DIVISION OF CEREALS 



427 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Spring Rye. — Test of Varieties. 



u 



Name of Variety. 



Ottawa Select. 

 Common 



Yield of 



grain 

 per Acre. 



Bus. Lb. 



46 34 

 42 13 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb". 



58 



57.3 



WINTER RYE. 



No plots of winter rye could be sown in the autumn of 1911, as there wa3 no land 

 available for the purpose. 



FIELD BEANS. 



Seven plots of beans, one-sixtieth of an acre each, were sown on May 23. All of 

 the varieties sown were selected strains of field beans or of early-maturing garden 

 sorts which may prove useful in localities where it is desired to obtain ripe seed in a 

 short season. 



Two of the varieties which have been tested for several years, Marrowfat and 

 White Field, failed to ripen. As these varieties have proved too late for the climate 

 of Ottawa in previous seasons their cultivation has been discontinued. 



The varieties here reported upon were all sown in rows 16 inches apart. 



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



Field Beans. — Test of Varieties. 



u 

 I 



S 



Name of Varietv. 



1 Norwegian Brown Selected. 



2 < lolden Wax Selected 



3 California I 'ea Selected. ... 



4 Stri:igless Kidney WaxSelected 



5 Challenge Black Wax Selected. 



Yield 



of 



Seed 



per 



Acre. 



Bus. Lb. 



54 30 



47 .. 



39 30 



32 30 



25 .. 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



61 

 65 

 64 

 60 



57 



9 

 



6 

 •0 



•5 



FLAX. 



Eighteen selected strains from various commercial sorts of flax were grown in 

 sixtieth-acre plots. The seed was sown on May 25 at the rate of 60 pounds to the 

 acre. 



The very wet weather of August and September was unfavourable for the flax, 

 and made the yields from the plots irregular and unsatisfactory. 



