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EXVERIM l::\ TA L FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EXPERIMEXTS WITH PEAS. 



Ten varieties were sown April 8 on Innd on wliicli hoed crops had been grown the 

 previous year. They were irrigated once on Jnlj' 25. 



Peas (Ii{rigated) — Test of Varieties. 



c 



3 



1' 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name ol Variety. 



Paragon 



Aithur 



Mackay 



Prince 



English Grey 



Picton 



Golden Viin^ 

 Prussian Blue . . . 



Chancellor 



White Marrowfat 



Yield 



of 

 Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



Lb. 



2,940 

 2,220 

 2,782 

 2,220 

 2,1)40 

 2,430 

 2,-40 

 2,520 

 2,h20 

 1,650 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Busli. Lb. 



22 



49 

 37 

 4« 



37 .. 



44 .. 



40 30 



49 .. 



42 .. 



47 .. 



27 30 



Weight 



per 



Measured 



Bushel 



after 



Cleaiaing. 



Lb. 



66-2 



68 



60 2 



67-2 



66 



67-7 



67 o 



67-5 



67-2 



672 



Average 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



for 



Six 



Yeais. 



Bush. Lb. 



44 .. 



43 ..(1) 



41 11 



38 15 



37 17 



36 38 



34 13 



33 15 



32 23 



26 4 (2) 



(1) Average for two years only. 



(2) Average for five years. ->. 



Peas are a crop that should be grown more extensively on irrigated land and, for 

 that matter, they are an excellent crop for the dry farm. We are free so far from the 

 weevil, and there is a brisk demand for seed each spring at good prices. It is quite 

 jn'obable that on land on which they have never been grown that the yield can be mate- 

 rially increased by inoculation. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Two varieties of buckwheat have been tested for two years. Both varieties were 

 frosted this year before they ripened, and the yield was light, although in 1912, good 

 results were obtained on both the irrigated and the dry land. They were both sown 



June 2. on land on which hoed crops had been grown the pi*evious season, 

 irrigated once on July 25. 



They were 



Buckwheat (Irrigated). — Test of Varieties. 



LetH BRIDGE. 



