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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Seven varieties of oats were grown on summer-fallowed land in plots of one- 

 sixtieth acre each. They were sown on April 15, at the rate of about two bushels and 

 one peck per acre. Two irrigations were given, one on June 22, and the other July 13. 



Oats (irrigated) — Test of Varieties. 



Field Lots of Oats. 



Variety. 



Banner 

 Banner 

 Banner 



Area. 



Acres. 



10 



71 



Preparation of Land. 



In hoed crops previous season . 



•Tune breaking 



Stubble, spring ploughed 



Date Sown. 



April 



16. 

 18. 

 18. 



Date Kipe. 



Sept. 15. 

 18. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



82 



45 



28 



31 

 20 

 04 



The one acre field was irrigated on June 15 and on July 14. The other two fields 

 were irrigated June 17-18 and July 19-20. The very light yield of the field sown on 

 stubble was largely due to the fact that the grain was suffering in a very severe manner 

 before the first irrigation was given on June 17 and 18. 



OATS — RATES OL<" SEED PER ACRE. 



In the following experiment, the size of the plots used was one-twentieth acre; 

 they were sown April 15 on land on which hoed crops had been grown the previous 

 season. The land was not spring-ploughed but was double-disced and levelled before 

 the oats were sown. The variety used was Banner. Two irrigations were given, one 

 on June 15, and the other July 14. 



