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EXPERIMENT A L FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



EXl'KKIMKNTS WITH OATS. 



The dry, hot season was very unfavourable for the oat crop and the yields were 

 quite disappointing. Land which would have yielded eighty bushels per acre in an 

 oidinary year, produced only thirty-five, and the best crops yielded only sixty-five 

 bushels per acre. All the crops made good progress until the middle of June, but 

 after that date they differed for want of rain. 



OATS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Twenty-three varieties of oats were grown in uniform plots of one-twentieth of 

 an acre. The land was a heavy clay loam that had been summer-fallowed in 1909. 



The seed was sown May 14, at the rate of two bushels per acre. The crop grew 

 splendidly in spite of the heat and drought until the middle of July, but ripened too 

 quickly to give a high yield. 



Oats— Test of Varieties. 



£ 



Name u f Variety. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 fi 



Tf 

 i 



8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



Banner 



Registered Banner 



Irish Victor 



Golden Beauty 



Improved American 



Abundance , 



Silurian 



Danish Island 



White Giant 



Swedish Select 



Thousand Dollar 



Pioneer 



Virginia White , 



Gold Rain 



' Regenerated ' Abundance 



Twentieth Century 



Victory 



Lincoln 



Wide Awake 



Improved Ligowo 



Alsasman 



Daubeney 



Orloff 



Yield of Grain 

 per Acre. 



ri- 



SP 



Lbs. 



3,030 

 3,050 

 3,030 

 3,030 

 2,980 

 2,940 

 2,870 

 2,860 

 2,810 

 2,790 

 2,780 

 2,770 

 2,770 

 2,750 

 2,740 

 2,710 

 2,700 

 2,650 

 2,590 

 2,510 

 2,430 

 2,360 

 2,100 



Bu-h.Lbs. 



90 

 89 

 89 

 89 

 87 

 86 

 84 

 84 

 83 

 82 

 81 

 81 

 81 

 80 

 80 

 79 

 79 

 77 

 76 

 73 

 71 

 69 

 63 



20 

 24 



4 



4 

 22 

 16 

 14 



4 

 18 



2 

 26 

 16 

 16 

 30 

 20 

 24 

 14 

 32 



6 

 28 

 16 

 14 

 18 



>-> ~ z 



Sac u Ji 

 « ad 



Lis. 



37 5 



37 



37 



38 



39 



37 3 



38 



38 



37 -6 



39 



39-2 



37 5 



37 6 



425 



40 



39 2 



42 



39 



39- 



39 



40 



34 



34 



5 

 5 

 5 

 6 



Pioneer is the only black variety in the above table. 



Golden Beauty, Gold Eain, and Orloff are yellow, while Daubeney is mixed 

 yellow and white. 



Gold Rain and Victory, which were grown here for the first time, are Swedish 

 varieties produced by Dr. Neilson, Svalof, Sweden. 



Daubeney and Orloff are very early varieties suited only to special conditions. 



