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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in " bushels " of 34 pounds. 



Oats; — Test of Varieties. 



RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OE OATS. 



Among the most productive varieties of white oats, Banner is especially recom- 

 mended. Ligowo is somewhat earlier in ripening, but does not generally give quite 

 so large a yield as Banner. Gold Rain is a very productive yellow oat. Black oats 

 are not recommended, but Pioneer and Excelsior may be mentioned as \^o of the 

 best varieties. 



Farmers who require an extremely early-ripening variety should try Eighty 



Day, Orloff, or Sixty Day. The name Sixty Day is misleading, as this oat is i^ot 

 earlier than the other two. Somewhat less early, but probably more satisfactory, as 

 a rule, are Daubeney and Tartar King. The latter is a very coarse variety. 



SIX-ROW BARLEY. 



One hundred and five varieties and selections of six-row barley were grown in 

 the regular test plots last season. The seed was sown from the 2nd to the 8th of 

 May, at the rate of about two bushels per acre. Some varieties gave a good yield, 

 but the plots varied considerably on account of irregularities in the soil. 



In the following table the yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in 

 •'bushels" of 48 pounds. 



Only the named varieties are here reported on. Many new cross-bred beardless 

 and hulless sorts, produced by the Dominion Cerealist, were also tested. 



Ottawa. 



