REPORT OF MR. Q. U. BUTTON 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TEST OF SPRING WHEAT IN FIELD LOTS. 



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Four varieties were sown in field lots on fallowed land on April 5 and 9. The 

 straw grew very heavy and all varieties, except the Huron, lodged badly. The yields 

 were not as large as expected, judging from the growth of the straw. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RYE. 



One plot of fall rye was sown on August 30, 1909, and one plot of spring rye on 

 April 9, 1910. The soil and cultivation was similar to that for spring wheat. Seed 

 was sown at the rate of one bushel per acre for the fall rye and about one and a half 

 for spring rye. Fall rye has always proven hardy. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH EMMER AND SPELT. 



Plots of one-sixtieth of an acre each of Common Emmer and Red Spelt were sown 

 April 22 at the rate of about one hundred and twenty pounds per acre. Until this year 

 the yield of these grains here has not been satisfactory. 



