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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, CAP ROUGE, QUEBEC. 



GUS. A. LANGELIER, SUPERINTENDENT. 



CEREALS. 



There were fourteen varieties of wheat, eleven of peas, six of 2-row barley, seven 

 of 6-row barley and eleven of oats under test. There were also five plots of oats and 

 barley mixed. 



The season was one of the worst, if not the worst, for the last twenty-five years. 

 It rained on fourteen different days from May 7 to 31, and on thirteen from June 1 

 to 18. Nothing was sown in the test plots until this latter date, which was followed 

 by a drought lasting until the end of July. It is no wonder that the yields were 

 very low and that some varieties did not mature. The peas were so seriously injured 

 by insects that no crop was obtained. 



All the test plots were of one-sixtieth acre. There are paths, four feet wide, 

 between plots, and alleys of eighteen feet between ranges. 



A permanent location was chosen for the test plots. The area is divided in three 

 equal parts, on one of which Indian corn and field roots will be grown, whilst cereals 

 come on the next, and clover on the last. Thus, a three-year rotation will be 

 followed. The piece of ground chosen for the test of varieties is the most uniform 

 on the farm, though of a poor quality. There are seventy-eight plots available for 

 cereals. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Ten named varieties were grown, and four new sorts under numbers. Only the 

 named varieties are here reported on. 



