400 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



In the field lots, winds and frost thinned the grain about one-third, causing the 

 crop to ripen unevenly. All however did ripen, but the yield, though good, was less 

 than if the seed had been sown the la>t of April, or early in May, and escaped the 

 repeated winds and frosts that overtook the earlier-sown grain. 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



Nineteen varieties were sown on the 11th of April, on fallowed land. Two bushels 

 of seed was sown per acre. All were entirely killed by winds and frost, and were 

 resown on the 16th of May, on other land, in plots of one-twentieth acre each. 



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 55 



Name of Variety. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



1G 



17 



18 



19 



White Giant 



Twentieth Century 



Wide A wake 



Virginia White 



Victory 



Thousand Dollar 



Irish Victor 



Abundance 



Danish Island 



Banner 



Golden Beauty 



Lincoln 



Improved American 



Improved Ligou'o 



Gold Rain 



Swedish Select 



Siberian 



' Regenerated' Abundance.. 

 Pioneer (black) 





ri- 

 ft 



Aus 



to 



«8 



24 

 23 

 24 

 22 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 20 

 22 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 20 

 24 



be 

 s 



ci 



OS 



102 

 101 

 102 

 100 

 102 

 101 

 101 



98 

 100 



99 

 100 

 101 

 102 



98 



99 

 100 

 101 



98 

 102 



O ® 



a) a s 



> ~ o 



Inches. 



40 



39 

 39 

 41 

 41 

 38 

 39 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 37 

 40 

 39 

 40 

 3!) 

 41 

 41 

 39 

 30 



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10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Yield of 



Grain 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. 



101 

 90 

 88 



87 

 82 

 81 

 80 

 79 

 78 

 77 

 75 

 75 

 74 

 74 

 69 

 67 

 62 

 55 

 38 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



OATS — FIELD LOTS. 



Six varieties were sown in field lots, from the 13th to the 26th of April. Kegener- 

 ated Abundance was sown at the rate of four bushels per acre, the other varieties at 

 the rate of two bushels per acre. 



Improved Ligowo, Danish Island, and White Giant were injured by wind and 

 frost severely, the others more or less. The land was fallowed in 1909. 



