REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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TEST OF DRILLS FOR SOWING WHEAT.' 



Wheat stubble ploughed in spring, soil rich black loam, Bed Fife wheat, sown 

 3rd May, size of plots one-fifth acre. 



Press Drill, wheel coverers, 3^ inches. 

 Broad-cast Machine, and ploughed in 

 Press Drill, wheel coverers, 7 inches. . 



Common Drill 



Press Drill, chain coverers 



Broadcast Machine 



FOUR YEARS' TEST OF DRILLS IN SOWING WHEAT. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel . 



Lbs. 

 60 



m 



60 

 60 

 60 

 60 



THREE YEARS' TEST OF DRILLS IN SOWING BARLEY. 



TEST OF BLUESTONE AS A SMUT PREVENTIVE. 



The use of bluestone as a smut preventive is increasing very rapidly in this 

 province. Merchants who a few years ago were unable to sell a hundred pounds in 

 a season, now import it by the ton, and the almost total absence of smut this year is 

 evidence that this fungus is being rapidly brought under control. 



The results of this season's experiments with bluestone were practically the same 

 as last, the untreated giving about 30 times as many smutty heads as the treated, the 

 treated also gave from 6 to 7^ additional bushels per acre. 



Land summer-fallowed, size of plots, one-tenth of an acre, six pecks per acre, 

 bluestone liquid sprinkled on the seed, results obtained by counting the wheat 



