780 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



■ ' 5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



The following tables will give some information as to the plots grown in 1913, and 

 also a summary of everything done since the establishment of this Station: — 



SPRING WHEAT. 



N<an>e of Variety. 



"-A 



1 



i 



o 



4i 

 f) 

 G 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Preston. ...... 



I I lU'Oll 



J^.irly Red Fife 

 Yellow Cros.s . 

 Alpha Selected 



Bishop 



Bobs 



Marquis 



Red Fif^ 



White Fife.... 



Date 



of 



Sowing 



Date 



of ■ 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



April 20:Aug. 19 



M 29 „ 19 



M 29! „ 25 



M 29! „ 19 



II 29 1 Failure. 



II Zo\ It 



I, 29' 



If 30 



., 29 



I. 29 



t£ 



Q OS 



o 

 d 



:5 



113 

 113 

 119 

 113 



Average 

 Length 



of Straw 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 

 27 



32 



26 

 25 



O eS 



.^ TO ^ 



C ^~ 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Head. 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Inches. 



3 



3 5 



2-5 

 o 



Yield 



of 

 Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



Lb. 



1.380 



],0i'0 



720 



300 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



23 



17 



12 



15 



Weight 



per 



Measured 



Bu.sliel 



after 



Cleaning. 



Lb. 



(0 



58- 

 62- 

 Gl 



Spring Wheat. — Eesnlts for three years. 



OATS. 



Ten varieties of oats were tried on a uniform piece of sandy loan> with subsoil 

 of shale at from 15 to 24 inches from surface. This land is naturally drained. In 

 1912, Indian corn was grown there and the area was ploughed in October. In the 

 spring of 1913, it was well disced with the big " cutaway,'' harrowed, rolled, and sown 

 with the drill on April 29. The rate of seeding was from 2A to 3:} bushels per acre, 

 according to germination test of seed. As the temperature was favourable, the grain 

 came up quickly. 



Every farmer in this district grows oats, and it is by far the most important 

 cereal. Thousand Dollar and Twentieth Century have not shown anything which could 

 recommend them, from the standpoint of earliness or yield, in three years. Banner 

 is the most popular here, but Daubeney seems to be liked by many farmers who see the 

 plots. There is not much diiferettee in earliness between Daubeney and Eighty Day, 

 and tiie gi'ain of the former is much larger. However tliese two are in a class by them- 

 selves for colder regions. The Swedish varieties are all promising, and we may yet find 

 / Cap Eouge. 



