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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



RYE. 



Three varieties of winter rye were sown early in September, 1912. These plots 

 grew fairly well in the autumn and suffered much less from winter killing than those 

 of winter wheat. The yields per acre obtained were as follows : — 



Owing to the scarcity of land for cereal researches at Ottawa, it has been decided 

 to transfer the experiments with winter rye (as well as with winter wheat) to Sidney, 

 B.C. 



For the same reason no plots of spring rye could be sown last spring. 



FIELD PEAS AND BEANS. 



Owing to shortage of land, no tests of field peas or beans could be made this year 

 at Ottawa. 



FLAX. 



Twenty-two varieties and selections of flax were grown in the regular test plots. 

 The seed was sown on May 12 at the rate of 60 pounds per acre. The dry weather of 

 summer interfered very seriously with the yield of the flax, the best plot giving less 

 than 21 bushels per acre. All the flax under test consists of new varieties and selec- 

 tions which have not yet been studied long enough to enable one to pick out, with 

 certainty, the best sorts. No distribution can be undertaken at present. 



The varieties under the name Foremost are selections from a commercial sample 

 of Premost flax, in which slightly differing types were discovered. Novelty is the 

 name given to the selection hitherto recorded as Novarossick B, and the name Long- 

 stem has been given to the exceptionally tall selection from common flax previously 

 designated Common S. 



The yield of seed per acre is expressed in pounds and also in "' bushels" of 56 

 pounds. 



Ottawa. 



