REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAT 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Oats — Test of Varieties in Field Lots. 



Oats — Average and Total Yields. 



Variety. 



^Regenerated' Abundance. . 



Banner 



Wide Awake 



White Giant 



Improved Ligowo 



Banner 



Danish Island 



Banner 



An average of 86 bushels 13 lbs. per acre. 



The average yield per acre and time taken to mature, of four varieties of oats 

 grown in field lots under similar conditions for the past five years are shown below. 



Oats — Five Years' Comparison of Field Lots. 



Variety. 



Wide Awake. . 

 White Giant . 



Banner 



Danish Island 



Average 

 Days to 

 Mature. 



1156 

 1166 

 116 6 

 116 



Average Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



88 

 87 

 8-1 

 83 



02 

 27 

 03 

 17 



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