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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT. 



Three varieties of buckwheat were grown on summer-fallowed land on one- 

 sixtieth acre plots. 



Buckwheat. — Test of Varieties. (Non-Irrigated.) 



o 



J3 



z 



Name of Variety. 



Japanese 



2 Silver Hull (western teed) 

 3|Silver Hull (eastern seed). 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



May 31 

 ., 31 

 ii 31 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Sept. 



14. 

 14. 

 14. 



No. of Days 

 Maturing. 



106 

 106 

 106 



Yield of 



Grain per 



Acre. 



Bus. Lb. 



26 

 23 

 19 



12 



6 



18 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



58 

 60 

 50 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



Ten varieties of peas were sown on summer-fallowed land. The plots were 

 one-sixtieth of an acre in size. They were sown on April 8 at the rate of about two 

 or two and one-half bushels per acre, depending upon the size of the pea. 



Peas. (Non-Irrigated.) 



u 



- 



s 



-• 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Paragon 



Mackay 



Prince 



English Grey. . . . 

 Prussian Blue. . . . 



Picton 



Golden Vine 



White Marrowfat 



Arthur 



Chancellor 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



Apr. 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 



8 

 8 



8 

 8 



8 

 8 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Aug. 22. 



.. 24. 



., 26. 



ii 23. 



•• 25. 



„ 23. 



„ 23. 



.. 27. 



., 23. 



n 23. 





■S3 



136 

 138 

 140 

 137 

 139 

 137 

 137 

 141 

 137 

 137 



Average 



length of 



Straw. 



Inches. 



20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 24 

 18 

 24 

 21 

 20 



Weight 

 of Straw. 



Lb. 



2,420 

 2,340 

 2,940 

 2,400 

 2,460 

 2,400 

 2,580 

 2,550 

 2,790 

 2,520 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bus. Lb. 



48 00 



46 00 



45 00 



43 00 



42 00 



41 00 



38 00 



37 30 



36 30 



35 00 



Average 

 Yield for 

 four years. 



Bus. Lb. 



*25 22 



*25 00 



27 42 



25 54 



27 35 



+27 20 



25 00 



22 12 



24 19 



22 28 



* Average for five years, f Average for three years only. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH WINTER RYE. 



A small plot of one-sixtieth of an acre of winter rye was sown August 31, 1911, 

 on summer-fallow. It was ripe on July 24. The length of straw, including head, 

 was 45 inches. It yielded at the rate of 33 bushels and 12 pounds per acre. 



SPRING RYE. 



A small plot of one-sixtieth of an acre of spring rye was sown on May 11 on 

 summer-fallowed land. It was ripe September 10. The length of straw including 

 head was 35£ inches. It yielded at the rate of 19 bushels and 16 pounds per acre. 



