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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



to 



- 



Name of Variety. 



1 American Beauty C*.. 



2 Tartar King 



3 Banner B* 



4 Goli Rain (yellow).. . 



5 Swedish Select 



6 Abundance A* 



7 Danish Island 



8 Swedish Ligowo .... 

 '.) Thousand Dollar 



10 American Beauty B*. 



11 Improved Ameiican. 



12 Abundance D* 



13 Irish Victor 



14 Bergs (black) 



15 Victory 



16 Excelsior 



17 Black Mesdag 



18 Lincoln 



19 Sixty Day White*... 



20 Twentieth Century. . . 



21 Abundance C* 



22 Abundance, Gallon's ' 



generated ' 



23 Improved Ligowo. . . . 



24 Daubeney Selected* . . 



25 Alpine 



26 Wide Awake 



27 Siberian 



28 White Giant Selected* 



29 Early Ripe E* 



30 Early Ripe F* 



31 Swedish Black 



32 Pioneer (black) 



33 White Wonder.... 



34 Virginia White 



35 Early Ripe G* 



36 477D 



37 479 N 



38 Early Blonde 



39 477 T 



40 479 P 



.411479 Q 



42j480 A 



43 479 B 



44 477 G 



45 479 D 



40 477 Q 



47 479 A 



48 480 J 



49 180 L 



50 477 K 



R.- 



Date 



of 



Sowing: 



Date 



of 

 Ripe- 

 ning. 



April 27 



ii 28 



„ 27 



ii 28 



,. 28 



i. 27 



„ 2T 



,. 28 



H 28 



,i 27 



„ 2> 



i, 27 



ii 2S 



■I 27 



„ 28 



„ 2<- 



•i 2: 



„ 28 



ii 28 



n 28 



ii 27 



ii 2j 



n 28 



■■ 27 



.. 27 



.1 28 



., 28 



■i 28 



„ 28 



n 28 



„ 28 



ii 28 



„ 28 



ii 28 



ii 28 



.. 29 



■I 29 



., 2- 



., 2! 



„ 2D 



n 2: 



m 29 



„ 2! 



ii 29 



,. 29 



,. 29 



i, 29 



., 29 



ii 29 



■i 29 



•Tuly 



Aug. 

 July 



Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 

 July 



Aug. 

 July 



tl 



Aug. 

 July 



Aug. 

 July 



Aug. 

 July 



Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 



July 

 Aug. 

 July 



II 



Aug. 



II 



July 



tl 



Aug. 



No. of 

 Days 



Matu- 



29 

 25 



29 

 28 

 28 

 28 



1 

 27 

 28 

 29 



1 

 28 



1 

 27 



9 



27 



21 

 2 



15 

 1 



25 



27 

 31 

 18 



2:' 

 21) 

 31 

 1 

 17 

 15 

 25 

 25 

 19 

 3] 

 15 

 28 

 2 



28 

 1 

 2 

 3 



30 



3 



30 



27 



7 



2 



28 



28 



93 

 88 

 93 

 91 

 91 

 92 

 96 

 90 

 91 

 93 

 95 

 92 

 95 

 91 

 96 

 90 

 85 

 96 

 78 

 95 

 89 



91 

 94 

 82 

 86 

 92 

 94 

 95 

 80 

 78 

 83 

 SS 

 82 

 94 

 78 

 90 

 95 

 91 

 94 

 95 

 96 

 92 

 96 

 92 

 89 



100 

 95 

 90 

 90 



100 



Average 

 Length 

 of Straw 

 includ- 

 ing 1 

 Head. 



Inches. 



35 



40 

 38 

 41 

 40 

 38 

 35 

 40 

 42 

 35 

 43 

 38 

 44 

 38 

 46 

 36 

 41 

 48 

 33 

 44 

 32 



38 

 44 

 30 

 42 

 40 

 38 

 44 

 33 

 33 

 40 

 35 

 36 

 46 

 33 

 40 

 45 

 40 

 38 

 43 

 46 

 42 

 40 

 40 

 38 

 42 

 40 

 38 

 38 

 40 



Strengcb 

 of Straw 



on a 

 scale of 



10 

 points. 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



8 

 10 

 10 



8 

 10 



8 

 10 



10 



9 



10 



10 



10 



10 



8 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



7 



10 



8 



5 



10 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 7 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 9 

 3 



fee 

 a 



& M-l 

 > O 



In. 



n 



8 

 8 



7* 

 8 



7 



7$ 



7 ? 



7| 



8 



7 



H 

 74 



n 



8" 



H 



5 



7 

 7 



7h 



8 



8 



8.J 



5 



5 



74 



n 



8 



8i 



5 



6 



74 

 8 



74 

 74 

 8 

 64 



3 



8 

 6 

 7 

 7i 



6i 

 7 



a 

 '5 



o£ 



.2 c- 



Yield 

 of Grain 

 per Acre. 



Lbs. 



2,760 

 2,760 

 2,670 

 2,550 

 2,550 

 2,520 

 2,460 

 2,460 

 2,460 

 2,430 

 2,430 

 2,400 

 2,400 

 2,340 

 2,340 

 2,310 

 2,280 

 2,280 

 2,280 

 2,280 

 2,220 



2,220 

 2,220 

 2,190 

 2,160 

 2,160 

 2,100 

 2,100 

 2,040 

 2,010 

 2,040 

 2,010 

 1,980 

 1,950 

 1,890 

 1,860 

 1,800 

 1,770 

 1,740 

 1,680 

 1,650 

 1,650 

 1,620 

 1,590 

 1,590 

 1,560 

 1,350 

 1,290 

 1,290 

 1,080 



Bush. Lbs. 



81 6 



81 6 



78 18 



75 .. 



75 .'". 



74 4 



72 12 



72 12 



72 12 



71 16 



71 16 



70 20 



70 20 



68 28 



68 28 



67 32 



67 

 67 

 67 

 67 



2 



2 

 2 



65 10 



65 10 



65 10 



64 14 



63 18 



63 18 



61 26 



61 26 



60 . . 



60 .. 



60 .. 



59 4 



58 8 



57 12 



55 20 



54 24 



.52 32 



52 2 



51 6 



49 14 



48 18 



48 18 



47 22 



46 26 



46 26 



45 30 



39 24 



Weight 

 per mea- 

 sured 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleaning 



37 



37 



32 

 32 



31 20 



The average yield of the fifty plots was 2,072 lbs. (00 bush. 32 lbs.) per acre. 



