DIVISION OF CEREALS 



445 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FIVE YEAR AVERAGES. 



Eight of these varieties have been under test for five years with the following 

 average results : — 



Variety. 



Mackay 



Prince 



Paragon . 



English Grey. 



Arthur 



Golden Vine.. 

 Prussian Blue. 

 Chancellor 



Average numbei 



of days 



maturing. 



120 

 122 

 122 

 123 

 120 

 125 

 120 

 119 



Average Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



44 

 43 

 41 

 40 

 39 

 37 

 37 

 36 



15 

 27 

 25 

 39 

 39 

 42 

 37 

 15 



FIELDS OF SEED GRAIN". 



Fields of several varieties of pure seed grain were grown, for the purpose of 

 supplying the Dominion Cerealist with seed for free distribution, to have a supply 

 of clean seed for general use on the Farm, and to be able to sell small quantities to 

 Manitoba farmers who wished to purchase. The following were the lots grown: — 



Variety. 



Marquis wheat. 



Prelude m 



No. 363 El 



Banner oats 



Abundance oats 



Thousand Dollar oats. 



Daubeney oats 



Manchurian barley 

 Arthur peas 



Preparation of land. 



Sod, broken and back 



set 



Corn and root land . . 



Summer fallow. 



Clover sod, spring 



ploughed 



Summer fallow 



Acres 



13 



3 



i 



6 



H 



10 

 2 

 23 



» Total Yield. 



Bush. Lb. 



572 



14 



34 



510 



179 



757 



170 



158 



28 



00 

 42 



00 

 00 

 00 



00 

 00 

 00 

 30 



In addition to this a supply of pure Red Fife wheat, O. A. C. No. 21 barley and 

 Arthur peas was grown on the fields devoted to the rotation experiments and re- 

 ported under the department of Field Husbandry. 



