BE PORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



Size of 

 Pea. 



Picton Medium . 



White Marrowfat Large . . . 



Prussian Blue (Medium . 



Daniel O'Rourke Small 



Mackay , Medium . 



Gregory Large . . . 



Arthur Medium. 



Chancellor Small 



English Grey Medium . 



Black-Eye Marrowfat j Large . . . 



Golden Vine Small . . 



Paragon Medium 



Prince Medium . 



Date of 

 Ripening 



Sept. 



14 

 T2 

 14 

 12 

 VI 

 11 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 14 



Yield of 



Grain per 



Acre. 



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32 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 29 

 26 

 25 

 24 

 23 

 22 

 20 

 18 

 18 



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41 a> nJi 



£EJO 



Bush. Lbs 



40 

 40 

 20 



49 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 20 



40 

 40 





Lbs. 



63 



64 



65 



63 



62-5 



61*5 



62-4 



63 3 



63 



62-5 



64 



62-8 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT. 



Five varieties of buckwheat were grown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth acre 

 each. 



The ground was a clay loam, in only a moderate state of fertility, on which clover 

 and timothy had been grown the previous season. This was ploughed in the fall of 

 1909, well worked up in the spring of 1910, and sown June 3 at the rate of one bushel 

 per acre. 



The following yields were obtained : — 



Buckwheat — Test of Varieties. 





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Name of Variety. 



Rye-Buckwheat 

 Silverhull n . 

 Grey » . 



Japanese ■■ . 

 Tartarian « . 



Date of 

 Ripening 



Aug. 25 . . 



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83 

 83 

 83 

 83 

 83 



Average 



Length 



of Straw 



including 



Head. 



Inches. 



38 

 38 



38 

 36 



Strength 



of Straw 



on a scale 



of 10 points 



7 



10 

 10 



8 



7 



Yield of 



Grain per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



3,000 

 2,720 

 2,680 

 2,640 

 2,440 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Bush Lbs. 



62 

 56 

 55 

 55 

 50 



24 

 32 

 40 



40 



FIELD CROP OF BUCKWHEAT. 



Six acres of buckwheat (Silverhull) were grown. The land was a heavy clay loam 

 in a rather poor state of fertility, not having had any manure for quite a number of 

 years. It was uneven in character and surface, and had been in timothy and clover 

 hay the previous season. 



The seed was sown June 25 and harvested September 12. 



The total yield was 205 bushels, or at the rate of 34 bushels 8 lbs. per acre. 



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