DIVLSION OF CEREALS 



£21 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SUB-STATIONS IN ALBERTA. 

 ST. BERNARD MISSION, GROUARD, ALTA. 



EEV. BKO. LAUEEXT, Experimentalist. 



The fields of grain were sown during the first and second weeks in May. After 

 seeding was finished there were violent winds until the 6th of June, making the con- 

 ditions very unfavourable. From June 7., wet weaiher prevailed throughout most of 

 the summer. The temiieratures Avere rather low as a rule, especially at night. Only 

 three hot days oecuiTed, the highest temperature being- 94° F, 



In spite of the adverse weather, the grain grew well, but there was a good deal 

 of lodging, especially in oats and barley. 



Barley was ripe on August 10, but could not be cut until considerably later, on 

 account of the wet condition of the ground. 



On September 1, Early Eed Fife wheat and Banner oats were ready to cut. Mar- 

 quis and Preston wheats and Ligowo oats were cut ten days later, though they were not 

 fully ripe by that time. 



All the threshing was completed on October 9, with the following results : Early 

 Eed Fife wheat, 23 bushels per acre; Preston, 22 bushels; Marquis, 18 bushels. The 

 Preston and Marquis sufi^ered from being on heavy clay soil. Ligowo oats, 45 bushels 

 per acre; Banner, 40 bushels. Odessa barley, 35 bushels per acre; Manchurian, 34 

 bushels. 



Some of the varieties were grovni in large fields. In no case was less than an 

 acre sown. 



• GRAND PRAIRIE, ALBERTA. 



S. J. WEBB, ExPERniEXTALIST. 



The spring of 1913 opened early, and seeding started on April 12. On the 20th 

 there was a fall of snow which delayed seeding somewhat; but, taken all through, we 

 had a very favourable spring, with plenty of moisture for germination. The season 

 as a whole was very wet, so that haying and harvesting, were difficult, and the quality 

 of the crops Avas not what it would otherwise have been. 



The followiiTg- table gives the results of the variety tests of cereals: — 



