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EXPERIMENTAL FIRMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



YIELD OF FIELD CROPS. 



WHEAT. 



Two varieties of wheat, Marquis and Huron, were grown in field lots. Both 

 varieties were sown en fallowed land and received similar treatment. From each field 

 a very fair crop of grain was obtained, Huron leading by four bushels per acre. This 

 variety is a favourable yielder at this Station. Marquis was grown on other fields, 

 which received varying treatment. Pea ground, spring ploughed, gave a larger crop of 

 better quality grain than did wheat stubble, fall ploughed. Wheat stubble, fall 

 ploughed, gave a greater yield than wheat stubble not ploughed. The stubbled-in field 

 required less time to mature, but was very low in yield per acre. 



Yields of Spring Wheat in Field Lots. 



OATS. 



Two varieties of oats were grown in field lots, Abundance and Banner. Both 

 varieties received similar treatment, being grown on spring-ploughed wheat stubble, 

 which had been broken in 1910. 



The Abundance variety gave the larger yield per acre by about ten bushels. Ban- 

 ner was also a good crop, beautiful in straw and grain. 



Yield of Oats in Field Lots. 



BARLEY. 



0*ne variety of six-rowed barley was grown in the field. This barley, Manchur- 

 ian, made a very nice growth, the crop standing well and threshing a fair yield of 

 grain. The sample was lacking somewhat in size and colour. It was sown on pea 

 ground, spring ploughed, on May 3, ripened on August 23, and yielded 53 bushels 22 

 pounds per acre. 



