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EXPETflMEYTlL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



The following table gives the results from the named varieties under test: — 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



o 



6 



s 



Name 

 of Variety. 



Red Fife 



* Marquis 



Early Red Fife 



Stanley 



White'Fife .... 

 Bishop, .... . . 



Bobs 



Huron 



Average. 



be 

 •" S 



Q 



May 



be 



C 



Sept. 13 

 6 

 .. 13 

 8 

 .. 15 

 6 

 6 

 4 



O 03 



+5 S -^ 



bo--" eS 

 C <E 



> O t) 



1.30 

 123 

 130 

 125 

 132 

 123 

 123 

 121 



Inches. 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 53 

 52 

 60 

 48 

 4G 



o 



^§ 



be ^ 



o " ►= 



"'3 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



be 



(3 



> o 



Inches. 

 3-0 

 ■0 

 2 





 •7 

 •2 







c3 



.2 a 



>< 



Lb. 

 2,440 

 2,383 

 2,280 

 2,200 

 2,200 

 2,120 

 2,0 }0 

 1,880 



2,193 



c 

 CI . 



s 



Bush. Lb. 



40 40 



39 43 



38 .. 



36 40 



3n 40 



35 20 



34 .. 



31 20 



30 33 



S 69 



?S 3 a 



I— ( w 



Lb. 



GO 



61 



60 



CO 



58 



00-5 



60 



61 



* Average of two plots. 



In comparing the above table with those of previous years, it will be noted that 

 all varieties were from eight to twelve days longer maturing. 



The " Early Eed Fife " does not appear to ripen any earlier than the ordinary 

 Red Fife in this climate. 



The four following varieties can be recommended to be the most profitable ones 

 to grow in this section: Mai-quis, Red Fife, Stanley, and Huron (bearded). 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Twelve varieties of oats were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth of an 

 acre. The land was from medium to heavy clay loam, with a sandy loam subsoil 

 to a depth of 9 inches. Same method of preparation as for wheat. 



All seed was sown on May 7 at the rate of three bushels per acre, which had 

 been selected from best heads in the plots of the previous year. 



All plots were uniform in growth and stand and were free from lodging. As 

 the grain had not been treated for smut, a number of affected heads were found 

 throughout the plots and were hand-picked as soon as they appeared. It will bo 

 necessary to treat all grain next year for smut. Some of the varieties were badly 

 attacked with rust, but it came too late to cause any appreciable damage in the yield. 



The following table gives comparative results: — 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



Nappan. 



