482 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 

 Winter Wheat — Quantities of Seed per Acre. 



Variety. 



Quantity 

 of Seed. 



Bush. 



I 



1 



H 

 if 



2 



J 

 1 



1 



li 



ii 



n 



2 



Date Sown 

 1909. 



Aug. 30. 



i, IG. 



.. 16. 



., IG 



ii 16. 



ii 16. 

 IG 



n 16. 



,. 16. 



,. 16. 



ii IG 



i, 16. 



m 16. 



.. 16. 



ii IG. 



Date Cut 

 1910. 



Sept. 8 

 Aug. 31. 

 Sept. 3. 

 Aug. 29. 



„ 29. 



.. 18. 



i. 18. 



.. 29. 

 Sept. 3 

 1. 

 Aug. 29 



., 31. 



n 18. 



.. 22. 



„ 29. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. Oz. 



15 5 



27 33 

 29 26 

 45 41 



49 18 



50 48 



52 30 



53 11 

 8 5 



24 .. 

 31 30 

 49 35 

 43 43 



28 43 



25 15 



10 

 12 

 4 

 4 

 12 

 12 



4 

 10 



10 

 2 

 2 



WINTER WHEAT — DATES OF SOWING. 



Seedings of winter wheat of the Dawson's Golden Chaff and Turkey Red varieties 

 were made on August 2 and at intervals of one week up to September 12. The work 

 in this connection this year, as previously, would go to show that, under conditions of 

 soil and moisture similar to those on this Station, the best time to sow winter wheat 

 is about the middle of August. 



Winter Wheat — Dates of Sowing. 



SUGGESTIONS WITH REGARD TO CULTIVATION FOR WINTER WHEAT. 



We believe that winter wheat is a crop which will receive more attention in the 

 central and eastern sections of the province, as time passes. It is a desirable crop in 

 that it distributes the year's labour, and does particularly well on breaking. The 

 breaker should be followed by the packer and the packer by the disc. We find the disc 

 to do more effective work immediately after the plough than if the discing: be done a 

 month or six weeks after the breaking. If breaking is handled in this way, the work 

 can continue until about August 1, or just to give time to finish the preparation of the 

 seed bed and get the seeding done about the middle of that month. While the amount 

 of moisture present and the condition of the seed bed will have a bearing upon the 

 quantity of seed that should be sown, yet possibly in average seasons from one bushel 

 to a bushel and a peck will give satisfactory results. 



