REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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TEST or FORTY-FIVE VARIETIES OP OATS. 



Sown on 6th May in valley on clay loam soil, summer-fallowed, sown with 

 eommon drill, 9 pecks of seed per acre, size of plots, one-tenth of an acre. 



Variety. 



Banner 



Abundance 



Roeedale . 



American Beauty 



Victoria Prize 



White Russian . . . 



Early Gothland 



Welcome 



English White 



Challenge White , 



Improved Ligowo 



Archangel 



Prize Cluster 



Cream Egyptian . 



Bonanza 



Winter Gray 



Abyssinia 



Wide Awake 



White Dutch 



Imported Irish .... 



Imported Blk. Tartarian. 



Rennie's Prize White 



Early Blossom 



Early Etampes 



Cave 



Holstein Prolific 



Golden Beauty 



Joanette 



Black Tartarian Prolific. . 



Black Coulommiers 



Hazlett's Seizure 



Flying Scotchman 



Royal Doncaster 



White Wonder 



California Prolific , 



Poland White 



Oderbruch 



Giant Cluster 



Scottish Chief 



Canadian Beauty .... . . 



ViThite Hungarian 



American Triumph 



Siberian ... . 



Swedish 



Columbus 



o . 



Inch. 



41 

 40 

 43 

 42 

 40 

 43 

 42 

 41 

 38 

 45 

 38 

 46 

 41 

 45 

 43 

 47 

 45 

 41 

 40 

 44 

 47 

 46 

 43 

 35 

 39 

 44 

 42 

 31 

 38 

 41 

 46 

 37 

 29 

 43 

 46 

 37 

 40 

 35 

 42 

 39 

 38 

 47 

 43 

 36 

 42 



Kind 



of 

 straw. 









98 



98 



97 



100 



96 



97 



96 



90 



95 



96 



96 



96 



90 



96 



90 



90 



100 



100 



93 



96 



100 



94 



103 



100 



101 



100 



102 



98 



100 



'96 



90 



96 



93 



100 



96 



100 



100 



93 



90 



104 



102 



102 



104 



100 



Ripe. 



Aug. 12. 



do 12 



do 11. 



do 14. 



do 10. 



do 11. 



do 10. 



do 4. 



do 9. 



do 10. 



do 10. 



do 10. 



do 4. 



do 10. 



do 

 do 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 7. 



do 10. 



do 14. 



do 8. 



do 17. 



do 14. 



do 15. 



do 14. 



do 16. 



do 12. 



do 14. 



do — . 



do 10. 



do 4. 



do 10. 



do 7. 



do 14. 



do 10 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 7. 



do 4. 



do 18. 



do 16. 



do 16. 



do 18. 



do 14. 



bos 



Lbs. 



35 



35 



35^ 



35 



42 



38 



35^ 



41 



34 



40 



38i 



40| 



-ili 



40^ 



40 



41 



37 



37 



38 



37 



35 



40 



35 



34 



3C 



32 



31 



34 



33 



35 



39^ 



35 



35 



41 



31 



38^ 



35 



28 



40 



40^ 



33 



m 



36 

 31 

 34 



