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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



6 



3 



Name of Vaiiety. 



1 Abundance 



2 Irish Victor 



3Garton's "Reg." 



Abundance 



4 Thousand Dollar 



5, Wide Awake 



6J Lincoln 



7;Swedidh Select 



8 : Improved Ligowo. . . . 



9, Banner 



lOSiberian 



lljTwentieth Century.. 



12 Danish Island 



13; Gold Rain . 



14l Improved American.. 



15 Pioneer. 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Early Blossom. 

 Golden Beauty.. 



Victory 



White Giant.... 



Excelsior 



Virginia White. 



Aug. 22. 



„ 21. 



„ 21. 



n 21. 



.■ 22. 



.. 24. 



■i 21. 



„ 20. 



.. 22. 



n 24. 



„ 20. 



„ 22. 



ii 19. 



.. 21. 



„ 18. 



i. 26. 



„ 20. 



.. 25. 



,. 22. 



.1 19. 



,. 20. 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Branching 



Sided 

 Branching 



e! 



Lbs. 



4,625 

 4,593 



4,475 

 4,393 

 4,368 

 4,300 

 4,287 

 4,281 

 .4,275 

 4,200 

 4,200 

 4,150 

 4,106 

 4,100 

 4,066 

 4,062 

 4,050 

 4,000 

 3,902 

 3,681 

 3,037 



Yield of 



Grain per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



136 



135 



131 



129 

 128 

 126 

 126 

 125 

 125 

 123 

 123 

 122 

 120 

 120 

 119 

 119 

 119 

 117 

 116 

 108 

 89 



1 

 3 



21 



7 



16 

 16 



3 

 31 

 25 

 18 

 18 



2 

 26 

 20 

 20 

 16 



4 

 22 

 18 



9 

 11 



"8 ? 



u C 

 oo B 



£-3 



h 



cd<£ 



«3 "a! 



CD XI 



Lbs 



37 

 36 



37 

 37 

 3(5 

 35 

 37 

 36 

 35 

 35 

 37 

 35 

 3.7 

 34 

 37 

 39 

 33 

 37 

 34 

 3S 

 36 



WHITE OATS. 



Four varieties of white oats were sown on a one-acre plot each. The soil condi- 

 tions under which these grew were very diverse and so lacked uniformity within the 

 named areas, that in the instance of Irish Victor fully one-half of the crop grew upon 

 one-quarter of the acre. 



The seed was obtained from seed merchants. 



The results were as follows : — 



Average yield per acre : 57 bushels, 15 pounds. 



