REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



oats — test of varieties — Concluded. 



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Name of Variety. 



63! Pioneer 



64 Early Blossom. 



65 Reseler 



6Gj Black No. 6 Summer 



67 Scottish Chief 



68 Bavarian 



69; Abyssinia 



70i\Vallis 



71|Winter Grey 



72 Salines " 



73 Australian 



74 Flying Scotchman. . . 



75|Goldnnder 



70 Mortgage Lifter 



77 -Miller 



78 Sargentfree 



79 Probstey 



80 Imported Irish 



81 1 Black Mesdag 



82 Forbes 



83 Atlantic 



81 Brandon 



86 White Russian 



86 Russell Half Sided.. 

 871 Kendal Black. . .. 

 88; White Wonder 



89 Bayonet 



90 Great Northern 



91 Siberian 



921 Bonanza 



93lCou!o)niniers 



94 Welcome 



95 Swedish Select No. 

 I 2788 



90 Russell Brandling. . . 



97 < Jolden Giant 



98 Early Archangel. . . . 

 99,' Early Golden Prolific 



100 Golden Tartarian 



101 'Tartar King 



102 Duppaner Summer, 



No. 5 



103.Waverley 



104 Longhoughton 



105 Scotch Potato Imp., 



1901 



100 Medal 



107 Zhelanni, No. 2903.. 



July 



II 



Aug. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



July 



Aug. 

 ■July 



Aug. 

 July 



I! 



J Aug. 

 July 



25 



28 



10 



8 



2 



25 



28 



23 



26 



29 



2 



22 

 28 

 28 

 31 

 2 

 8 

 25 

 20 



Aug. 



July 



Aug. 

 July 



■— - 



o .5 



s- J; 



'A 



100 

 103 

 104 

 105 



96 

 100 

 103 



98 



91 

 104 

 108 



97 

 103 



93 

 100 



90 

 102 

 100 



95 

 81 102 



7 101 

 2K 103 

 25 1 100 



96 



102 



88 



91 



96 



103 



97 



108 



88 



29 104 



8 102 

 28| 103 

 23 98 



Aug 

 July 



25 

 31 



23 



6 



25 



28 



28 



7 



29 



100 



100 



98 



103 

 100 

 103 



103 



103 

 104 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff. 



Weak 



Stiff.. 



Weak . . 

 Stiff.... 



Inches. 



34—36 

 41—43 

 45—47 

 47—49 

 43-45 

 42—44 

 39—41 

 37—39 

 53-55 

 42-44 

 43—45 

 45—47 

 42-44 

 50-52 

 42-44 

 42-41 

 42—44 

 40-42 

 41-43 

 40-42 

 43- 45 

 45—47 

 41—13 

 42-44 

 51—53 

 40—42 

 43—45 

 39-41 

 43—45 

 44—40 

 43-45 

 39-41 



38—40 

 3G— 38 

 40—42 

 37-39 

 36— 38| Stiff 

 38—40 ,. 

 39—41 „ 



Medium . 

 Stiff 



Medium. 



Stiff 



Medium , 



46—48 



40— 42 1 ., 



30—32 Medium. 



I 

 32—311 ,- 

 44—10 ,. 

 40—48 Weak . . . 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



9 - 



8 - 



9£- 



9 - 

 11 - 

 10 - 



9 - 



8 - 

 10 - 

 10 - 



9 - 



94- 



9 - 



9 - 

 8 - 



8 - 



7 - 



9 - 

 10 - 



8 - 

 K^- 

 10 - 



8 - 

 10 - 



84- 



9 - 

 10 - 



8 - 



8 - 

 10 - 

 10 - 



9 - 



7 - 



8 - 



9 - 

 9 - 



8 - 



9 - 

 9 - 



9 - 



7 - 

 9 - 



8 - 



10 ■ 



11 - 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



IE 



-a 

 tc 



-10 Branching 

 - 9i Half Sided 



Branching 



Sided.... 



Branching 



-104 



-io| 



12 

 -11 

 -10 HalfSided 



- 9. 1 , Branching 

 -11 



-114 



-10 Sided 



-104 Branching 

 -10 HalfSided 

 -10£ Branching 



- 9 



- 9i| „ 



- 8JI i. 



-10"! „ 



-12 i. 



- 9 Sided 



-94 Branching 



11 HalfSided 



- 9 Branching 

 -11 HalfSided 

 -94 ,, 



-10 Branching 

 -11 



- 9 



- 9 

 11A 



-11 



-104 



- H 



- u' 



-10 Sided 

 -104 Brandling 

 - 9" .. 



-10 'Sided 



-10J 



-10 

 - 8 

 -10 



Branching 



3 



w 

 n 

 u 

 n 



41 



ii 



10 

 10 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 39 

 39 

 39 

 38 

 38 

 38 

 37 

 37 

 37 

 37 

 37 

 36 

 30 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 32 



32 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 31 

 31 



SI 

 30 

 20 



- 9', „ .. 20 

 -11" HalfSided 19 



-124 Branching 18 



20 

 20 

 26 

 6 

 6 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



ii 



14 

 14 



28 

 28 

 8 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 2 

 2 

 10 

 10 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 24 

 18 

 18 

 32 



32 



32 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 6 

 



6 



20 



20 

 14 



- 



35 

 304 



354 



32 



38 



34 



34 



371 



31? 



33" 



31 



33 



31 



36J 



344 



374 



35' 



374 



314 



30 



3G| 



324 



35 



30 



34 



304 



364 



32" 



34 



364 



354 



304 



Rusted. 



Considerably. 



Badly." 



Siight'y. 



ii 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Badly.' 

 Considerably. 

 ii 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



ii 

 Considerably. 

 Badly. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Badly. 

 Slightly. 



n 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



354 Considerably. 

 374 Slightly. 



i " 

 Badly. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



.Badly. 



31 

 37 

 31 

 30 

 32 



33 Considerably. 

 344 Slightly. 

 334. ii 



354 

 32" 



281 334 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 



SELECT LIST OF OATS. 



Seven years ago a system of uniform trial plots was planned to be conducted at 

 fjll the experimental farms, which provided for the growing of the promising sorts of 

 the most important agricultural crops side by side, on similar soil and all of the same 

 class being sown on the same day so that the conditions might be uniform. The results 

 have been published each year since in an annual crop bulletin which has been issued 

 as early in the season as practicable. After three years of trial the average yields for 

 that period obtained at all the experimental farms was published in the bulletin for 



