830 



EXPEJilMENTAL FAJRMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, ROSTHERN, SASK. 

 WM. A. MUNEO, B.A., B.S.A., SUPERINTENDENT. 



THE SEASON. 



The season of 1913 was not so \.et as either 1911 or 1912. Following is a table 

 indicating the precipitation for each of the three seasons for the months of March to 

 Augu.st : — 



CEREALS. 



A number of varieties of cereals and peas were discarded in 1912, and a few new 

 ones added. A study of the variety tests should be supplemented with a study of the 

 precipitation during -the seasons of 1912-13. Although there was 3 inches more rain- 

 fall in 1912 than in 1913, the crops in 1912 suffered severely from drought during the 

 Jatter part of May and June, and then suffered from too much moisture during July 

 and August. The crops of 1913. with less precipitation but with moisture more evenly 

 distributed, did not suffer either from drought or excess of moisture. As a conse- 

 quence, the crop of 1913 all over the west was of superior qviality. 



The following yields are for the named varieties of wheat grown on one-fortieth- 

 acre plots under similar conditions. Despite our best efforts there are sure to be 

 irregularities creep in. It is therefore better to judge the variety from a three-year 

 average yield than from the yield of any one year. Such being the case we would judge 

 Marquis quite superior to the others in point of yield. Added to this is the fact that 

 it is earlier than most of th^ others and superior in milling qualities to some of them. 



