DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Banner still holds its own as the best all-round variety for Manitoba. The storms 

 at harvest time tested the strength of the straw of the different varieties, and made 

 very interesting comparisons. Some varieties stood up well, while others were very 

 badly lodged. The common idea that stiff coarse-strawed varieties will stand up best 

 was not upheld by this test. Tiner-strawed sorts seemed to have more elasticity and to 

 be able to bend before the wind, without breaking. The varieties which stood up 

 best were the Banner and Improved American, which are probably identical, and 

 the new Swedish variety, Victory. ■ 



FIVE YEAR AVERAGES. 



Nine of these varieties have been grown for five years continuously, and the 

 average yields are reported herewith. Two others have been grown four years, and 

 two more for three years. 



Variety. 



Improved American 



Banner 



Twentieth Century 



Swedish Select < 



Ii ish Victor 



Siberian 



Thousand Dollar 



Ligowo 



Daubeney 



Regenerated Abundance (average of 4 years). 



Orloff (average of 4 years) 



Gold Rain (average of 3 years) 



Victory (average of 3 years) 



Average 

 Strength 



of 

 Straw . 



Stiff 



t 



Medium . 



Stiff'.' . . . '. 



ii . . . . . 



Medium . 



Stiff 



Fairly stiff. 



Stiff 



Fairly stiff. 

 Stiff 



Averasre 



No. of 



Days 



Maturing . 



101 

 101 

 102 

 101 

 101 

 101 

 101 

 101 



94 

 101 



93 

 103 

 103 



Average 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



103 21 



101 45 



98 31 



96 13 



96 7 



95 33 



94 11 



89 33 



77 9 



87 22 

 82 4 

 92 2 



88 5 



INFLUENCE OF LOCATION ON SEED OATS. 



In co-operation with two of the American Experiment Stations, an experiment 

 is being tried to compare the results obtained in sowing seed oats from different parts 

 of the continent. The seed came originally from the same source in 1910. One lot 

 was grown in Wisconsin, one in Ohio and one at Brandon in 1911. Seed from the 

 three sources was sown on uniform test plots "under the same conditions as the tests 

 of varieties of oats with the following results: — 



