REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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EARLY, MEDIUM AND LATE SOWN OATS. 



With oats the Banner plots yielded in the order of sowing, but the returns from 

 the Prize Cluster were irregular; the last named variety is more readily affected by 

 drought, the absence of rain even for a short time lessens the yield. The Banner 

 oat has again proved the most productive, but ripened, on an average, 6 days 

 later than the Prize Cluster, soil, black loam, sown with drill, 10 pecks per acre, 

 plots -^ acre, summer fallow. 



EARLY, MEDIUM AND LATE SOWN BARLEY. 



Baxter's six-rowed with a single exception yielded in the order sown, ranging 

 from 40 bushels for the first sown plot, to 34 bushels for the last. Two-rowed 

 Duckbill like the Prize Cluster oat, and apparently from the same cause, gave a 

 very irregular yield. 



Sown with common drill, 2 bushels per acre, soil strong loam, summer- 

 fallowed, size of plot, one-tenth acre. 



