DIVISION OF CEREALIST, 



469 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, FORT VERMILION, ALTA. 



(IN CHARGE OF ROBERT JONES.) 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CEREALS. ' 



Eight varieties of spring wheat, four of oats, five of barley, and one of peas, were 

 tested in plots. The plots of Excelsior oats and Champion barley failed, on account 

 of the injury from cut-worms and drought. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



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& 



s 



I 



Name of Variety. 



1 Preston . . 



2 Ladoga . . 



3 Marquis . 



4 Riga 



Stanley. . 



6j Bishop. . . 

 7|Red Fife. 

 8;Kubanka. 



Date 



of 



Sowing . 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Lb. 



4,140 

 3,300 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 2,820 

 2,730 

 2,610 

 2,040 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



69 30 



55 .. 



50 .. 



50 .. 



47 .. 



45 30 



43 30 



34 .. 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



Cleaning. 



Lb. 



64-i 



64 



66 



65 



64 



65 



63 



60S 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



