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EXPERIMENTAL FARM* 



2 GEORGE V.,; A. 1912 



which had been manured and was in fairly good condition. The stand of wheat was 

 uniform and the grain plump, bright and clean, but,, owing to the dry weather, the 

 beads did not fill out to the tip and the yields were only fair. The seed was treated 

 with formaldehyde and there was no smut or rust on any of the plots. 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



Xanie of Variety. 





Stanley 



Bishop 



PringJe's Cham 



plain 



Huron 



Red Fife 



Chelsea 



Preston 



White Fife 



Marquis 



Date 



of 

 Ri pen- 

 ing. 



No. of 

 Daj's 

 Matur- 

 ing. 



113 

 118 



117 

 116 

 114 

 116 

 110 

 114 

 112 



Average 

 Length 



ofStraw, u . ° 

 innlnH.' ^traw on 



Strength 

 of 



includ 



ing 



Head 



Inches. 



48 

 43 



50 



45 

 45 

 45 

 44 

 42 

 42 



scale of 

 10 points. 



10 

 10 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Average 



Length 

 of head 



Inches. 



34 

 3| 



to 

 to 

 to 



4 

 4 



|34 to 

 34 to 



i 3 

 3 

 3 



Weigh t- 

 per mea 

 sured 

 bushel 

 after 

 clean- 

 ing. 



Lbs 



63 

 63 



63 

 63 

 63 

 64 

 63 

 62 

 63 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Nineteen varieties of oats were sown in the test plots. The previous crop was 

 roots and the land was in very good condition as to fertility and was well prepared, 

 having been ploughed early in the spring and harrowed several times before the seed 

 was sown. 



The seed was carefully treated with formaldehyde and was sown April 22, at the 

 rate of two and one-half bushels per acre. The stand was even, the heads were long 

 and the grain was plump. There was no smut in the heads, but some varieties were 

 rather badly rusted. The straw was stiff and stood up well until harvested. The yield 

 was a fairly good one. 



