REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH EMMEE AND SPELT. 



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Two varieties each of Emmer and of Spelt were sown on one-fortieth acre plots on 

 May 12. 



The land was similar in character to that on which the spring wheats were sown, 

 and received the same treatment throughout. 



The yields from these plots are given in pounds, as, with the ordinary threshing 

 machines, the chaff is not separated from the kernels, and the result cannot well be 

 compared with the other sorts of wheat, which are threshed clean. 



The following were the yields obtained : — 



Emmer and Spelt — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



Name of Variety. 



White Spelt 



Red Spelt 



Red Emmer 



Common Emmer 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Sept. 7. 



.. 7. 



,- 6. 



„ 1. 



Yield 



of 



Grain 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



3,500 

 3,120 

 2,680 

 2,600 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Eighteen varieties of oats were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth acre 

 each. The ground was a clay loam on which roots (turnips) had been grown the 

 previous year, 1909, for which crop barn-yard manure at the rate of twenty tons per 

 acre was used. The land was ploughed in the fall, well worked up in the spring until a 

 .fine tilth was made, and the seed sown at the rate of from two to two and a half 

 bushels per acre, according to the size of the seed. Clover and timothy were also sown, 

 common red clover at the rate of" seven lbs. per acre; alsike clover three lbs. per acre; 

 and timothy seed at the rale of twelve lbs. per acre. 



The grain used for seed was from selected heads of the previous year's crop. 

 selected and cut at harvest time. 



This crop was sown May 12. 



No fertilizer of any kind was used in these plots. 



The grain started uniformly and well and gave unusually good promise for a time, 

 but owing to very dry weather at the latter part of the season and to a considerable 

 amount of lodging, only a fairly good result was obtained. There was no rust and 

 very little smut. 



The following were the yields produced: — 



