White Giant 



Abundance , 



Gol I finder 



Danish Island. . . . 



Tartar King 



Thousand Dollar. 

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Size 



of 



Plot. 



Acres. 



Hi 



2i 

 42 



2h 

 1| 



41 

 5 



n 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



to 



a 

 ..-I 



O a> 



».& 



o 



April 20 



M 23 



„ 21 



,- 20 



„ 23 



» 23 



., 20 



.. 23 



,. 21 



„ 21 



„ 21 



Aug. IG 

 „ 11 

 „ 16 

 M 11 

 M 1( 



ci C 



fi-c 



118 

 110 

 117 

 113 

 115 

 13 112 

 13 115 



10 

 10 

 10 

 11 



109 

 111 

 111 

 112 



*^ « Kf 



bch- 



In. 



48 

 44 

 44 



47 

 40 

 48 

 40 

 52 

 38 

 46 

 37 



is 



Strong, 



cz 

 so 



Co 



In. 



9 

 9 



9 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Branching 



Sided.... 

 Brauchin, 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



CO 



1-5 



87 21 



81 6 



80 20 



79 2G 



77 28 



77 2 



73 30 



73 12 



63 10 



G3 9 



59 25 



Average and Total Yield. 



Banner 



Black Beauty 



Wide Awake 



White Giant 



Abundance ..... 



Gold finder 



Danish Island. . . . 



Tartar King 



Thousand Dollar . 

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 Welcome 



Acres. 



Hi 



2| 



n 



4 

 2i 



If 



H 



4i 

 5 

 5i 

 2? 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. 



87 

 81 

 80 

 79 

 77 

 77 

 73 

 73 

 63 

 63 

 59 



49 



Lbs. 



21 



6 

 20 

 26 

 28 



2 

 30 

 12 

 10 



9 

 25 



Total Yield. 



Bush. 



985 

 182 

 382 

 319 

 194 

 134 

 387 

 311 



Lbs 



24 

 22 

 27 



o 



9 

 38 

 30 

 2u 



S16 16 

 332 6 



10 1 9 



3,712 



An average yield of 75 bushels 25 pounds per acre. 



OATS. — FOUR YEARS COMPARISON OF FIELD LOTS. 



Below are shown the average yield per acre and time to mature of eight varieties 

 of oats, grown under similar conditions for the l:"t four years. 



Variety. 



Average Days 

 to Mature. 



Banner 



Wide Awake 



Abundance 



Black Beauty 



Goldfinder 

 Thousand Dollar. . 



Tartar King 



Improved Ligowo. 



Averas'fi 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. 



99 

 88 

 87 

 86 

 84 

 79 

 78 

 78 



Lbs. 



32 

 14 

 17 

 31 



3 

 10 

 27 



9 



