REPORT OF MR. A. MACK AT. 



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TEST OF SOWING DIFFERENT VARIETIES OP OATS — CoTl. 



TEST OP PALL PLOUGHINa, SPRING PLOUGHING, WITHOUT PLOUGHING, AND FALLOW. 



This test was made to find out the yield from these four methods of growing 

 oats. The stubble laud used had a crop of Eed Fife in 1892 and was fallowed in 1891. 

 Five acres were sown in each test. 



The fall ploughing was done in October 1892. The stubble was turned under 

 6 inches deep and one stroke of the harrow was given in the spring. It was sown by 

 drill without harrowing after and 2^ bushels of seed used per acre. 



The spring ploughing was done by gang plough, 3 inches deep at time of seed- 

 ing. The seed was first sown, then ploughed in and harrowed. 



In the third way, the grain was sown by drill without either ploughing or har- 

 rowing. 



The fallowed land was gang-ploughed twice and harrowed twice the preceding 

 year and was sown by drill without harrowing. 



Following will be found the results of tests in detail : — 



Name of Variety. 



Welcome, 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Mode of Cultivation. 



Fall ploughing 



Spring ploughing 



Drill, without ploughing, 

 Fallow 



be 3 



Lbs. 



38i 

 40 

 40i 

 43 



