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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



they were above ground, but peas have the advantage of resisting slight frost. Arthur 

 Selected has been at the head both in 1911 and in 1913, and up to the present, it seems 

 the best variety to recommend to farmers. 



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

 a summary for the years 1911 and 1913. The pea crop was a failure in 1912: — 



PE.\S. 



Peas. — Results for Two Years. 



BARLEY 



Seven varieties of six-row and four of two-row barley were tried in 1013. The 

 land grew Indian corn in 1912 and was ploughed during October of that year; it was 

 disced, harrowed, rolled, and sown with the drill the last day of April, 1913. The soil 

 is a sandy loam, uniform for all plots, with a shaly sub-soil at from 15 to 24 inches from 

 the surface, and is naturally drained. The fine weather of the beginning of May 

 hastened germination and the grain was up when the frost of the 15th and 16th came, 

 25-2° and 27'2° P., respectively. In my opinion this was what killed most of the 

 barlej^ though according to a very thorough analysis of the soil, it has been found by 

 the Dominion Chemist, Mr. Frank T. Shutt, that the supply of lime is deficient. 



Cap Rougb. 



