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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



TWO-ROW BARLEY. 



It was not possible to sow the plots of two-row barley in 1912, as the land 

 allotted to the use of the Cereal Division is insufficient. 



RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OF TWO-ROW BARLEY. 



Among the best sorts are Duckbill, Canadian Thorpe, Standwell, Swan's Neck, 

 Hannchen and the different strains of Chevalier. 



FIELD PEAS. 



The plots of peas were sown May 20 and 21, the seed being used at the rate of 

 two or three bushels to the acre, according to the size of the pea. 



The very wet weather was favourable for the development of fungous diseases 

 among the peas. The results of the season are very unsatisfactory. The following 

 varieties were so badly diseased that they gave scarcely any crop at all : Black-eye 

 Marrowfat, Golden Vine, Mackay. Only the named varieties are reported on. Many 

 new cross-bred sorts under numbers were also grown. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of sixty pounds. 



Named varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental 

 Farm are marked with an asterisk.* 



Peas — Test of Varieties. 



RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OF PEAS. 



Prussian Blue, Arthur and Chancellor are among the most productive sorts, and 

 are also early in ripening. The Marrowfat varieties and Golden Vine are somewhat 

 later in maturing. Most of these varieties can be obtained from seedsmen in Canada. 



Arthur is particularly desirable on account of its high yield and earliness in 

 maturing. 



SPRING RYE. 



The plots of spring rye were sown on May 3, the seed being used at the rate of 

 about one and one-half bushels to the acre. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of fifty -six 



pounds. 



