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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD Vli., A. 1808 



Test oi Smut Preventives 



Treatment. 



Date ripe. 



Bed Fife Wheat— {Sown April 11). 



Untreated 



Bluestone, 1 lb. to 5 galls, water. 



M 10 ,1 



Formalin, h 15 n 



II M 30 II 



Banner Oci^s— (Sown April 23). 



Aug. 22. 



,1 2?,. 



„ 20. 

 11 24. 



I 



Untreated ... 



Bluestone, 1 lb. to 10 galls, water . 

 Formalin, u 15 u 



II II 30 II 



Canadian Thorpe Barley — (Sown May 1). 



Untreated 



Bluestone, 1 lb. to 10 galls, water. 

 Formalin, h 15 h 



II II 30 II 



18. 

 23. 

 25. 

 23. 



16. 

 20. 

 25. 

 18. 



Days 



to 



Mature. 



133 

 134 

 134 

 137 

 135 



117 

 122 

 124 

 122 



107 

 111 

 116 

 109 



Smutty 

 heads on 

 64 sq. ft. 



44 

 7 



10 

 20 

 34 



None. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD PEASE. 



Both field and uniform plots were sown on land that had grown roots the preced- 

 ing year. After the root crop was harvested, the land was ploughed and harrowed. 

 In the spring the seed was sown, and the land harrowed and rolled. 



Twenty-four varieties of pease were sown on one-twentieth acre plots on May 2, 

 on clay loam. Three varieties were also sown in field lots. 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 







1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



^1 



7l 



«: 



9 

 10 



11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 



Name of Variety. 



Golden Vine 



Prince Albert 



Early Britain 



Duke 



Prussian Blue 



Daniel O'Rourke 



Kent 



Paragon 



Chancellor . . 



White Wonder 



Nelson 



Mackay 



Knglish Gray 



Picton . 



Wisconsin Blue 



Black Eyed Marrowfat . . 

 Large White Marrowfat. 



Arthur 



Pearl 



Gregory 



Archer. 



Victoria - 



Prince 



Agnes 



Date 



of 

 Ripening. 



Lugust 20. 

 22. 

 20. 

 22. 

 20. 

 15. 

 21. 

 20. 

 15. 

 18 

 18. 

 20. 

 20 

 21. 

 22. 

 22 

 22. 

 18. 

 20. 

 20. 

 22. 

 21. 

 20. 

 20. 



O OS 



c 

 o 



108 Strong 



112 



110 



112 



110 



105 



111 



110 



105 



108 



108 



110 



110 



111 



112 



112 



112 



108 



110 



no 



112 



111 

 no 

 no 



In. 



58 

 55 

 50 

 60 

 65 

 45 

 50 

 65 

 55 

 60 

 50 

 53 

 58 

 74 

 58 

 60 

 60 

 48 

 62 

 60 

 70 

 50 

 58 

 55 





bo 



c 



In. 



2 

 2 



Size 

 of Pea. 



Small. . 



2 'Medium 

 2i I Large . . 



3 [Medium 

 ISmall . . 

 , Large . . 

 j Medium 

 ■Small 



2^ Medium 



3 



2 

 3 

 3 



2i 



3 



oi 



*-a 



2 



Large . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 

 Large . . 

 Medium 

 Large . 

 Medium 



2^ Large 

 2 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



Mi m 



US' 



'oJ 



45 

 45 

 45 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 39 

 39 

 39 

 33 

 38 

 38 

 37 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 34 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 30 



40 

 40 

 20 

 20 



40 

 40 



40 

 20 



40 

 40 

 20 

 20 



Lbs. 



65 



65i 



63 



63i 



654 



64* 



64 



64 



63 



65 



63i 



64^ 



62 



6i^ 



65 



64 



64 



64 



65 



64i 



641 



65 



644 



63 



