DIVISION OF CEBEALS 



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one amongst them which will supplant Banner, though it is not veiy probable. Up to 

 the present, Banner is the variety which I recommend to the farmers of this district. 



The following tables give information as to the varieties tested in 1913, and also a 

 summary of work done since 1911 with oats : — 



Oats. 



Si 



E 



3 



Name of Variety. 



1 



2 



,3 



4 



5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Victory 



Gold Kain 



Siberian 



Abundance (Gar- 



ton's) 



Banner 



Ligowo(Swedish). . . 

 Twentieth Century. 



Eighty Day 



Thousand Dollai . , 

 Daubeney 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per acre. 



Lb. 



27G0 

 2580 

 2460 



2400 

 2310 

 2100 

 2040 

 1.500 

 1500 

 1440 





tc 

 a 



tc ju o 



Lb. 



3S.2 

 38.2 

 37.2 



.38.2 

 34.0 

 37.2 

 34.0 

 34.0 

 35.6 

 34.0 



Oats. — Results for Three Years. 





3 



Name of Variety. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Victory 



Banner 



Gold Rain 



Abundance (Gar 



ton's) 



Siberian 



Ligowo (Swedish) 



Twentieth Century... 



Daubeney 



Eighty Day 



Thousand Dollar 



No. of Days Maturing. 



191L 1912. 



87 

 87 

 87 



87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 76 

 74 

 87 



120 



120 

 120 

 120 

 120 

 106 

 100 

 120 



1913. 



112 

 112 



112 



112 

 121 

 121 

 112 

 101 

 100 

 112 





99 



99 



106 



106 

 106 

 106 

 106 

 94 

 91 

 106 



Yield of Grain per Acre. 



1912. 



Bush. Lb. 



47 22 



49 14 

 28 8 



50 .. 

 .% .. 

 24 24 

 28 8 

 30 .. 



Bu.sh. Lb. Bush, Lb. 



191c 



0, g 03 



>^ 



81 6 



68 28 



75 30 



70 20 



72 12 



61 26 



60 . 



42 12 



44 4 



44 4 



76 26 



75 30 



69 4 



60 25 



58 8 



58 8 



55 20 



50 20 



47 32 



45 20 



PEAS. 



Six varieties of peas were tried in 1913 on a uniform piece of sandy loam with a 

 shaly subsoil at from 15 to 24 inches from the top. The plots were all one-sixtieth 

 of an acre. The ground was in Indian corn during 1912 and was ploughed in the fall 

 of that year. In the spring of 1913, it was passed over witli the big disc, harrowed, 

 rolled, and seeded with the drill. The weather was just right for quick germination, 

 and the peas were soon up. The thermometer went down to 25-2° and 27° F. after 



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