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EXPERTMEXTA L FAI?MS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



OATS. 



Six acres of Banner oats on fall-plouglied wheat stubble yielded an average of 69 

 bushels and 26 pounds per acre in 1912, and 4 acres in 1913 yielded an average of 74 

 bushels and 19 pounds. Ten varieties of oats were tested in plots. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Variety. 



Improved American 

 Banner ......... 



Victory 



Abunciance 



Twentieth Century . 



Gold Rain '. . . 



Thousand Dolhir. . . . 



Ligowo. 



Eighty Day 



Daubeney 



No. of 

 day.s 



matur- 

 ing. 



119 

 120 

 121 

 119 

 121 

 lUt 

 120 

 119 

 105 

 105 



Average Strength 

 length ] of straw 

 on a scale 

 of 10 



'of straw 



in 

 I inches. 



47 

 49 

 4« 

 42 

 42 

 51 

 50 

 45 

 .37 

 33 



points. 



10 

 7 



10 

 8 

 fi 

 8 

 9 

 8 



10 



10 



Average 

 length 

 of head 



in 

 inches. 



Yield per Acre. 



7.5 



8 



6 



7 



6.5 



7 



n 

 I 



G 



4.7 



5 



1913 



147 

 115 

 113 

 132 

 1.32 

 131 

 115 

 10-^ 

 102 

 98 



3-Year 



average. 



Bush. Lb. Bush. Lb, 



20 

 30 

 18 

 32 

 32 



2!) 



10 



8 

 12 



28 



116 

 116 

 112 

 117 

 109 

 106 

 103 

 99 



9 

 2 

 5 

 22 

 27 

 23 

 31 

 20 



89 14 



BARLEY. 



]\|^ancliurian yielded at the rate of 90 bushels o2 pounds per acre in 1911, and 55 

 bushels 40 povmds in 1912, but owing to a mishap at threshing tlie yield for 1913 could 

 not be measured. It is similar in appearaiice and yield to O.A.C 21. Two acres of 

 O.A.C 21 on root ground yielded in 1912 at the rate of 45 bushels 27 pounds per acre, 

 and in 1913 at the rate of 53 bushels 41 pounds. 



Plot Tests of B.\hlev. 





^H 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Varit'ty. 



No. of 

 days 



matur- 

 ing. 



Swan's Neck . . . 



O. A. C. 21 



Duckbill 



Early Chevalier . . 



yiaek .Japan 



Sedish Chevalier.. 



Taganrog 



S leiia 



Odcss.T 



15eavcr 



Siic^cess . . 



Early Indian. . . . 



105 

 106 

 108 

 104 

 108 

 108 

 108 

 106 

 105 

 107 

 96 

 91 



[Average Strength 



length j of straw 



of straw cm a scale 



ni 

 inches. 



41 



42 

 41 

 42 

 32 

 37 

 38 

 44 

 41 

 46 

 38 

 21 



of 10 

 points. 



5 

 7 



10 



8 



10 



2 



4 



8 



9 



10 



10^ 



10 



A ve'-age 

 length 



of head 



in 

 inches. 



3 



3 



3 



2.5 



2 



4.5 



2.7 



3.5 



3 5 



5 



3 



1.2 



Yield per Acre 



1912 



Bush. Lb. 



66 



57 

 61 

 54 

 70 

 55 

 59 

 49 

 44 

 38 

 49 



4 



31 



28 



40 



40 



8 



S 



8 



16 



8 



3-year 

 average. 



Bush. Lb. 



75 

 78 

 71 

 66 

 70 

 61 

 64 

 61 

 63 

 51 



3 

 9 

 24 

 12 

 40 

 18 

 34 

 5 

 41 

 45 



ROSTHERN. 



