REPORT OF MR. J. A. CLARK 297 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TEST OF SPRING WHEAT IN ONE-QUARTER ACRE PLOTS. 



Six varieties were sown in quarter-acre plots on land similar to that mentioned for 

 the uniform test plots, between May 12 and 20. The only rust observed was on a 

 very small area of the White Russian plot and did but slight injury. 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties in Quarter-Acre Plots. 



Average yield per acre : 36 bushels, 54£ lbs. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Twenty-one varieties of oats were sown in uniform test plots of one one-hundredth 

 acre each on May 13 at the rate of about two and one-half bushels per acre. The soil 

 was a sandy loam on which potatoes had been grown the previous year. It was not 

 manured nor was any fertilizer applied during the season of 1910. All varieties were 

 strong and stiff in the straw and were not rusted or lodged at harvest time. 



The seed was obtained from the Central Experimental Farm, with the exception 

 pf Early Blossom, which was registered seed obtained from Mr. Donald Innis, Tobique. 

 N.B. Clover was sown at the rate of: Common Red, 6 lbs.; Alsike, 3 lbs.; White 

 Dutch, 1 lb. on all these plots. 



