REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF BARLEY, ^th ACRE EACH. 



OAT PLOTS. 



The quantity of seed sown per acre on the oat plots, was 2 bushels in 1889 and 

 1890; 1J bushels 'in 1891, 1892 and 1893, and 2 bushels in 1891, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 

 1899, 1900 and 1901. The varieties used were as follows : In 1889, Early English ; in 

 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, Prize Cluster; and in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 

 and 1901, Banner. In 1901 the Banner was sown April 30, came up May 8, and the 

 plots were harvested from August 1 to 5. 



