DIVISION OF CEREALS 



787 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



OATS. 



Seventeen varieties of oats were tested this year. Tliey were grown on black 

 loam, summer-fallowed the previous year. They were sown on May 9 in duplicate 

 plots at the rate of 2^ bushels per acre. The following are the results: — 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



These results are somewhat unusual in several particulars. Daubeney and Orloff, 

 two early varieties that usually yield about the least, are this year among the best. 

 This is probably due to the fact that they were cut before a bad storm which knocked 

 down the later varieties, preventing them from filling to the best advantage and 

 making considerable shelling unavoidable at harvest time. Improved American and 

 Banner, which are probably the same variety, do not hold their usual place at the top 

 this season, but have nevertheless given large yields, and on account of their thin 

 hulls and high average yields, are recommended as the best for general use. O. A. 0. 

 No. 72 is the only new variety added to the test this year. It was obtained from 

 Professor Zavitz of the Ontario Agricultural College. The plot gave great promise 

 of a heavy yield, but on account of being rather late, suffered about the worst from 

 the effects of the storm, so that while the yield obtained is good, it is comparatively 

 low in the list. 



Eleven of these varieties have been under test for five years or more, two others 

 have been tested four years, and three for two years. The average results for these 

 periods are as follows : — 



Brandom. 



