DIVISION OF CEREALS 



433 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, NAPPAN, N. S. 



R. ROBERTSON, SUPERINTENDENT 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Eleven varieties of spring wheat were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth 

 acre each, the land being a heavy clay loam on which roots had been grown the 

 previous year, and manure applied. This was ploughed in the fall of 1911, well 

 worked up in the following spring and sown May 13 at the rate of If bushels per acre; 

 10 pounds clover and 12 pounds' timothy seed per acre were also sown with this 

 crop. 



The following were the yields obtained from the named varieties. Three new 

 sorts, under numbers, were also tested. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



a 

 — 

 P 



Y< 



Name of Variety. 



Huron 



Red Fife 



White Fife 



Early Red Fife.. 



Marquis 



Bobs 



Stanley 



Bishop 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



May 13. 



.. 13. 



.. 13. 



ii 13. 



„ 13. 



,. 13. 



., 13. 



„ 13. 



Sept, 9. 



„ 12. 



„ 12. 



.. 12. 



„ 10 



„ 5. 



,i 10. 



„ 5, 





fcD 



a 



CD 



119 

 122 

 122 

 122 

 120 

 115 

 120 

 115 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 



44 

 42 

 41 

 46 

 40 

 36 

 42 

 40 



is 



■w a 

 J? » 

 o 3 



Sfl'S 

 CO 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Head. 



Liehes. 



3 



3 



35 



32 



3 



3 



35 



3 



Yield 



of 

 Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



2,160 

 1,880 

 1,840 

 1,560 

 1,480 

 1,400 

 1,300 

 1,200 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Lb. Bush. Lb. 



36 

 31 

 30 



26 

 24 

 23 

 21 

 20 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



FIELD CROPS OF WHEAT. 



Three varieties of spring wheat were grown in half-acre lots. 



The land was similar to and received the same treatment as that which was 

 devoted to the test plots. These field plots were sown May 15 and 16. 



The following yields were obtained: White Fife, 23 bushels 14 pounds; Huron, 

 19 bushels; Red Fife, 17 bushels 30 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Twelve varieties of oats were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth acre 

 each, the land being a heavy clay loam on which roots had been grown the previous 

 year, and manure applied for that crop. They were sown on May 15, at the rate of 

 two to two and a half bushels per acre; 10 pounds clover and 12 pounds timothy per 

 acre were sown with this crop. 



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