REPORT OF MR. G. H. HUTTON 



487 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Oats — Dates of Sowing. 



OATS — QUANTITIES OF SEED. 



Banner oats were sown at varying quantities of seed per acre. Each plot was 

 increased one-half bushel and the range was from one to four and a half bushels per 

 acre. Increasing the seed from one bushel to four and one-half decreased the number 

 of days required to mature by ten and increased the yield by twenty-nine bushels 

 per acre. The table shows a variation, but, taken in conjunction with results of 

 previous years, from two and one-half to three and one-half bushels of seed per acre 

 would appear to be about the right quantity for this kind of soil. 



Oats — Quantities of Seed. 



Variety. 



Banner. 



Bushels 



Seed per 



Acre. 



Bush. 

 1 



n 



2 



2£ 

 3 

 3h 

 4 



No. of 

 Days 



Maturing. 



142 

 141 

 140 

 139 

 134 

 132 

 132 

 132 



Strength 



of Straw 



on a Scale 



of 10 



Points. 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



In. 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



4,680 

 5,595 

 5,550 

 6,135 

 4,410 

 5,010 

 4,860 

 4,980 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush.; 



91 



100 

 99 

 137 

 110 

 129 

 13 1 

 128 



26 



5 

 24 



7 



10 

 24 



4 

 28 



OATS — CLEAN SEED. 



Two plots of Banner Oats were sown side by side at the same rate of seed per acre 

 and under the same conditions as to cultivation. One plot was seeded with grain as it 

 came from the threshing machine well cleaned by the separator as far as broken straw 

 or weed seeds was concerned. The seed for the other plot was put through the fan- 

 ning mill twice. 



