DIVISION OF CEREALS 



461 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PART II.— THE IRRIGATED FARM. 

 WINTER WHEAT. 



A small field of winter wheat, 1-56 acres, was sown on summer-fallowed land on 

 September 1, 1911. It was irrigated on May 14 and 15. It was ripe on July 31 and, 

 when threshed, yielded at the rate of 54 bushels and 28 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Five varieties of spring wheat were grown on spring-ploughed alfalfa sod, in 

 plots of one-sixtieth acre each. They were sown on April 3. They received one 

 irrigation on June 5. 



Spwng Wheat. — Test of Varieties. (Irrigated.) 



u 



1 



s 



Variety. 



Red Fife 



Preston 



Huron 



Marquis (from Ottawa). 



Stanley 



Marquis (home-grown). , 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



2 bo 



<u & .£ 



bo<o .S 

 ^ ^ 4- 



« S eS 



Bush. Lb. 



63 12 



54 13 



50 15 



50 5 



44 30 



43 00 



lib. 



64 



64 

 64 

 64 5 

 63 5 



Average 



for 

 5 years. 



Bush. Lb. 



43 39 



42 28 



42 24 



*43 6 



33 48 



Note. — "Average for three years only. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Five varieties of oats were grown on spring-ploughed alfalfa sod in plots of one-sia 

 tieth acre each. They were sown on April 16. One irrigation was given on June 5. 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



B 



Name of Variety. 



Banner 



Improved American 



Irish Victor 



Danish Island. .. 

 Gar. Reg. Abund'ce 



bo 



a 



• i— I 



it 



o 

 xn 



4- 



o 



V 



OS 



Q 



April 16 

 t. 16 

 H 16 

 * 16 

 •• 16 



bo 



Ml Q 



Aug. 10 



.. 11 



H 10 



,. 10 



it 14 



w bo 



£>3 



4- -£ 

 O cj 



d2 



116 



117 

 116 

 116 

 120 



1*3 

 g 8 



-*?-3 

 o.3 



bC3 



D-3 



h-3 



Inches. 



47 

 49 

 48 

 49 

 44 



5 

 •5 

 ■5 

 

 



T3 



w 



bo 



a 



3] 



Inches. 





 

 ■5 

 

 



W 



bo 



Lb. 



4,560 

 4,620 

 4,500 

 4,470 

 4,380 



«4 



Bus. Lb. 



93 

 95 

 90 



90 



30 



32 



6 



