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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



FORT VERMILION. ALBERTA. 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EGBERT JONEvS, Experimentalist. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Nine varieties of spring v/lieat were sown in uniform test plots of one-sixtietli of 

 •All acre each. Prelude, Marquis and Bishop were sown on land that was fallowed in 

 1912. The other six varieties were sown on land on which corn had been grown the 

 previous year. Manure was applied for that crop. The land had been ploughed in the 

 early part of June, 1912, and was kept well harrowed after every rain. The wheat 

 was sown on April 21 to April 28, at the rate of 1^ bushels per acre. The following' 

 were the yields obtained : — 



SPRING WHEAT. — TJCST Of VAUIETIE.S. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Five varieties of oats were sown in uniform test plots of one-sixtietli of an acre 

 each on land on which roots had been grown the previous year and manure was applied 

 for that crop at the rate of about 20 tons per acre. This was ploughed in the fall of 

 1912 and worked up in the spring, and sown April 30 to May 2, at the rate of 2i 

 bushels per acre^ The yields are somewhat low on account of the very dry weather wo 



experienced during almost all 

 obi Alined: — 



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the past summer. The following are the yields 



OATS. — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



