DIVISION OF CEREALS 



795 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Abundance 



Banner 



Danish Island 



Daubeney 



Eight}- Day 



<4old Rain 



Ligowo, Swedisli 



Siberian 



Swedish Select 



Thousand Dollar . . . 

 Twentieth Century.. 

 Victory 



bo 

 a 



'$ 



c 



02 





May 5 



M 5 



,. ;. 



„ 5 



,t 6 



., 6 



n 6 



H 6 



., 6 



„ 6 



„ 6 



M 6 



o C 



Pi 



eS bo 



fi.2 



o « 



■X} 



j3' 

 bo n 



% ^-^ 

 bf02.S 



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< a 



Indies. 



.oO 

 50 

 50 

 43 

 42 

 52 

 52 

 53 

 45 

 51 

 49 

 49 



^ C3.5 



bo S ;i 



t. >■ '— I 



— 1> 



CO 



02 



6 

 8 

 9 

 6 

 7 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 8 

 9 



bo 



c . 



1) T3 



bo*^ 



t« O 

 > 



Inches. 



9 



8-5 



8 



7 



6 



8-5 



8-5 



9 



8 



8 



6-5 



7 





Lb. 



.3,040 

 3.520 

 4,680 

 3,720 

 4,360 

 4,280 

 3,720 

 3,720 

 3,G80 

 3,440 

 3,680 

 3.760 





Bush. Lb. 



89 

 103 

 137 

 109 

 128 

 125 

 109 

 109 

 108 

 101 

 108 

 110 



14 



18 



22 



14 



8 



30 



14 



14 



8 



6 



8 



20 



t,-c be 

 71 tn c 



« ca 



fcp ?- o 

 1* 5 1- 

 & Si 



Lb. 



36 



37 



39 



38 



38 



42-5 



40-5 



40 



41 



41-5 



41-5 



40 



OATS- — FIELD TESTS. 



Three varieties of oats were grown in the field. These were sown between 

 4 and 7 and were ripe between August the 15th and 25th. 



Oats.— Field Tests. 



BAELEY— SIX EOW. 



In the uniform plots, seven named varieties and three of the Dominion Cerealist's 

 numbered sorts were tested. The plots were one-fortieth of an acre in size. The land 

 had been summer-fallowed the previous year. This made the growth of straw very 

 rank, and many of the varieties lodged. The seed was sown on May 2 and 3 at the 

 rate of 2 bushels per acre and was harvested between August the 8th and IStli, The 

 named varieties are reported on in the following table: — 



* I of an acre. 



Indun Head. 



