DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.L 



J. A. CLARK, B.S.A., Superintendent. 



The uniform test plots of wheat and oats were sown in duplicate on May 15 and 

 16, 1912, on land broken the previous autumn for the first time since possession was 

 taken of this property. The land was a sandy loam which had been manured on the 

 sod with barnyard manure at the rate of eight tons per acre during the summer of 

 1911, immediately after a crop of timothy hay had been removed. The soil was far 

 from uniform. The plots and paths were seeded down with a mixture of 10 pounds 

 common red clover, 3 pounds Alsike, and 1 pound of White Dutch per acre. An 

 immense growth of clover, that at harvest stood to the bands of the sheaves, must 

 have reduced the yield of grain. The clover on the paths was cut for hay in July. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



The average of the duplicate plots for the season of 1912 is here given, except 

 Marquis and Red Eife. The seed for the plot of Early Red Fife was grown at 

 Ottawa, and that for the extra plot of Marquis was grown at Indian Head. The 

 other plots of named varieties were sown with seed grown in 1911 at this Station. 



Three new varieties under numbers were also tested, the seed having been grown 



at Ottawa. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



The cold backward weather that followed the sowing of the oats gave them a 

 set-back. In June they suffered for want of moisture and then were nearly drowned 

 out by the excessive rains in July. Oats sown the first week in June on adjoining 

 lands gave heavier yields, which shows the unusual conditions which prevailed during 

 the growing season. 



The average of the duplicate plots is here given. The seed used was grown on 

 this station in 1911, except one plot, Old Island Black. 



