DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



Ten varieties of peas were sown in uniform plots of one-fortieth acre each. The 

 land was in a fair state of fertility, having been in com the previous year. They were 

 sown on June 5, at the rate of one and one-half to two bushels per acre, according 

 to the size of the pea. Owing to continued wet weather this crop was not harvested 

 until September 24, and was almost a failure, some of the plots being so badly 

 damaged that we could not get seed from them. 



The following yields were obtained : — 



Peas. — Test of Varieties. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT. 



Five varieties of buckwheat were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth of 

 an acre each. The land was a clay loam, on which roots had been grown the previous 

 year, and on which manure had been applied at the rate of 20 tons per acre. 



The following yields were obtained : — 



Buckwheat. — Test of Varieties. 



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