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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



CO-OPERATIVE TESTS OF OATS. 



In order to get accurate information regarding the suitability of different varieties 

 of oats to different localities in the province, three representatives of the leading types 

 of oats, namely, Banner, Ligowo and Old Island Black were tested in duplicate on 

 one-sixtieth acre plots on farms in the eastern section of the province. Seven men 

 undertook to conduct these tests for five years, under the direct supervision of 

 Mr. Garnet LeLacheur, seed inspector, who gave the work very careful attention and 

 who furnished me with many valuable notes. The best seed obtainable was supplied 

 to these men, 1 pound 6§ ounces for each plot. The grain was threshed and weighed 

 at the Experimental Station. The fanner was asked to sow plots of the oats he had 

 been growing alongside, for a check. 



Oats. — Co-operative Experiments in Kings and Queens Counties. 



CO 



S 



3 



Name of Farmer. 



Owen Sullivan . . . 

 James Simpson . . 



Robert Furness. . 



Vernon Shaw . . . . 

 M. A. Stewart. . . 

 Edgar Geddings. 

 A. E. Simpson. . . 



Post 

 Office. 



Vernon 

 Bay View . . 



Vernon 



Alton tague . . 

 Belle River. 



Abney 



Bristol ... . 



County . 



Variety. 



Banner . 



O. I. 



Black. 



3 -O 



M i-5 



Queens. 

 Queens. 



Queens. 



Kings. . 

 Kings. . 

 Kings. . 

 Kings. . 



72 

 60 



58 



53 22 

 51 7 



38 28 



3 



-Q 

 A 



68 1 



46 15 



58 21 



45 30 



37 24 



33 15 



Ligowo . 



3 



h3 



62 3 



47 22 



50 8 



38 26 



43 17 



38 22 



Check. 



Name. 



3 



>1 



56 21 



Record 



lost. 



52 24 



47 33 

 39 22 

 31 28 



Egyptian. 

 Tartarian 



Carton's 

 Abundance. . . 

 Danish Island. 



Joanette 



Wide Awake. 



Plots destroyed by hail Aug. 6, 1912. 



Average 



by 

 Farms. 



3 

 PQ 



64 24 

 51 15 



54 31 



46 19 



43 .. 



36 31 



Average of plots harvested 55 24 49 6 46 27 45 26 



Average of the 36 plots from seed sent out 50 19 



Grand average 49 20 



Mr. A. E. Simpson's plots at Bristol were so badly damaged by hail that it was 

 impossible to do anything with them, as fully one-half of the grain was threshed 

 when in the milk stage. I examined them carefully after the storm and noted that 

 Old Island Black was the worst down but the least threshed. The Banner had 

 apparently led in these plots. Erom the above returns we can say that Banner oats, 

 from apparently the poorest sample of seed!, has led for 1912. Old Island Black, 

 though a little weak in the straw, came second. Ligowo in three instances was higher 

 than the check, and in the other three was below the check. 



The area of land available for multiplying pure seed is limited at this Station'; 

 however, thirteen lots of oats and two lots of wheat were sold at current prices. A 

 blank form was sent to each applicant, asking him to agree to make a 3-year test of 

 the variety sent with the variety that he had been growing previously on his farm. 

 The replies received, when averaged up after a few years, will provide valuable 

 information. 



