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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



Banner Oats (Non-irrigated.) 



The size of the plots used was one-twentieth acre each and they were all sown 

 April 15. Banner oats were used and they were sown on summer-fallowed land. 



Rates of Seeding Banner Oats. 



Rate 



per 



acre. 



Lbs. 



15 

 30 

 45 

 60 

 75 

 90 

 105 

 120 



Size 



of 



plot. 



Acres . 



1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 



Date 

 sown. 



1912. 



Apr. 15. 

 Apr. 15. 

 Apr. 15. 

 Apr. 15. 

 Apr. 15., 

 Apr. 15. 

 Apr. 15. 

 Apr. 15. 



Date ripe. 



1912. 



Aug. 17. 



Aug. 5. 



Aug. 5. 



Aug. 1. 



Length 



of 

 straw. 



Inches. 



38 

 35 

 35 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 



Length 



of 

 head. 



Inches. 



Weight 



of 

 straw. 



Tons. Lb. 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 



860 



1,080 



440 



1,290 



640 



450 



510 



1,870 



Average yield 



per acre 



for 4 years. 



Bush. Lb. 



42 

 49 

 52 

 54 

 54 

 49 

 50 

 45 



22 

 24 

 22 



8 

 is 

 28 

 15 



2 



Mensury Barley (Non-irrigated). 



The results would seem to indicate that 90 pounds was about the right amount 

 to sow per acre. We find that from 85 to 90 pounds is about the right amount to use 

 here. 



Bates of Seeding Mensury Barley on Summer-fallow. 



Rate 



per 



acre. 



Lb. 



15 



30 

 45 

 60 



75 



90 



1<)5 



120 



Size 



of 



plot. 



Acres. 



1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 



Date sown . 



1912. 



Date ripe. 



1912. 



Aug. 8.. 

 Aug. 7. 

 Aug. 6. . 

 Aug. 3.. 

 Aug. 3. . 

 Aug. 1.. 

 Aug. 1. . 

 Aug. 1.. 



Weight of 



straw 



Per acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



1,710 



1,920 



1,310 



1,820 



200 



460 



320 



1,700 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



20 

 23 

 15 

 18 

 15 

 26 

 30 

 25 



30 

 36 

 00 

 36 

 20 

 32 

 20 

 00 



EXPERIMENTS ON IRRIGATED LAND. 



Rotation ' U.' 



Average yield 



per acre 



for 3 years 



Bush. Lb. 



9 

 13 



15 

 18 

 19 

 24 

 25 

 22 



45 

 16 

 00 

 00 

 41 

 5 



30 

 44 



In this rotation wheat yielded 29 bushels per acre, and gave a net profit of $36.43. 

 Potatoes on alfalfa sod yielded 757 bushels per acre making the rather phenomenal net 

 profit of $307.38 per acre with the potatoes valued at 50 cents per bushel. 



