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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 19U 



Banner Oats (Non-irrigated.) 



An experiment was started with dates of seeding oats, the first seeding being done 

 on April 1, and the last on July 2. The land was summer-fallowed in 1911. 



Dates of Seeding Banner Oats. 



Date Sown. 



April 1 

 April 15 

 May 1 

 May 16 

 May 31 

 June 15 

 July 2 



Date Ripe. 



August 17 



August 17 



August 17 



August 2/! 



September 14 



Cut for green feed September 15, 

 Cut for green feed September 15, 



Length of 

 straw. 



Inches. 



32 



30 

 33 

 34 



38 



Length of 

 head. 



Inches. 



5* 



5* 



6 



7 



7 



Weight of 



straw 



per acre 



Tons Lb. 



1 880 



1 760 



1 940 



1 1480 



1 1960 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush Lb. 



68 

 67 

 77 

 93 

 86 



?.H 

 2 

 22 

 18 

 16 



Size of 

 plots. 



Acres. 



1-60 

 1-tiO 

 1-60 

 1-60 

 1-60 



Mensury Barley (Non-irrigated). 



An experiment was started with dates of seeding barley, the first seeding being 

 done on April 1, and the last on July 2. The land was summer-fallowed in 1911. 



Dates of Seeding Mensury Barley. 



Date sown. 



April 1.. 

 April 15. 

 May 1 . , 

 May 16., 

 May 31 . 

 June 15 

 July 2... 



Date ripe. 



August 10. 

 August 10. 



August 23. 

 August 30. 



Size of plot. 



Acres. 



1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 



Length of 

 straw. 



Inches. 



27 



26 



28 



34 



34$ 



38 



33 



Length of 

 head. 



Inches. 



25 



2 5 

 25 



3 2 

 32 



3i 

 3 



* Grain frosted on September 14 and 15, almost ripe. 



Flax (Non-irrigated). 



Weight of 



straw, 

 per acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



400 

 400 

 520 

 400 

 970 

 840 

 140 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



26 

 27 

 32 

 26 

 29 

 "40 

 *26 



12 

 24 



24 



12 

 18 

 00 

 12 



An experiment with dates of seeding flax was begun this season. It was sown on 

 summer-fallowed land in plots one-sixtieth of an acre in size. The first seeding was 

 made April 1, and the last July 2. As will be noticed in the table given below all the 

 flax sown on and after May 15 was frosted. 



