DIVISION OF CEREALS 



453 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, SCOTT, SASK. 

 R. E. EVEREST, B.S.A., SUPERINTENDENT. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Eleven varieties of spring wheat, including six unnamed sorts produced by the 

 Dominion Cerealist, were sown on the 13th of April in plots of one-fortieth acre 

 each at the rate of one and three-quarter bushels per acre. 



The weather was fine during seeding, and, the land being in good condition, the 

 grain came up evenly. 



Hot, dry weather in June dwarfed the growth of early varieties. Later sorts 

 gave a moderate yield. The season being long permitted all varieties to mature. 

 The sample harvested was somewhat uneven on account of a second growth, which 

 had been encouraged by late rains. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 





Name of Variety. 



Huron Selected. 



Red Fife 



Marquis 



Alpha Selected. 

 Prelude (135 B). 



Spring Rye — ■ 

 Ottawa Select 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



April 13 

 „ 13 

 ■i 13 

 „ 13 

 „ 13 



.. 15 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Sept. 3 

 .. 3 

 Aug. 30 

 Sept. 3 

 Aug. 6 



,. 31 



q| 



O c3 



142 

 142 

 138 

 142 

 115 



139 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Ins. 



37 

 39 

 32 

 38 

 26 



30 



O g o-g 





£5 3 8. 



£ OQ eg I— I 



w 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Head. 



Ins. 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



2-3 



3 7 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Lb. 



2,330 

 2,012 

 1,570 

 1,440 



820 



1,140 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Bus. Lb. 



38 50 



33 32 



26 10 



24 00 



13 40 



20 20 



OATS. 



Ten varieties were sown on the 23rd of April on land which had been summer- 

 fallowed the previous year. Two and one-quarter bushels of seed were sown per acre. 



All gave heavy yields of grain and large crops of straw, which was badly lodged 

 by wind and rain. 



It was difficult for the oat plots to ripen owing to their lodged condition, but a 

 subsequent test of the threshed grain reveals good germinating power in all 

 varieties. 



