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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



Nine varieties of peas were sown in plots of one-sixtieth of an acre each on land 

 on which hoed crops had been grovm the year previous. They were sown on April 2, 

 at the rate of about two or two and one-half bushels per acre, depending on the size 

 of the peas. The crop received one irrigation on June 5. 



Peas. — Irrigated. 



B 



Name of Variety. 



Prince - 



Paragon 



Mackay 



English Grey. . 



Picton 



Prussian Blue. . 

 Golden Vine . . . 

 Arthur Selected 

 Chancellor 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 

 2. 



Number 



of 



days 



Maturing. 



April 2.. 'Aug. 30 



30. 

 30. 

 23. 

 30. 

 30. 

 30. 

 20. 

 21. 



150 

 150 

 150 

 143 

 150 

 150 

 150 

 140 

 141 



bo 



c 



■a* 



be £2 

 «GG 

 o» **-< 

 > o 



< 



o . 



« is 



.1 £ is 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



SO 

 71 

 70 

 65 

 64 

 57 

 56 

 49 

 45 



00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 



Average 



yield for 



five years. 



Bush. Lb. 



38 

 43 

 39 

 35 

 33 

 31 

 31 



29 



30 



00 



1 



56 

 27 

 30 

 16 



28 



FIELD LOTS OF PEAS. 



The following field lots of peas were grown in 1912 : — 



