DiriSIOX OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The following table gives the comparative results: — 



Buckwheat. — Test of Varieties. 





1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Name of Variety. 



Tartarian. . 



Rye 



J apanese . . . 

 Silver Hull. 

 Grey 



Average . 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 





of 

 Straw 

 ^.iS ' includ- § i3 S'o 

 ^.S inghead iS'^^MfM 



June 111 Sept. 5 



II 11] II 5 



II 11 II 5 



II 11 •■ 5 



>. 11 



Average es o 

 Length "o c^ 



■st ° » 



C h ^ ■? 



86 

 86 

 86 

 86 

 86 



Inches. 



33 



36 

 33 

 34 

 34 



Yield of 



Grain 



per Acre. 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



9 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 8 



Lb. 



2,120 

 2,080 

 1,760 

 l,6bi) 

 1,500 



JBush. Lb. 



1,836 



44 

 43 

 36 

 34 

 32 



8 

 16 

 32 

 28 

 24 



38 



12 



Weight per 

 Measured 



Bushel after 

 Cleaning. 



Lb. 



51 

 50 

 46 

 48 

 49 



From the above table it is to be noted that Tartarian and Eye give the "test yields, 

 which are 44 bushels 8 pounds of Tartarian and 43 bushels 16 pounds in case of Eye, 

 and further, that they give the heaviest weight per measured bushel. Hence we would 

 conclude tliat these two varieties are the most profitable to grow for feed purposes. 



Silver Hull yields flour of excellent quality. 



FIELD CEOPS OF 'SEED GEAIN. 



Some seven acres were sown to wheat, oats, and barley, in acre lots. The land was 

 from a medium to a heavy clay loam. 



The two acres on which the wheat was sown had received 20 tons of barnyard 

 manure and produced roots the previous year. This was ploughed in the fall of 1912 

 and well cultivated in the spring of 1913 to ensure a perfect seed-bed. 



That on which the oats and barley were sown had received 25 tons of barnyard 

 manure and produced a crop of roots the previous year. It was likewise ploughed in 

 the fall of 1912 and a good seed-bed prepared in the spring of 1913. Neither of those 

 fields received fertilizer of any kind this season. The following table gives the 

 yields : — 



Wheat— 



1 acre Huron 



1 acre Red Fife 



Oats— 



1 acre Abundance 



1 acre Banner 



1 acre Ligowo 



Barley— 



1 acre French Chevalier. 

 1 acre jVlanchurian 



All grain thus produced, after it has been thoroughly cleaned, will be for sale 

 during the spring of 1914 at a reasonable price. This grain is the production of 

 hand-selected heads from plots of previous years and sown in small plots to ensure 

 good seed of high quality and true to type. 



Nappan. 



