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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



WHEAT. 



Owing to the prevalance of the wheat midg-e Diplosis tritici in the Agassiz valley, 

 the plots of spring Avheat, also those of durnm wheat and of emmer and spelt, have 

 all been so much injured as to make the tests for 1906, as to the relative productiveness 

 of the varieties of no value, hence the yields for 190G are not given. It is proposed to 

 discontinue the wheat plots at Agassiz for a year with the hope of thus getting rid of 

 this insect pest. 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Of field pease, 26 varieties were sown in the test plots this year on clover sod. 

 The soil was a sandy loam. The land was ploughed late in the fall, and as early as 

 the work could be done, it was thoroughly cut up with the spade harrow and fined 

 with the spike-tooth drag. There were some large apple trees in the field, and wherever 

 a plot was soAvn between rows of these, the yield was somewhat lessened. The plots 

 were one-fortieth of an acre each, and all were sown on April 17. 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



a 



Name of Variety. 



1 English Grey 



2 White Marrowfat 



3 Early Britain 



4 Picton. 



5 Kent 



6 Mummy 



7 M.ickay 



8 Golden Vine 



9 Prince Albert 



10 Archer 



11 Prince 



12 Arthur 



13 Wisconsin Blue 



14 Daniel O'Rouike 



15 Crown ... 



16 White Wonder 



17 Gregory ... 



18 Nelson 



19 Prussian Blue 



20 Chancellor 



21 Pear] 



22 Duke 



23Agnes 



24 Paragon 



25 Black Eve Marrowfat. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Au.Q 



a. 3 

 ,- « 



8 



11 111 



8! 109 

 4 105 

 lo! Ill 

 108 

 111 

 105 

 109 

 10b. 

 105 

 112 

 10: 

 109 

 102 

 K)9 

 100 

 10 



no 



101 

 104 

 107 

 113 

 111 

 111 

 111 



Strong. 



Character 



of 

 Growth- 



\Iedinm. , 

 Strong. . . 



Medi'am. . 



Strong. 



O 



be 



c 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



In. 



48 



52 



50 



54 



5: 



48 



48 



52 



48| 



52 



42 



48 



.^0 



56 



50 



G2 



50 



50 



48 



50 



72' 



54 



5G 



G3 



62 



Lbs. 



2,400 

 2,860 

 3,080 

 3,000 

 2,820 

 2,680 

 3,020 

 3,260 

 2,82f 

 2,500 

 3,600 

 3,250 

 2,920 

 3,540 

 2,860 

 3,030 

 3,620 

 3,440 

 3,280 

 3,320 

 3,570 

 3,320 

 4,(;0'J 

 3,G60 

 3,24a 



-a 

 o 



«♦.« 



o 



bo 



G 

 o 



In. 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



2i 



3 



3 



n 



3 



3 



3 



2k 



3 



2 



3 



3 



2h 



3 



2i 



2i 



3 



3 



3 



31 



3i 



Size of Pea . 



Medium . 

 Laigo . . . 

 Medium . 



It 

 Large . . . 

 Medium. 



tl 

 Small . . . 



Medium . 

 Large . . . 



Sm»U 



Medium . 



Small 

 Large 



Medium 

 Large . 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



3 



1-3 



50 .. 



49 .. 



48 40 



46 40 



46 20 



45 20 



43 .. 



42 40 



41 20 



39 .. 



38 40 



38 10 



38 .. 



37 40 



37 20 



36 40 



36 20 





Lbs. 



C3i 



63| 



624 



64 



64 



64 



63 



65 



65 



61 



6Si 



65 



65^ 



63 



65 



03 



G4i 



04' 



65 



65 



(■e,' 



64 

 65 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CORN. 



There were twenty-three varieties of corn planted in the variety test this year. 

 All were planted May 4 except one variety, the Red Cob Ensilage; that was planted 

 May 25. The soil is a gravelly loam which had been heavily manured with barnyard 

 manure in tlie winter of 1904, and fitted for a crop of wheat which was grown on it 

 in 1905. 



