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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



The oat plots were sown on May 9 and 10, the seed 1 being used at the rate of 

 about two bushels per acre for most varieties, but in greater quantities whenever the 

 oats were of unusually large size. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds, and also in ' bushels ' of thirty-four 

 pounds. 



Xamed varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental Farm 

 are marked with an asterisk.* 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 







1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 3.° 

 31 



American Beauty C* 



„ B*. ... 



Abundance D* 



Abundance, Garton's 



Regenerated 



Gold Rain 



Bergs 



Excelsior 



Swedish Select 



Abundance A* 



Green Mountain 



Irish Victor 



Siberian 



Thousand Dollar 



Improved American 



Tartar King 



Victory 



Ligowo, Swedish. 



Banner L* 



Twentieth Century. 



Banner K* 



Alpine 



Pioneer 



Banner M* 



Banner J* 



Swedish Black 



Daubeney Selected* 



Banner B* 



Early Ripe G* 



Black Mesdag 



Danish Island 



Eighty Day* 



Early Blonde 



Early Ripe E* 



Early Ripe F* 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



May 



Date of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



9 

 9 

 9 



9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 I) 

 !) 

 II 

 9 

 I) 

 9 

 It 

 9 

 li 

 9 

 1) 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 



Aug. 21 

 „ 21 

 „ 22 



.. 22 

 .. 18 

 .. 17 

 ., 16 

 ii 16 

 22 

 23 



20 



18 



19 



16 



23 



16 



17 



21 



17 



17 



16 



17 



17 



6 



4 



17 



3 



4 



19 



1 



23 



3 



3 



be 



ii 



o 



Average 

 Length 

 of Straw 

 J includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



104 

 104 

 105 



105 

 101 

 100 

 99 

 99 

 105 

 106 



19 102 



103 

 1C1 



102 



99 



106 



99 



100 



101 



100 



100 



99 



100 



100 



89 



87 



100 



86 



87 



102 



84 



106 



86 



86 



Ins. 



50 

 50 

 50 



50 

 48 

 48 

 42 

 48 

 50 

 52 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 45 

 44 

 50 

 40 

 40 

 50 

 40 

 58 

 42 

 40 

 40 

 50 

 32 

 40 

 38 

 32 

 38 

 37 

 42 

 38 

 38 



~ re - 



5 s„2 a 



ua go 



-f. X 30 & 



7 



5 



10 



8 



7 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



6 



8 



8 



5 

 10 

 10 



8 

 10 

 10 



8 

 10 



7 

 10 

 10 

 10 



8 

 10 

 10 



9 



10 

 10 

 10 



9 

 10 



9 



> O 



Ins. 



9 



9 

 8 



75 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 8 

 8 

 8' 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 8 



7'5 

 8 

 75 

 85 

 8 

 75 

 7-5 

 9 

 7 

 7 

 6 



7-5 

 7-5 

 65 

 8 

 6 

 6 



a 



'J 2 



o <J 

 T3 U 



.2 ft 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Lb. 



3,360 

 3,330 

 3,180 



3,000 

 3,000 

 2,940 

 2,850 

 2,820 

 2,790 

 2,730 

 2,730 

 2,700 

 2,640 

 2,580 

 2,520 

 2,520 

 2,490 

 2,400 

 2,280 

 2,250 

 2,220 

 1,950 

 1,920 

 1,830 

 1,710 

 1,680 

 1,590 

 1,590 

 1,470 

 1,440 

 1,380 

 1,350 

 1,110 

 1,050 



Bush. Lb. 



98 28 

 1 17 32 

 93 18 



88 

 88 



67 

 66 



8 

 8 



86 16 



83 28 



82 32 



82 2 



80 10 



80 10 



79 14 



77 22 



75 30 



74 4 



74 4 



73 8 



70 20 



65 10 



57 12 



56 16 



53 28 



50 10 



49 14 



46 26 



46 26 



43 8 



42 12 



40 20 



39 24 



32 22 



30 30 



Weight 

 per mea- 

 sured 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleaning 



Lb. 



32 

 33 

 33 



35 



34 



31 



32 



30 



31 



31 



32 



33 



35 



292 



31 



33 



33 



29 



32 



30 



32 



35 



32 



31-5 



31 



31 



31 



27 



345 



29 



32 



27 



31 



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RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OF OATS. 



Among the most productive varieties of white oats, Banner is especially recom- 

 mended. Abundance is another excellent sort. Ligowo is somewhat earlier in ripening 

 but does not generally give quite so large a yield as Banner or Abundance. Gold 

 Rain is a very productive yellow oat. Black oats are not recommended, but Pioneer 

 and Excelsior may be mentioned as two of the best varieties. 



Farmers who require an extremely early-ripening variety should try Eighty Day, 

 Orloff, or Sixty Day. The name Sixty Day is misleading, as this oat is not earlier 

 than the other two. Somewhat less early, but probably more satisfactory, as a rule, 

 are Daubeney and Tartar King. The latter is a very coarse variety. 



