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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 19U 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, INDIAN HEAD, SASK. 



ANGUS MACKAY, SUPERINTENDENT. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Three named varieties and ten new kinds under numbers were tested on one- 

 fortieth acre plots. The land was summer-fallowed the previous year, and the seed 

 was sown at the rate of one and one-half bushels per acra As will be noticed, 

 Prelude wheat ripened very early. > 



Only the named varieties are reported on, as the tests of the numbered sorts are 

 regarded as merely preliminary. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



FIELD TEST. 



In a field test of Prelude and Marquis, side by side on similar land, Prelude 

 ripened in 111 days, and gave a yield of 48 bushels 18 pounds per acre, the grain 

 weighing 63-5 pounds to the measured bushel. Marquis required 126 days, gave 47 

 bushels 6 pounds per acre, and weighed 63 pounds per bushel. 



FIVE YEARS COMPARISON OF FIELD LOTS. 



The average yield per acre and the time taken to mature of two varieties of 

 wheat grown in field lots under similar conditions for the past five years, are given 

 below : — 



Variety. 



Marquis. 

 Red Fife. 



Average Days to Mature. 



125 2 

 137 



Average Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bus. Lb. 



40 

 37 



11 



43 



