440 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 19U 



STRAINS OF RED FIFE. 



In order to test the purity, yielding power, earliness, etc., of different strains of 

 Red Fife, seed Avas obtained from a number of the seed houses and also from farmers 

 who are well known as growers of Red Fife of quality. The following results were 

 obtained : — 



OATS. 



Sixteen varieties of oats were sown in uniform test plots. They were sown on 

 May 9 at the rate of two and one-half bushels per acre. The land was sandy loam, 

 and had been well summer-fallowed the previous year. The extreme drought, fol- 

 lowed by extreme wet, caused a iarge amount of second growth, which was late in 



ripening. 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



u 



£ 



3 



Name of Variety. 



Banner 



Twentieth Century.. 

 Improved American 

 Thousand Dollar 

 Gold Rain (yellow) . . 

 Newmarket 



7 Siberian 



8 Swedish Select . 



9 Victory or Seger 



10 Lig >wo (Swedish) 



11 1 rish Victor 



12 Orloff (yellow) 



13 Victor (black) 



14 Daubeney 



15 Carton's No. 22 .. 



10 Regenerated Abundance. 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 



Date 

 of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



9 Sept. 



9 



9 



9 



!) 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



3 



6 

 3 

 6 

 3 



7 



5 



5 



3 



7 



3 



Aug. 28 



Sept. 5 



Aug. 31 



Sept. 5 



7 





C f 



117 

 120 

 117 

 120 

 117 

 121 

 119 

 119 

 117 

 121 

 117 

 111 

 119 

 114 

 119 

 121 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



35i 

 35" 

 36 



36 



344 



*3| 



34£ 



37 



344 



35£ 



32 



31 



34 



34 



34 



