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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Fourteen varieties of oats were tested in 1912. The plots were one-fortieth acre 

 in size and were seeded on April 25, on land that was summer-fallow in 1911. Seed 

 was used at the rate of two and one-half to three bushels per acre 



Oats. — -Test of Varieties. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



The test of varieties of barley was conducted on black clay loam soil which had 

 been summer-fallowed in 1911. The plots were all one-fortieth acre in size and were 

 seeded on April 25, seed being used at the rate of two and one-quarter bushels per 



acre. 



Six-row Barley. — Test of Varieties. 



a' 



£ 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 



Sowing 



Mansfield 



O. A. C. No. 21 



Odessa 



Manchurian . . . 



Stella 



Guy Mayle 



Success 



Early Indian . . 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 24 

 24 



Sept. 6 

 6 



Aug. 26 

 26 

 12 

 15 



fig 



121 

 121 

 134 

 134 

 123 

 123 

 109 

 109 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 



44 



47 

 47 

 49 

 44 



28* 

 36 



22 



*3 

 u >" 



-»j o 



33 CD 



bjJcj c 



S c'o 



[Average 



' Length 



of 



Head. 



7-5 



9 



85 



8 



5 

 10 

 10 



8-5 



Yield 



of 

 Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



Inches. 



2 



25 



32 



35 



25 



2 



3 



17 



Lb. 



3,820 

 3,800 

 3,620 

 3,320 

 3,000 

 2,400 

 1,750 

 580 



Yield 

 of Grain 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



79 

 79 

 75 

 69 

 62 

 50 

 36 

 12 



28 



S 



20 



8 



24 



00 



22 



4 



Weight 



per 



Measured 



bushel 



after 



Cleaning. 



Lb. 



52 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 51 

 60 

 49 

 47 



