REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 



155 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Fikld Beans — Test of Varieties. 



The average yield of the seven varieties was 1,118 lbs. (18 bush. 38 lbs.) per acre. 



FLAX. 



As mentioned in the last report, it has been found necessary to make selections 

 from the various commercial sorts of flax in order to obtain uniform types. Fourteen 

 of these new selections were grown in sixtieth-acre plots in 1910, and thirteen of them 

 are being retained for further trial. 



The seed was sown on May 23, at the rate of sixty pounds to the acre. The un- 

 favourable, dry weather caused the crop to be small. 



The yield of seed per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of fifty- 

 six pounds. 



Flax — Test of Varieties. 



£ 



Name of Variety. 



La Plata B 



Xovarossick B 



White Flowering B. 



Russian A 



La Plata A 



White Flowering A. 



7 La Plata C 



8 Common D 



9 RussianB 



10 Common A 



lljCommon C 



12 Common B 



13|Common S 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 



Date 

 of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



23 Aug. 



23 



23 



23 



23 



23 i 



23 



22 



20 

 8 

 7 



24 

 6 



12 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



15 



15 



15 



13 



12 



12 



10 



10 



9 



8 



8 



6 



5 



22 

 48 

 48 

 40 

 10 

 36 

 2 

 2 

 24 

 20 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lbs. 



52S 



542 



555 



56o 



53 5 



553 



54 



56 



55 



55 3 



56 5 

 56 



The average yield of the thirteen varieties was 614 lbs. (10 bush. 54 lbs.) per acre. 



