REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



21 



StSSiONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CEREALS. 



All the wheats, oats, barleys and peas were sown in plots of 1-60 of an acre each, 

 twenty-two feet long by thirty-three feet wide with paths between the different plots 

 so that the grain might not become mixed ; sown in drills about seven inches apart. 



Experiments with Spring Wheat. 



l 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



Name of Variety. 



Ladoga. .. 



Riga 



Preston . . 

 Red Fife. 

 Marquis. . 

 Bishop . . . 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Apr. 27 



., 27 



.- 26 



i. 26 



„ 26 



■i 26 



Aug. 26 



.. 17 



■i 27 



,. 26 



.. 26 



.. 16 





122 

 113 

 124 

 121 



123 

 113 



« to 



*3 CT3 



a « 



©*-<(■* 



^ 3 

 > O O 



In. 



46 

 43 

 42 

 41 

 42 

 40 



A o o 



*>* ® « 



6 

 10 



8 



10 

 10 

 10 



to 



a 



a> . 



J -a 

 at 2? 



> o 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



In. 



3 'Bearded 



4 



4| 

 4i 

 Si 



Bald.... 

 Bearded 

 Bald.. . . 



• 02 





Lbs. 



6,420 



6,505 



5,960 



5,186 



7,008 



6,656 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



to 



® «2 



Bush. Lbs. 

 47 40 



46 

 44 

 43 

 40 



38 



40 



44 



24 



00 



cs"a> 



EC 



Lbs. 

 64 



645 

 62 

 62 

 65 

 63 



The average yield in 1910 of the six varieties of wheat under trial was 43 bushels 

 24 lbs. per acre. 



1 



(Durum or Maca- 

 roni Wheat, 



Knbanka. 



Apr. 29 



Aug. 25 



121 



56 



2i 



Bearded 



7,600 



52 



635 



Experiments with Oats. 



Name of Variety. 



Uanner 



Tartar King. 



Excelsior 



Improv'd Ligowo 



I 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



120 .. 



95 10 



72 .. 



70 20 



«-T3 bl 



e 



<u 



p 3 * to 



„ © X g 



Lbs. 

 373 

 36 7 

 36 

 39 



The average yield in 1910 of the four varieties of oats under test was 89 bushels 

 1G lbs. per acre. 



