472 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



OATS. 



The result of the fourteen varieties of oats Avill be seen in the following table. 

 They are listed in order of merit from the standpoint of yield for this year. 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



Variety. 



Irish Victor 



Danish Island 



Improved Ligowo 



Daubeney , 



Banner 



Regenerated Abundance. 



Eighty Day 



Lincoln 



Twentieth Century 



Siberian 



Improved American. 



Swedish Select 



Gold Rain 



Thousand Dollar 



.£ ft 



Bus. Lb. 



74 

 64 

 63 

 59 

 56 

 55 

 52 

 52 

 51 

 51 

 47 

 45 

 44 

 40 



4 



14 



18 



4 



16 



20 



32 



2 



6 



6 



22 



30 



4 



20 



BARLEY. 



The two-row barley, as a class, yields better in this Lower Eraser country than 

 does the six-row barley. Following are the results of each : — 



Barley, six-row. — Test of Varieties. 



|H 



s 



Name of Variety. 



Oderbruch 



Manchurian 



Odessa 



Mansfield 



Success (Beardless) 



Yale 



O. A. O, No. 21... 

 Troop3r 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Apr 



il 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 



Date 

 of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



July 22 



,. 27 



.. 22 



.. 27 



-., 12 



.. 29 



,. 24 



,. 27 



No. of 

 Days 

 Ma- 

 turing. 



96 

 101 



96 

 101 



86 

 103 



98 

 101 



Average 

 length 



of 

 Straw, 



in- 

 cluding 

 Head. 



Inches. 



44 



41 

 40 

 41 

 36 

 42 

 42 

 38 



■£ ° 



4-3 CO . 



tf cS 



c -' 



a) C 



t- O 



43 



oa 



10 

 8 

 8 



10 

 8 



10 



10 

 9 



Average 

 length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



3 



3 



3 



35 



25 



3 



3 5 



3 



Yield 



of 

 Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



Lb. 



1,980 

 1,980 

 1,860 

 1,860 

 1,800 

 1,740 

 1.680 

 1,620 



Yield of 



Grain per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



41 

 41 

 38 

 38 

 37 

 36 

 35 

 33 



12 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 00 

 36 



Barley, two-row. — Test of Varieties. 



Hannchen 



Swedish Chevalier 

 Canadian Thorpe. . 



Invincible 



Beaver 



Danish Chevalier.. 

 Clifford 



50 

 47 

 46 

 43 

 42 

 41 

 35 



00 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 00 



